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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

#amwriting
#amquerying

Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 3d

This looks fun. 😂🙃

Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 7d

Reminder that next month, I'll be hosting #Novmemeber, a low time commitment, just-for-fun prompt game. Feel free to participate around holidays and life— take part whichever days suit you, and catch up/drop in whenever, if you like!

12 AM EST

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingQ

A prompt game for the month of November, titled #Novmemeber (as in meme). Hosted by @sagetgreene.bsky.social . The bottom says "Have fun, interact, and remember alt text!" There is a silly emoji face with wild eyes and tongue sticking out, and some fall-style leaves in the corners.

Prompts:
1. Introduce yourself w/predictive text (e.g. “I’m _ and I write about...”)
2. With a GIF: the vibes of your WIP
3. A meme that summarizes your MC
4. Inside jokes/references in WIP
5. Your Antagonist’s green flags
6. A song that reminds you of your WIP
7. With a GIF: MC at the start of WIP
8. Write your WIP’s plot using only emojis
9. Draw your MC in 60 secs
10. Get to know the author: a fun fact about YOU
11. What is your MC’s fursona?
12. With a GIF: how do you feel about editing?
13. A meme that would make one of your characters laugh (who/why?)
14. Draw your Antagonist in 60 secs
15. Describe your MC’s home like a real estate listing
16. Anti-comps (what’s the OPPOSITE of your WIP?)
17. What subject could your MC info-dump about?
18. A meme that summarizes a secondary character
19. An alternate title for your WIP
20. With a GIF: out-of-context spoiler
21. A song you think your MC would like (purely vibes!)
22. Your MC’s red flags
23. With a GIF: MC at the end of WIP
24. What is your Antagonist’s fursona?
25. Anti-tropes (tropes you’ve purposely avoided or put a twist?)
26. A meme that summarizes your Antagonist
27. Fan-cast at least 1 character
28. A song on your writing playlist
29. With a GIF: how was your month?
30. Tell us where to buy/support and don’t be subtle!

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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 3d

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! 🎃👻📘

Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 3d

Well, it's definitely October...

Something left a bone on my front porch. The question is, WHO? My money is on the crows.

😲☠️🐦‍⬛

Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

Buy a signed, personalized copy of one of my Ghostly Tales books here: cariejuettner.square.site

Home | Carie Juettner

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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

Hubby: "Why do you need more than one desk?"
Me:

Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 7d

Happy October! 🎃👻🦝🐾😁
This new t-shirt pretty much sums me up.

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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 8d

Me trying to finish all the things I said I would accomplish in September... #goals #multitasking

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Discover & share this Stressed 9 To 5 GIF by Holler Studios with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 8d

The black cat's eyes 👀😂

Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 9d

Staycation will be missed by many here in Richardson, TX. Here's a found poem to commemorate its closing.

☕🏠💔

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 · 10d

"Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it."

-from "Sometimes" by Mary Oliver

Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 13d

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.

Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 14d

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 · 15d

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 · 15d

✅ 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 · 15d

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 · 15d

And now for something completely different...

Because I contain (and write) multitudes.

#UnhingedPit

a man in a white shirt and tie is sitting at a table with his mouth wide open

ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is sitting at a table with his mouth wide open

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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 15d

“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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