Today I have the fun of introducing you to fun writer and online friend Rachelle Rea. Rachelle is a reader, writer and free-lance editor. AND she’s written a fun post for today. One I can relate to a little too well. After all, it wasn’t even a month ago that someone invited me to a high school youth group. Not …
Captain America vs. Thor (aka Melissa finally catches up)
Skinny jeans. Twitter. Downton Abbey. All bandwagons it took me a really long time to join. Like, the bandwagon was out of sight and I had to pull a Carl Lewis to catch up. I’m still lagging behind on the Snapchat front (I don’t get it!!), there’s a chance the new glasses I just got and am so proud of …
The Writing Life…with guest Clay Morgan
My friend Clay Morgan is here today. Yay! He hosts this great podcast with two friends (which I had a blast guesting on recently). He and those same friends blog at this fun website. He wrote this awesome book. And we both host this classic movie feature. By way of further introduction, I was going to make some disparaging joke about Clay not …
That time I talked to those guys . . . and a giveaway!
Confession: The “giveaway” piece of that post title is a little bait-and-switch-y. There IS a giveaway going on…but you have to go to another site to enter. But I promise…you WANT to go to this site. See, there are these guys who call themselves The Storymen. I met one in person a couple years ago (Clay Morgan), one online last …
All kinds of newsy (and Newsies) stuff!
Today I meant to share a variety of fun news. But then I typed the word “newsy” in the headline to this post. And immediately thought of Newsies. Which is a ridiculously awesome 1990s musical starring Christian Bale. Yes, Christian Bale. Here’s proof: So clearly I had to include a shout-out to the best all-boy musical ever. (Okay, not all …
QUIZ: Which Made to Last or Here to Stay character are you?
Who doesn’t love a good quiz? Recently, online quizzes have told me that I’m Leisl in Sound of Music, Tina Fey would play me in a movie of my life, and that I should live in Fantasia from Neverending Story…which is crazy because that movie scared the crap out of me as a kid. My favorite was the quiz that …
And just like that, a new author fave! Meet Hillary Manton Lodge (plus a giveaway)
A couple months back, awesome writing friend and one of the coolest Canadians I know—Rachel McMillan—told me I had to read a book called A Table by the Window. The author’s writing style, she said, would be just up my alley. I pre-ordered the book…waited patiently…and then read the WHOLE thing in one weekend. Folks, I adored this book. ADORED IT! And …
The Monday Haps
Yep, I just used the word “haps.” Is that 30s-appropriate jargon? I mean, I know it falls dangerously close to deets, totes and adorbs territory…and I know I’m too old for those. (Partial lie…because I’m pretty sure I used “adorbs” at least once last week when I didn’t have enough characters on Twitter to spell out adorable.) But I’m not quite …
Say hi to special guests Becky Wade and Victoria Bylin…and win books!
It’s a happy Friday here at the blog today! I’m joined by special guests Becky Wade and Victoria Bylin. Becky and Vicki are both fellow Bethany House authors and we’ve had fun lately putting together some promo videos for our upcoming books. We debuted the first video just this week…all about the things you won’t find in a contemporary romance. …
A confession, a song and a new favorite book (i.e. the post where I get honest)
If you happen to know me outside this blog and you’ve talked to me at all in the past couple weeks, you’ve probably already heard me gush about Jonathan Merritt’s new book, Jesus is Better than You Imagined. It is hands-down one of my favorite non-fiction reads ever and I can’t stop talking about it. I’ve appreciated Merritt’s writing for …