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Carie Juettner

@cariejuettner.bsky.social
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* Middle grade author. 📖 * Ravenous reader. 📚 * Halloween baby. 🎃 * Cat cuddler. 🐈‍⬛ * Wildlife rehabber. 🦨 * Coffee drinker. ☕ * Obsessive list maker. 📋

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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
If your cat were to speak ONE line from The Princess Bride, which quote would it most likely be? A. "As you wish." B. "Inconceivable!" C. "Hello, my name is ______. You neutered my mother. Prepare to die!" (slightly edited) D. "Good night. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I'm currently obsessed with the song "Sundown on Mars" by Shinyribs. 🎵🎶🎵
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Did you hear the news? I'm writing my sixth Spooky America book for @arcadiapublishing.bsky.social! The Ghostly Tales of Bar Harbor will be published in 2026. 👻📘❤️ #SpookyAmerica #MiddleGrade #GhostStories #GhostlyTales #BarHarbor For more announcements, check out my latest author newsletter:
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Winning Poems, Ghostly Tales, & Gratitude for the Change in Seasons
Email from Carie Juettner (Plus the difference between my blog and my newsletter)     I'm staring out my window as I write this, wondering if there's a dry comfy spot outside where I could take my lap
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I love the leaves. 🍂
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This is the time of year when gray foxes reunite with their partners & start preparing for mating season. My trail cam caught a cute moment when Finley, the fox who has lived on our property since she was a kit, sees her mate Frisky approaching. They're so adorable. They had 7 kits last year. 😍
Black and white photo of a gray fox with a curved tail standing in front of a bird bath and bushes next to a carved jack-o-lantern. She is looking off camera to the right.Black and white photo of a gray fox standing in front of a bird bath and bushes next to a carved jack-o-lantern looking off camera to the right. Her tail is now held straight up and alert as if in anticipation.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
This decoration from the wedding I went to last night sums up what I want out of my November: a small, safe, quiet bubble of nature where I can rest and read and write and compose myself and my words after a happy, busy, loud October.
A hand with silver fingernails holding a tiny corked glass jar filled with fake grass and flowers and mushrooms inside.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Happy Halloween! 🎃 (And birthday to me 😊)
14 glowing jack-o'-lanterns in three tiered rows, all carved with different faces
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
There's a water bowl on the ground, but apparently he wants to know what's in the bird bath. 😂🦝
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
On my way to sell books at the Halloween Bash in Rockwall! 1-5pm 5242 Medical Drive, Rockwall, TX Scan the QR code on the flyer for more info.
A woman with brown hair and glasses wearing a which hat and a necklace of eyeballs smiles at the camera
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It's a lovely morning for reading on the porch with a friend. #OctoberVibes 📖☕💀
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
In case you missed it, here's my latest author newsletter, including a discount on school visits!
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Tricks, Treats, & A Sneak Peek!
Email from Carie Juettner (Psst! Don't miss the discount code!)     The *Trick* to a Good School Visit Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Parkwood Hill Intermediate School in Keller ISD. The PT
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
If you heard a small scream around 8AM, it's because we got a cold front last night, and the wind played with my Halloween decorations. 🌬🕷😅
A view out a window with a purple curtain of a large fake hairy spider lying on the grass.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I'm hanging out at Rosalind Coffee in Garland today, enjoying a cardamom maple latte and getting some work done. I love this sign. 👻☕❤ #amwriting
A chalkboard decorated with ghost floating above a coffee cup in a crystal ball with the words "there's coffee in your future"
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#witchywednesday #amreading #horror
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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The only thing you can control in the publishing world is whether or not you keep #writing. Learning that the hard way.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Butter the squirrel is busy planting pecans in my fake cemetery. "Oh, is dis where we bury things? Ok!" 😂🐿️❤️ She's so cute, I can't stand it. #wildlife #ButterTheSquirrel #Halloween
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
This post is from 2021, but the advice holds up. I've got pumpkins ready to be carved, I still stray off the path on walks in the woods, & I'm listening to Simone St. James' latest novel "Murder Road" this week. Now, if only the weather would cooperate for a campfire... #October #Halloween #Spooky
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How to Have a Happy (Spooky) October
October is drawing to a close. Have you enjoyed it to its fullest? Have you drained October of its delicious lifeblood? Have you sucked the marrow of October’s bones? Fear not. October has no…
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
photos from my morning walk #nature #poeticinspiration #gooutside
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Big thanks to Parkwood Hill Intermediate School for inviting me to present at their Reflections Arts Contest event! I love talking to young poets about where writing inspiration comes from. For info about school visits & writing workshops, see the link in comments. #SchoolVisit #PoetryWorkshop
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Great article about North Texas Wildlife Center & president Rebecca Hamlin. NTXWC holds a special place in my heart. I've been volunteering w/ them for 2 yrs & have so much admiration for the work they do. ❤️ #Wildlife #Rescue #NTXWC #BeKindToWildlife lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/2025/10/01/n...
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The North Texas Wildlife Center has secured a future - Lake Highlands
After being ordered to vacate by the City of Plano, the North Texas Wildlife Center has secured its future after fundraising efforts.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Zoom in to see Butter the squirrel hanging out of her nest. 🥰 She lined it with stuffing from my pillow because, like the rest of us, she thought it would be cool by October. I imagine she just needs a breath of fresh air. Her babies should be pretty big by now, so I'm sure it's smelly in there! 🐿😁
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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Do you like reading short horror stories? Are you opinionated and judgey? Do you have a god complex? Tales to Terrify is looking for new volunteer first readers! If you think you got what it takes, fill out our application: tinyurl.com/TtTSlushReader (Remember: this is a strictly volunteer role.)
Bart and Homer Simpson in eerie shadows. Homer pats the seat on the couch next to him. Text reads: "JOIN US"
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
#amwriting #amquerying
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This looks fun. 😂🙃
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Hey everyone! I'll be selling and signing my Spooky America books at the Halloween Bash in Rockwall, TX on Saturday, October 25th. Bring the family for some spooky fun! 🎃👻📘
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Well, it's definitely October... Something left a bone on my front porch. The question is, WHO? My money is on the crows. 😲☠️🐦‍⬛
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Look at this cutie hanging out in the cat bed on my parents' porch. 🥰 #BeKindToWildlife #AwesomeOpossum
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
My OCD brain loves tracking my queries to see when/how often/to what end agents respond. But that moment when an agent skips your query (possibly b/c they're savoring it longer before making a decision) is so full of exciting, curious hope that I dissolve into a puddle of goo every time. #amquerying
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Spooky Season is upon us! If you have a ghost-loving kid in your life, consider making their Halloween special by ordering a signed copy of one of my Spooky America books. Perfect for campfires and sleepovers. Link in comments. 🎃📘👻 #ghoststories #Halloween #SpookyAmerica #amreading #GhostlyTales
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Hubby: "Why do you need more than one desk?" Me:
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Happy October! 🎃👻🦝🐾😁 This new t-shirt pretty much sums me up.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Me trying to finish all the things I said I would accomplish in September... #goals #multitasking
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Staycation will be missed by many here in Richardson, TX. Here's a found poem to commemorate its closing. ☕🏠💔
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Eulogy for a Coffee Shop
My favorite coffee shop closed this weekend. Staycation was special, not just because it was walking distance from my house, or because they served delicious, creative lattes crafted from homemade …
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." -from "Sometimes" by Mary Oliver
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Look what I saw in the checkout line at the HEB in Frisco! I love running into my books in the wild. 😍
A white woman with dark hair and glasses smiling and pointing at copies of The Ghostly Tales of Dallas on a rack of books.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A middle grade retelling of REBECCA but with cats?!?! 🤯🤩😻 I'm in. I want to read this right meow.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Someone bring this guy a cup of coffee and a book. 🥰
A large gray cat lounges on a blue armchair against a pillow that says reading and a folded blanket with a jack-o-lantern on it
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I stole the baby Jesus from the chocolate nativity scene in the faculty lounge during winter break of my first year teaching. I believe in the separation of church and state. And in chocolate. It tasted stale and a little sacrilegious. I have no regrets. -from Teacher Haiku #Memoir #UnhingedPit
close up photo of a nativity scene made out of chocolate
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
✅ kid sticks a paperclip in his eye ✅ kid puts on clown makeup during my lesson ✅ the mascot has ringworm ✅ crazy parents, covid, weird lost & found All this and more in... Twenty Years in the 7th Grade: A Memoir Told in Haiku (Mostly) #haiku #memoir #teachers #humor #nonfiction #UnhingedPit #Q
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
twenty-year teaching career condensed down into five hundred haiku a bite-sized memoir about the world’s weirdest (and most important) job #haiku #memoir #teachers #humor #nonfiction #giftbook #Q #UnhingedPit
cartoon drawing of a woman holding bottles of wine standing next to a shopping cart in the wine aisle while someone asks from out of the picture "How's my son doing in your class?"
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
And now for something completely different... Because I contain (and write) multitudes. #UnhingedPit
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“Keys.” Hands tossed them to her. “Cane.” I passed her the stick for reaching the pedals. “Chaos.” Ringo lifted his paws & yelled, “Woo hoo!” Roxy turned the key in the ignition, & the golf cart hummed to life. “Buckle up, bandits.” -Sisters in Crime #Q #MG #Humor #Heist #Raccoons #UnhingedPit
Three raccoons in a car. The one behind the wheel wears red sunglasses. The one in the backseat has a guitar. The one in the passenger seat his his mouth open yelling.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Mitzie is a leucistic raccoon who wants to give up crime but her sister says thieving is in their blood. -Moral dilemmas -Humor+heart -Heist gone wrong -Clever dialogue -Opossums, coyotes, & crows…oh my! (Call them "trash pandas" & the scat will hit the fan!) #SistersInCrime #Funny #MG #UnhingedPit
A photo of a white raccoon standing on a mossy rock
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
SISTERS IN CRIME is a #MG novel about a raccoon with no mask trying to stop being a thief without losing her sister. It's hilarious & NONE OF THE ANIMALS DIE because your children should not have to live through the same Old Yeller hell and Where the Red Fern Grows trauma that we did. #UnhingedPit
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
*me reading the #unhingedpit posts while eating breakfast and waiting for 8am central time*
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Help me settle this debate. 🎃☕🤷😊 cariejuettner.com/2025/09/15/g...
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Genius or Ridiculous? You Decide.
One of my many Halloween mugs. I love my husband soooooooooo much. And he loves me too, most of the time. [Side note: Hubby is currently suffering from the poison ivy rash he got two weeks ago when…
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I'm all over the place with my reading right now. These are the four books I'm currently in the middle of. They couldn't be more different, but I'm loving them all. #amreading #mg #poetry #scifi #thriller
A collage of four book covers: Always, Clementine by Carlie Sorosiak (showing a mouse next to a chess piece), Devotions by Mary Oliver (a white cover with a small black and white photo of a woman's hands feeding a small bird), The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury (showing an artistic rendering of a futuristic city), and My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (showing a Black woman wearing sunglasses and a headscarf).
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Endless possibilities this Saturday morning...
A journal open to a blank page on a wooden table with a pen next to a cup of coffee with a design in the foam.
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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
"I had never heard her so passionate. Her anger made me feel good. I can't explain it. It's like she took the fire inside me, put it in a torch, and then set it between us. It was no longer just mine." ❤️ - from THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE by Dave Eggers
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