A new story
Last August, I was lying awake, and had the idea for a new story… so I jumped out of bed and scribbled a rough outline for the first chapter into the inside cover of an old notebook. What’s been...
View ArticleBrainstorming a YA book cover
Recently, I’ve been brainstorming new cover design ideas with my Illustrator, Chad Lewis. YA novel here we come. After four books in a row of intentionally similar series book covers, it’s nice to be...
View ArticleLooking for Beta Readers
My upcoming YA novel, City of Words, is going to be released later this summer. But until then, it’s going to be read, and re-read, and edited… a lot. To that end, I’m looking for any “Beta Readers”,...
View ArticleThe Process of Writing Dystopian
This is how Wikipedia defines Dystopian: A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος, alternatively, cacotopia, kakotopia, or anti-utopia) is an imaginary community or society that is undesirable or...
View ArticleSee illustrator, Chad Lewis, at work
See my regular illustrator, Chad Lewis, at work. In this behind the scenes video from Adobe. Watch video: https://helpx.adobe.com/mobile-apps/how-to/sketch-comic-book.html
View ArticleCity of Words cover and summary
My thoughts: Getting ready to release City of Words is probably the coolest thing I’ve done so far, as an author. I’m so excited to publish this story, to get this out into the world, so you can read...
View ArticleCity of Words – Goodreads Giveaway
Enter to win a signed ARC (advance release copy) of City of Words. Contest link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/153185-city-of-words .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family:...
View ArticleFive book Giveaway
Win a signed ARC copy of CITY OF WORDS — enter to win on Goodreads at: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/155511-city-of-words .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia, serif;...
View ArticleFree Book for Goodreads Fans
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View ArticleContest: Free audio book of In the Window Room
CONTEST: In the Window Room is now an audio book. Like the Goodreads post for a chance to win a free copy from Audible. Like this post to for a chance to win: Enter Goodreads Contest More about the...
View ArticleWhen evil follows you home :: San Bernardino Shooting
REDLANDS, CA — About a month ago, my wife and I were vacationing in Paris: we saw the tourist sites, Versailles, the Eiffel Tower; we ate at the same romantic, picturesque cafe for two nights in a row;...
View ArticleBook vlog Review for CITY OF WORDS
So excited to receive a great review by Angie’s Epic Reads vlog: “If you enjoyed the Maze Runner series, I think you will really like this book… even if you did not enjoy the Maze Runner series, you...
View ArticleHow Star Wars: The Force Awakens should have ended – 3 alternate endings
Caution: Major Spoilers! Seriously. They’ve killed Star Wars — You remember that scene in Return of the Jedi in which Jabba the Hutt (translated through C-3Po) is talking about the sarlacc in the...
View ArticleCity of Words – Chapter 1 preview
Preview of City of Words, by Steven J. Carroll. Buy it: Paperback eBook The pain is immediate. My eyes shoot open, but they are blocked. It’s happening again, and all my ears can hear is the...
View ArticleTwo Giveaways
I’m currently hosting two giveaway through Goodreads. Enter to win. The Road to Jericho .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;...
View ArticleCommunity
Whenever we travel to Florida my wife and I like to visit the city of Celebration: the astonishingly preplanned, Disney-built town near the Magic Kingdom. It’s what some might call endearing, or...
View ArticleChocolate Carrots
No one is ever really in danger of gorging themselves on lima beans. That’s not really how we function, as people. We go for the sweets, the things that entice, and call out to us. At the risk of...
View ArticleWealth
My thought for the day is actually a borrowed thought from Sir Thomas More taken from his book, Utopia–about the nearly perfect, imaginary civilization of Utopia. The broader quote reads like this “For...
View ArticleComing back to life
Coming back to life: A few weeks ago, I posted a photo of this tree, with all bare branches and dead-looking, but now it’s leaves are grown and it’s full again. And it made me think of the idea of...
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