…I’m disappearing from the blogosphere for a couple days. No blog post today (unless this counts) or Monday. But I’ll be back on Wednesday with a waaaay fun special guest who is writing about one of the greatest literary heroes of all time. (Nope, not Darcy…)In case you’re new around these parts, Ollie is my adorable nephew. He was born …
My book has a name + Ollie photos = happy Monday!
Can we play “Indulge Melissa” for just a few minutes as I share two happy thoughts? My book has a title! It’s officially official as of last week that my debut novel, releasing next fall from Bethany House, is titled Made to Last. Hooray! I got to visit Ollie over the weekend. If you’re new here, you need to know …
Weekend catch-up…Ollie time!
Yay for Julie Senne, winner of Katie Ganshert‘s debut novel, Wildflowers from Winter, following the recent WfW blog hop! Let’s play weekend catch-up… I spent the first half of the weekend sick. But by Sunday, I was well enough to travel with my family down to Kansas City to visit my sister, brother-in-law…and Ollie!* They live in Wichita, but were …
Love…2012-style.
For my last post of 2011, I’m going to keep things short and sweet. Partially ’cause I figure it’s nice to listen to the industry experts every now and then. But mostly because today I’m auntie-ing it up with my adorable nephew Ollie. By the way, if you missed my sister’s guest post on Wednesday about little Ollie, I highly …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Amy Reece
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas. I looooved hanging out with my fam…Speaking of family, today’s guest for Welcome Mat Wednesday is none other than my sister, Amy Reece! I have been practically bursting with anticipation for today’s post…think Buddy the Elf in the syrup aisle. Ex-cite-ment! I’ve featured Amy and her husband Chip’s son Ollie on …
Perfection.
I had a bad day the other day. We’re not talking bad hair day. Dude, I’m used to those by now. Nope, it was pure emotional bad day mixed in with lack of sleep and under-the-weatherness. Ugh. Those are the worst. I won’t go into the why’s because, frankly, this is not a diary and you are not …
Occupy where?
Depending on who you listen to, the Occupy Wall Street movement is either limping along on its last leg or poised for world takeover. I’m not going to get into my feelings on the movement now. Because, friends, it’s Monday. We have weightier (i.e. sillier) things to talk about. Like: What, or rather where, I’d much rather “occupy” …
Ollie’s probably going home!
Two reasons I’m late and somewhat cheating on today’s blog post. 1) I blogged over at the MBT Ponderers today. So I hope you’ll hop on over there for some laughs and, yes, even a serious thought or two. 2) This book…Heiress by Susan May Warren. Could. Not. Stop. Reading. Now, I’m a slightly (definitely totally) over-the-top fan of Susan …
Answered Prayer…another Ollie post!
I will thank you always that you went into action. And I’ll stay right here, your good name my hope. ~Psalm 52:9 (The Message) Ollie before surgery with Chip and Amy.I think my sister Nicole took this photo… Funny thing about these “Devo Day” posts. Back in June when I committed—gasp—I thought it might be hard to come up with …