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Tomorrow, at this time, I’ll be running around with bubbly bumpy nerves flitting about my tummy. Excitement and nervous energy and massive doses of caffeine will keep me going. Tomorrow is the first day of the 2013 Breathe Christian Writers Conference. I’m leading a… Continue Reading “Getting Ready to Breathe”
Kindergarteners are the big kids. Well, at least when you’re in pre-school. Then those kindergarteners are big, huge, intimidating, JUMBO kids. And my boys and their pre-school buddies have been facing off against those big old kindergarteners in soccer at recess for a week.… Continue Reading “Defeating the Kindergarteners”
Dishes and laundry are never ending, impossible to win, mind numbing chores. And I hate chores. Always have. Always will. But, last night, my dishes had found their way into my sink. Seriously. I think they breed there. I didn’t have a chance to… Continue Reading “Dishes and Bluegrass”
I’m currently in the first draft phase of writing a new novel. It’s an exciting, terrifying, exhilarating, excruciating process. And I love every little bit of it. I’m researching and writing and dreaming. Part of my process is sketching what I think a scene… Continue Reading “Pictionary”
Make sure you check out the fundraiser for The Hope Project. I had a nightmare. It started out nice and happy. I walked into an enormous building, on my way to sign a book contract with a REALLY AWESOME publisher. What publisher? I… Continue Reading “Nightmare”
October is when leaves come to full color just before dropping to the ground. Well, here in Michigan, at least. The trees are left nude, vulnerable. Exposed. By the end of the month all that’s left are wiry, twisting branches. The dark covers… Continue Reading “The Hope Project”
Long ago, I took a creative writing class at Great Lakes Christian College. The professor, the great George Brown, told us the importance of having literary representation. “I gotta get me a agent,” I wrote in my notebook. (I thought poor grammar was hilarious.… Continue Reading “Credo”
Earlier today I had the pleasure of discussing Paint Chips with the Tommy and Brook Book Club at Baker Book House. It was a whole lot of fun and I got to see some fabulous friends. While there, I noticed that Paint Chips…my little novel…was… Continue Reading “Best Seller Shelf”
Yesterday, I felt completely overwhelmed. After an afternoon of editing, I’d retrieved the kids from school, gotten them to lug all their gear inside. Got the homework folder out. Found snacks. Tried to figure out dinner. Started to pack one lunch for the next… Continue Reading “The Day Purple Boy Visited”
This past weekend, I hung out in Indianapolis. Well, in the Hyatt Hotel, at least. It was, possibly, the most exhausting weekend of my life. But it was also pretty stinking groundbreaking. I intended to write out all that happened. But, between the food… Continue Reading “Weekend in Indy”
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