Summer is coming. Here’s a post on 50 cheap and easy ways to improve your writing. Did you know that you can read YA fiction for free on Pulseit? Just in time for summers by the pool too. Am I right? My co-worker, Caitlin, re-vamped her office space. I’m in love. Speaking of re-vamping. My #WriteNight buddy, Sara, had a… Read More

thankful that it’s almost time for family vacation loving these Sanku shoes (trying to decide if I need them for vacation or not) determined to finish these last round of edits for this draft on “The Novel” before going on vacation feeling tired after a crazy “solo” weekend and gearing up for three more “solo” days before the weekend (but I’m planning backup)… Read More

Hello, June I have big plans for you. June is vacation month. This whole family needs it. June is getting ready for nephew month. Only one more month before this awesome little person makes his arrival and we are all on pins and needles to meet this fantastic little boy. June is finish the first “real” draft of the book…. Read More

Life has completely taken over. Between a fussy baby, work, keeping the house clean, getting ready for Mother’s Day, getting ready for a wedding, and trying to get my novel finished up, thinking about blogging this week makes me feel like I can’t breathe. So. Instead of being a flaky blogger, I’m taking a break this week. I’ll see you… Read More

1. I always, always have a book with me. As a pastor’s kid growing up, we never knew if dad was going to have visitation after church. Generally that meant either waiting in a hospital waiting room, or waiting in the car (house visits). So in order to keep the boredom at bay (and keep me from “fighting” with my… Read More

1. Our little bitty town finally moved up a smidgen in the world—we got a cupcake bakery! Yesterday I surprised E with a girls date and we went and got our cupcake on. It was perfect. She ate the icing, I ate the cupcakes. Next time, I’m saving two bucks and getting her the frosting shot. 2. This post on writing… Read More

In an attempt to watch less Netflix, I’ve acquired a healthy addiction to podcasts. Generally while washing dishes (or any other stationary “house duty” type job), I binge watch something random on Netflix. I was getting a little frustrated with my choices — with little people running around it wasn’t like I could watch absolutely anything I wanted (and anything that had… Read More