Carissa Halton
@carissahalton.bsky.social
Sharing what makes me curious, conscious, creative. Debut historical novel REVOLUTION SONGS out now: featuring Communists, the Canadian KKK, mine strikes, police surveillance and one young girl caught in the middle.
Flour sack dresses could be far from sack-like, plain and dowdy. So resourceful! Novel research unearths the best stuff. (Also, my book launch my include a flour sack dress…)
#writersky #bookresearch #historicalfiction #histfic #vintagefashion
#writersky #bookresearch #historicalfiction #histfic #vintagefashion
April 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Flour sack dresses could be far from sack-like, plain and dowdy. So resourceful! Novel research unearths the best stuff. (Also, my book launch my include a flour sack dress…)
#writersky #bookresearch #historicalfiction #histfic #vintagefashion
#writersky #bookresearch #historicalfiction #histfic #vintagefashion
Always finding ways to get out of my head.
April 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Always finding ways to get out of my head.
Sometimes our brains just have a limit. As though it’s a good steed, I’ve been working hard to pay more attention when it says, “Rest, my friend. We both need it.”
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sometimes our brains just have a limit. As though it’s a good steed, I’ve been working hard to pay more attention when it says, “Rest, my friend. We both need it.”
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
💥Book news. 👀 Watch til the end for the 📔title reveal
March 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
💥Book news. 👀 Watch til the end for the 📔title reveal
February 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
January 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A book about the opportunities crisis creates for people who want to legislate hate. 😳 The characters are great, writing beautiful. My quibble is her choice to cut away or back flash the most interesting scenes. But a beautiful, timely, slower book about art & activism. 3.5/5
#booksky #amreading
#booksky #amreading
January 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A book about the opportunities crisis creates for people who want to legislate hate. 😳 The characters are great, writing beautiful. My quibble is her choice to cut away or back flash the most interesting scenes. But a beautiful, timely, slower book about art & activism. 3.5/5
#booksky #amreading
#booksky #amreading
My novel… every strategic planning I’ve ever helped facilitate… my life 🤗 let’s embrace the mess a little, right? Like even in nature, how natural is a straight line?
#goalsetting #reallife
#goalsetting #reallife
January 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My novel… every strategic planning I’ve ever helped facilitate… my life 🤗 let’s embrace the mess a little, right? Like even in nature, how natural is a straight line?
#goalsetting #reallife
#goalsetting #reallife
Set in Rome during the Nazi occupation, a priest with the help of his “choir” helps Allied POWs escape. I haven’t read anything about WWII set in Italy so loved that. But so much back & forth into the past, between characters I didn’t remember. Beautiful prose, but sometimes too much of it. 3/5 ⭐️
January 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Set in Rome during the Nazi occupation, a priest with the help of his “choir” helps Allied POWs escape. I haven’t read anything about WWII set in Italy so loved that. But so much back & forth into the past, between characters I didn’t remember. Beautiful prose, but sometimes too much of it. 3/5 ⭐️
New year, new office set up meant stringing new lights and adding way more desk space — ready to work ❤️
#amwriting #writinglife #homeoffice
#amwriting #writinglife #homeoffice
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New year, new office set up meant stringing new lights and adding way more desk space — ready to work ❤️
#amwriting #writinglife #homeoffice
#amwriting #writinglife #homeoffice
Happy solstice. The light is coming! (And on last night’s magical ski, I felt so grateful for the beauty of this land on which we live❤️)
December 23, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Happy solstice. The light is coming! (And on last night’s magical ski, I felt so grateful for the beauty of this land on which we live❤️)
Research brings the best finds ,right? #amwriting #historicalfiction (If there are any homemade Morse code tapper experts out there, would love to hear from you!)
December 20, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Research brings the best finds ,right? #amwriting #historicalfiction (If there are any homemade Morse code tapper experts out there, would love to hear from you!)
One might think I am reading about the political happenings in the world. Rather I’m on hiatus from the news (as best as I can look away) so I’m crushing it in a certain Candy game… 🤪
December 18, 2024 at 4:04 AM
One might think I am reading about the political happenings in the world. Rather I’m on hiatus from the news (as best as I can look away) so I’m crushing it in a certain Candy game… 🤪
At Iconoclast Coffee this afternoon, @sheilampratt.bsky.social and I did one 🤞last substantive edit of my novel manuscript out Fall 2025 w @newestpress.bsky.social. Can’t wait to share it with you all. Thank you Sheila for all your thoughtful reads❤️
December 13, 2024 at 12:40 AM
At Iconoclast Coffee this afternoon, @sheilampratt.bsky.social and I did one 🤞last substantive edit of my novel manuscript out Fall 2025 w @newestpress.bsky.social. Can’t wait to share it with you all. Thank you Sheila for all your thoughtful reads❤️
I discovered the beauty of #yeg’s north end @brewandbloom in my ongoing search to stay awake while pumping out plot, dialogue and non-cheesy characters this month. The snow falling outside and the flowers inside? Bloomin’ly reviving!
#writesky #writer #amwriting #writinglife
#writesky #writer #amwriting #writinglife
December 10, 2024 at 10:51 PM
I discovered the beauty of #yeg’s north end @brewandbloom in my ongoing search to stay awake while pumping out plot, dialogue and non-cheesy characters this month. The snow falling outside and the flowers inside? Bloomin’ly reviving!
#writesky #writer #amwriting #writinglife
#writesky #writer #amwriting #writinglife
Writing retreat’s are about the only way I start to get a ton of words down, get the ball rolling ya know? They also include: eating, sleeping, contemplating death, contemplating fire, attempts at meditation, more sleep. Then voila! 15,000 words
#amwriting #writersky #writinglife
#amwriting #writersky #writinglife
December 10, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Writing retreat’s are about the only way I start to get a ton of words down, get the ball rolling ya know? They also include: eating, sleeping, contemplating death, contemplating fire, attempts at meditation, more sleep. Then voila! 15,000 words
#amwriting #writersky #writinglife
#amwriting #writersky #writinglife
Meeting my Dec 31 MS #deadline means I’m visiting a lot of #yegcoffee shops. Today’s travels took me south and the sound of the beans turning at Ace Coffeeroasters meant I hardly needed my earbuds’ white noise
#amwriting #writersky
#amwriting #writersky
December 9, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Meeting my Dec 31 MS #deadline means I’m visiting a lot of #yegcoffee shops. Today’s travels took me south and the sound of the beans turning at Ace Coffeeroasters meant I hardly needed my earbuds’ white noise
#amwriting #writersky
#amwriting #writersky
As the holidays approach, I revisit this ode and encourage all wearers of such contraptions to consider freedom too. #flashpoetry #amwriting #writersky #poem
December 9, 2024 at 7:36 PM
As the holidays approach, I revisit this ode and encourage all wearers of such contraptions to consider freedom too. #flashpoetry #amwriting #writersky #poem
Every story needs conflict, right? This chapel at my writing retreat! It is sound proof and besides the gorgeous shape and light, I love the heaven and hell motif at the end. This space was inspiring.
#amwriting #writesky #writerslife
#amwriting #writesky #writerslife
December 9, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Every story needs conflict, right? This chapel at my writing retreat! It is sound proof and besides the gorgeous shape and light, I love the heaven and hell motif at the end. This space was inspiring.
#amwriting #writesky #writerslife
#amwriting #writesky #writerslife
What a show! Delivered all the feels plus a fantastic musical cast❤️ See it at the Citadel before it’s gone… #yeg #livetheatre
December 8, 2024 at 3:10 AM
What a show! Delivered all the feels plus a fantastic musical cast❤️ See it at the Citadel before it’s gone… #yeg #livetheatre
These guys were hollering all night in our back alley like strangled cats. We rushed out of bed, threw on our gear and… Seriously, keep it down already! (Search up porcupine mating call and you’ll get it!)
November 30, 2024 at 4:12 PM
These guys were hollering all night in our back alley like strangled cats. We rushed out of bed, threw on our gear and… Seriously, keep it down already! (Search up porcupine mating call and you’ll get it!)