The Evolution of Emily Cover Reveal!
I’m so excited to be a part of my friend Kate Scott’s cover reveal for her upcoming book THE EVOLUTION OF EMILY! Are you ready for it? Because it’s an awesome cover: I really enjoyed Kate’s debut...
View ArticleWUW: I’m back … again!
What’s Up Wednesday is an easy and fun weekly blog hop that’s hosted by Jaime Morrow and Erin L. Funk. All you do is answer the four main questions, then visit the other participants’ blogs to see what...
View ArticleWUW: Yeehaw!
What’s Up Wednesday is an easy and fun weekly blog hop that’s hosted by Jaime Morrow and Erin L. Funk. All you do is answer the four main questions, then visit the other participants’ blogs to see what...
View ArticleLet’s Be Real For a Minute
Happy New Year, y’all! I still can’t believe 2014 is over and gone. That had to be the fastest year of my life. I reflected back on it as I wrote our family Christmas letter, and concluded that it was...
View ArticleNow Let’s Talk Goals
Ahh, the beginning of a new year. A time for reflection and goal making. Yep, I’m not a resolutions girl. I make goals. I’ve been thinking about what I’d like to accomplish this year, and think I’ve...
View ArticleWUW: New Year, Not New Me + a Giveaway!
What’s Up Wednesday is an easy and fun weekly blog hop that’s hosted by Jaime Morrow and Erin L. Funk. All you do is answer the four main questions, then visit the other participants’ blogs to see what...
View ArticleWUW: Snowy Writing Days
What’s Up Wednesday is an easy and fun weekly blog hop that’s hosted by Jaime Morrow and Erin L. Funk. All you do is answer the four main questions, then visit the other participants’ blogs to see what...
View ArticleI Go To Extremes
Originally posted on my personal blog on September 14, 2009, a month after I was diagnosed. Lyrics quoted are from Billy Joel’s “I Go To Extremes.” “‘Darling, I don’t know why I go to extremes. Too...
View ArticleWUW: So close!
What’s Up Wednesday is an easy and fun weekly blog hop that’s hosted by Jaime Morrow and Erin L. Funk. All you do is answer the four main questions, then visit the other participants’ blogs to see what...
View ArticleFirst Quarter Goals Review
This started out as a What’s Up Wednesday post. I even published it and went to link it when I saw that’s no longer a thing. So this may seem a bit disjointed, but I’m kind of ready to get off the...
View ArticleMy Latest WIPs
Hullo there! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Let’s see, last time I posted was in April, and I signed off promising goals for the second quarter. And it’s been radio silence ever since. But that’s...
View ArticleHey, I feel like a human again!
Hello, blogland! Last I posted, I was 32ish weeks pregnant and 3 weeks away from moving into a new house. Well, it’s been 4 months, and I’m now in the new house and I have a new baby! Nugget was...
View ArticleWhat I Remember About Postpartum Depression
This post was easy to write–because I’ve been thinking about it for weeks–but scary to publish. Big deep breath … here we go. I recently read this blog post from a fellow mother with bipolar disorder...
View Article#tykinschallenge A Very YA January Rules
TO ENTER: Follow @ctylerbooks and @krisatkinswrites. Use the A VERY YA JANUARY challenge list to inspire original bookstagram posts. Tag your posts with #tykinschallenge. It’s that easy! Every A VERY...
View ArticleA Long Overdue Update
Inspired by my friend Christine Tyler, I’ve decided to dust off the old blog. What will I post? Not really sure. How often will I post? Probably twice a month. But I’ve been researching marketing...
View ArticleHome.
I recently spent three weeks visiting my parents in my hometown of Charleston, SC. The first week I was home, I felt homesick for Denver. Everywhere I went, I faced layers of memories. This is the...
View ArticleNew Headshots
It’s the little things in life, right? While in Charleston, we took family pictures. Of the Whole. Fam. Damily. It was a little crazy, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. We had the photographer for...
View ArticleOn Rejection and Thick Skin
Back in November, after eight years of writing, I finally began querying. Querying is the process by which a budding young writer enters into writer adulthood by hunting the mythical creature known as...
View ArticleWriting Update
I had a plan to post a writing update every month. But you know what they say about the best laid plans. They don’t get … umm … laid? Something like that. Back in May, I shared a little about Thread by...
View ArticleWhen You’ve Been Writing for a Decade and Still Aren’t Published
On September 12, 2008, I moved to Colorado. About a week later, my husband flew to Florida for a business trip, and since I didn’t have a job yet, I decided to visit my sister in Atlanta. While there,...
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