Let the Book Tour Commence!
Today kicks off the two week blog tour for The War Inside, which is hosted by Goddess Fish Promotions and seventeen amazing blogs. I am so thrilled to be on each and every one of them. I’ll be...
View ArticleSenseless Art
Art is senseless. It uses up vast amounts of time and resources, and for what? The hope that someone will buy your painting, read your book, or listen to your song? How can you quantify any kind of...
View ArticleHow To Stay Excited About Writing
Writing a book is just like anything else—you start off with loads of passion, but then quickly get sucked into the reality and daily grind of having to pump out page after page of quality work....
View ArticleWhat Books Do You Want To Write?
First of all, can we just take a moment to love on this picture?! Man, I wish I looked this cool when writing. Candlelight, a black feathered pen, the little side-bang he’s got going on, and that...
View ArticleLetting Go
Two small gremlins (aka children) will teach ya about letting go in a major way. As the older gremlin (two-years-old) dumps milk on the younger gremlin (eight-months-old), and grins up at me with this...
View ArticleTalk To Me!
Last week the hubs and I had dinner with friends. We discussed all the great books we’ve read, the ones we’re writing, life, kids, and pretty much everything under the sun. We consumed too much Indian...
View ArticleThe Whole Person
Last week it was a balmy fifty-four degrees outside (balmy as compared to four degrees with a negative wind chill) and so I ventured forth for a run. I love to run. I am neither graceful nor fast nor...
View ArticleIn Defense of the Artists
There’s been a good deal of unrest and rumbling lately concerning the release of the movie, Noah. Sigh. I just knew Christians were going to rip it apart. Christians love to pick apart art. This...
View ArticleWhy Do I Write YA Fiction?
Today I’d like to share with you, ever so briefly, about why I write YA fiction. Why did I decide to sit down with my laptop and become a house-wraith with pasty skin, bloodshot eyes and too many...
View Article“That’s a TALL tower.”
This is a tower that my son built. He makes many such creations, devoting a good deal of time and energy to their construction. So understandably, he doesn’t want to take them down. Instead, he sits...
View ArticleThe Introverted Parent
It’s 3:40 pm on a Saturday, the absolute end of my energy. I’m tired of the inner dialogue, the evaluating. Judging myself so harshly. Does the parenting I’ve done the rest of the week qualify me to...
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