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July: Currently

July: Currently

  feeling productive. re-commiting to getting my 10k steps in a day. With trips, vacation, and all things summery, I haven’t been able to get my steps in! listening to the What Should I Read Next podcast—I’m finally all caught up on my podcasts, and I’m adding more to the mix! contemplating ripping up the carpet in my living room. enjoying little… Read More

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What I’ve Been Reading Lately

What I’ve Been Reading Lately

I always love linking up every month with Anne’s What I’ve Been Reading Lately posts. For the past couple of months, I’ve been off my reading game, only able to finish one maybe two books a month. This month I feel like I’m back in the groove of things having read five (now, if I can only remember to update my… Read More

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July Goals

July Goals

I know. I know. It’s almost the middle of the month and I’m just getting to my July goals. Honestly? I feel like the month is just getting started. Between the “new normal” of June, family vacations, VBS, and visiting family, life is just slowing down long enough for me to finally breathe! So there aren’t many, but here are… Read More

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Five Things I’m Loving Right Now

Five Things I’m Loving Right Now

This weekend was hard. It left me exhausted and heartbroken. Instead of asking more whys and hows, here are five things that I’m loving (and are making me happy) right now. Trivia Crack. I’ve always loved trivia games. This one isn’t new (it’s an app on your phone), but I’ve started it up again with a vengeance with family. So, so fun… Read More

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Friday Fun with Laurie

Hello, friends of Christen! She is my Mom Boss, pre-published author, PR pro kindred spirit, so if you hang out here, I know we will get along just fine! On my website, I post “Friday Mixing Bowl” lists with my weekly finds, because it’s often a very random assortment. I’m excited to share some recommendations to keep you busy and… Read More

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May Book Report

May Book Report

I finally have more than two books read in a month. HA! May was a little better, but June I think I finally get back on track. What I read in May: Wolf by Wolf | Ryan Graudin: I seriously want to gush over this book. It’s an alternative history story (which I’m really loving) Germany has won WWII and… Read More

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The Margins Writing Challenge May is such a busy The Margins Writing Challenge

May is such a busy month! But we don’t want to let our writing suffer. This is not a word count goal or a “time spent” goal this is just a challenge to fit writing in little pockets of time — 3 minutes while you’re waiting for water to boil, 10 minutes while you’re in the last of the school pick up lines, 5 minutes while you’re waiting to check out at the store. 

These little pockets of time, stolen to write, will help the words stack up. I hope you’ll join us this month! 

What: the Margins Writing Challenge 
When: May 1 - 31
Rule: write in the margins of your day and watch the words add up! 
RSVP: kidding there’s no RSVP — but we’d love to know if you’re joining so we can cheer you on! Let us know in the comments below!
And that’s a wrap on April! And that’s a wrap on April!
I’m not the only one am I? I’m not the only one am I?
Working on a new project between other projects… Working on a new project between other projects… which means, new characters to stare at me whilst I work begging for me to hurry up with their stories…
All my OG readers knows what this means … I lit All my OG readers knows what this means …

I literally just added this scene and my heart is 💔💔. You’re going to love it.
Well… the hall closet is now clean and organized Well… the hall closet is now clean and organized …
Sharing my editing process for my YA Murder Myster Sharing my editing process for my YA Murder Mystery that’s releasing with @blinkyabooks next year!
Why am I like this? @kikimojo says she can’t wor Why am I like this? @kikimojo says she can’t work at round tables and I 100% get it. I can’t spread all the papers and notes and post its when I’m sitting at a round table. 

I also hate (and love) that this table at this coffee shop is the best place to work - my brain made it a rule. So … if you need me the next week, this is where you’ll find me, working on the M*rder Mystery, because IT’S DEADLINE WEEK!
I'm excited to join in the cover reveal for Karabo I'm excited to join in the cover reveal for Karabos by @lyndseylewellen, releasing from @enclavepublishing  in October 2026! The first book in The Timebound Duology, a YA fantasy, is available to preorder in hardcover today.

This is one of my most anticipated reads for 2026! 

Book Blurb: When sixteen-year-old homeschooled entomologist Winslet Nubek enters the elite, insect-hunting Tournament of Scarabs to save her family from ruin, she expects danger and magic bugs. Not time travel. Paired with a resentful cartographer, Rafe, who doubts her every move, Winslet accidentally triggers a forbidden time scarab and launches them both into volatile jumps through an ancient world.

As they struggle to hide their condition and stay in the competition, their time slips reveal buried truths about the scarabs—and the lies their glittering society is built on. With sinister forces closing in, Winslet and Rafe must capture legendary insects and expose the truth before the past bleeds into the present and destroys them both.
Everything I got written (or didn’t) this week! Everything I got written (or didn’t) this week!
I know you know … I know you know …
A Saturday in the life of an author on deadline. A Saturday in the life of an author on deadline. 

10.07 AM - arrive at the coffee shop (where I actually got a parking spot AND a seat at my favorite table!) 

11.08 AM - finally get some coffee. The line was long and I kept waiting for it to get shorter.

1.56 PM - trying not to panic because there’s still so much I want to get done and the coffee shop closing in a little over an hour.

2.53 PM - closing time. Time to pack up and leave. I’m also getting hungry, so place a Chick-fil-A order.

3.26 PM - lunch acquired. 

3.48 PM - it just so happens that the Chick-fil-A shares a parking lot with a Barnes and Noble. I think some wandering must be had (and I somehow walked out without buying anything!) 

5.01 PM - home again home again. A little reading in the office before dinner.
Y’all I have my edits back for the M*rder Myster Y’all I have my edits back for the M*rder Mystery (🎉), and I still don’t know where this Neely Spencer chapter is going (you know, the one I said I was going to post last week... or was it the week before?)

Instead of promising x number of chapters this month (and the next month), I’m going to promise that I’ll post the chapters as soon as I’m finished writing them. This means, there could be 4 chapters, or there could be 1 chapter (I’m shooting for the 4 ...) The M*rder Mystery has to be my main priority right now, but I’m hoping that I’ll have time for the whimsy (Neely Spencer is the whimsy). Because we call need a little more whimsy in our lives, right? 

Sorry to disappoint anyone — I’m writing as fast as I can. Thank you so much for sticking with me! You guys are the best! And if you haven’t started reading Atlas of Neely Spencer, now is the perfect time to get caught up!
I love connecting with readers and writers online. I love connecting with readers and writers online.

Here is everywhere you can find me. A follow is only a click away!

The best way to follow is my newsletter — let’s be honest, social media is a fickle thing and it can go down or crash at any moment, so if you for sure don’t want to miss anything, make sure to get on the list!

So glad you’re here!
Stuff I’ve written … Stuff I’ve written …
Hi! I’ve gotten some new followers whilst on my Hi! I’ve gotten some new followers whilst on my unintentional social media break, so time for a little updated about me! 

Instagram is my favorite + I’m so glad you’re here!
Chapters 14 AND 15 of Neely Spencer dropped this m Chapters 14 AND 15 of Neely Spencer dropped this morning! 

Can’t wait to hear what you think!!
I’m just going to leave this here… I’m just going to leave this here…
Emilie and Christen chat what they are working on, Emilie and Christen chat what they are working on, what they are reading,  and what’s coming up for the podcast
Chapter twelve has dropped. #neelyspencer Chapter twelve has dropped. #neelyspencer
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