Raw Literature: Themes from Peregrine Arc

Raw Literature: Themes from Peregrine Arc

By A. R. Clayton Ms. Charli Mills of Carrot Ranch accepted my request to write a guest blog. A big thank you for inviting me to Carrot Ranch and for your ongoing kindness and support of writers. I appreciate Ms. Mills’ honest, detailed writing and am enjoying...
Raw Lit: For the Love of Rocks

Raw Lit: For the Love of Rocks

By Charli Mills Anyone who hangs around Carrot Ranch long enough will know that I have a thing for rocks. No matter where I go, the crust of the earth beckons me for a closer look. I love rocks. I also love stories, and words, and crafting fiction. The beauty of art...
Times Past: Cooking with Mum

Times Past: Cooking with Mum

High in the Sierra Nevada mountains, winds a highway known as “4” or Ebbetts Pass. From the river valleys carved into the box-canyons of the eastern slopes, this highway connects the California Gold Country with that of the Silver Comstock. A right road of...
Times Past: Cooking with Mum

Times Past: Cooking with Mum

By Irene Waters My almost ninety-year-old mother rings me every night. A habit that began many years ago both to ensure that she had someone to talk to every day and from a safety perspective. Too often the elderly fall and are not discovered for days. Every day she...
Open Call for Guest Writers

Open Call for Guest Writers

The well has gone dry, writers! We’ve had a terrific run of guest writers who have explored and shared their creative projects and processes through the Raw Literature series at Carrot Ranch. I’m not convinced we’ve run out of creativity to share...
Raw Literature: Exploring a New Structure

Raw Literature: Exploring a New Structure

By Faith Colburn I’m trying something unusual structurally right now, and the jury is out. I hope to send my novel to beta readers sometime later this month, but I’m still tweaking. Here’s the nutshell: I have a male character, Connor, whose sister,...