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I am off social media for the duration of 2026 (effective 1/17/26). Please email to get in touch!

the real world
Joined June 2014
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I'm leaving social media for the rest of 2026 (effective 1/17/26). Here's hoping I get a book ready to publish while I'm offline enjoying the real world! If I do, you can sign up for updates here: deborahocarroll.com/newslett… Email anytime. May your 2026 be full of wonder & joy. 🥰
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Giveaway! It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Enter to win this collection of Austen-themed goodies I've curated from independent creators (plus a DVD). US only. Ends 12/21/25. forms.gle/VkVhCYNrRZACaEBH9
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Hey, I'm taking a break from posting online for a couple months. Just...need to step back from the interwebs and focus on life, family, & hopefully writing again. Anyway, here's a li'l blog post update I just shared, including some upcoming books & films! deborahocarroll.wordpress.co…
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New blog post! Sharing my 12 top-favorite books I read in 2024! thepagedreamer.wordpress.com…
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New blog post! My top 15 favorite reads of 2023!! (Yes, 2023. 😂 I'm finally catching up.) Top reads of 2024 coming TOMORROW! Meanwhile, read about some awesome 2023 books today here: thepagedreamer.wordpress.com…
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I'm giving away a whole series in paperback! Celebrating the paperback release of Prodigies and Legends! This (sub)urban #fantasy series by @invisiblemoth1 is SO good! Kinda cozy, kinda YA, elves, cats, time travel... US only. #Giveaway ends Fri. 4/25/24! thepagedreamer.wordpress.com…
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Flash Sale from Whimsical Publishing in honor of my birthday! 15% off all books (except preorders)! (Use code EDITOR at checkout. Good through 3/10.) Loving doing line/copyediting for them for 3+ years now. Check out the lovely books in the shop! 🤩 whimsicalpublishing.ca/produ…
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Meanwhile, my author seems to be having Twitter arguments with her characters instead of writing their books. 😌
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Please note that Teague the character is also, by profession, an author, sooo. 👀
Authors are so touchy these days. 😌 #characterproblems
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Perhaps you should have not let your book get so long it might need two. 😅 #authorproblems
Most splendid. You hear that, @OCarrollDeborah ? Perhaps you should finish my book, then, mm?
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Inquiring minds (characters?) want to know... 👀 (My character Teague has delusions that I might write him... 😅)
This December will mark precisely one decade since I showed up in my author's head and demanded she write my tale. What should she do to celebrate? (Perhaps write more of it...)
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My character Tare is salty at me for...a variety of reasons. 😅 (Art by @artfulscribbler !)
That moment when your author puts a sticker of you on her laptop. The laptop she keeps NOT using to write your book... It's too cute to be me, obviously... Character problems. *sigh*
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deborah o'carroll (offline for 2026) retweeted
This December will mark precisely one decade since I showed up in my author's head and demanded she write my tale. What should she do to celebrate? (Perhaps write more of it...)
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deborah o'carroll (offline for 2026) retweeted
That moment when your author puts a sticker of you on her laptop. The laptop she keeps NOT using to write your book... It's too cute to be me, obviously... Character problems. *sigh*
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Celebrating 11 years of blogging! With a giveaway for the best fantasy novel I read last year! deborahocarroll.wordpress.co…
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End of thread. Penned for the sixteenth anniversary of the first time I wrote "The End" on a novel, and a few years now since I've written any meaningful amounts of story words.
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