Guess what…Sometimes I totally read and promote nonfiction! Who knew, right? (Yes, we can get a little fiction heavy around here.) Well, today’s guest is nonfiction author Bethany Jett. She’s repped by Amanda Luedeke (also my agent) which makes her automatically cool in my book. And she’s written a book called The Cinderella Rule for teen and young adult women. Whether …
Classic Cinephiles Take #2: Funniest movie ever?
First, storytime: So I am the oldest of four kids. And as such, at times I am used to be a little bossy and know-it-all-ish. One such time occurred when my parents were gone and us kids were home and charged with loading the dishwasher.* On this day we couldn’t find the actual dishwasher soap. I told my siblings it didn’t matter. …
Deadline. Devo. News!
Stay tuned for fun news at the end of this post… Two of the prettiest words in the English language.Photo credit: stock.xchng I’m on deadline. And that means I’m doing things like buying new socks so I don’t actually have to do laundry. Eating peanut butter straight out of the jar. And trying to convince myself sleep isn’t really all …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Rajdeep Paulus
Sometimes you meet someone and two seconds later think to yourself, “She is cool. Commence friendship.” Debut author Rajdeep Paulus is one of those people. We met last November at the MacGregor Literary client seminar…she’s a load of laughs and she totally didn’t make fun of me for ordering basically a kids meal at lunch.*And guess what! Raj’s first book just …
The post about Benedict Cumberbatch . . . . And an important vote.
Yeah, of course I was going to write about him eventually. I had a crazy weekend basically conquering all of western Iowa (it’s more exciting than it sounds…all those cornfields, all those barns) and hanging out with some of my favoritest friends. I still don’t understand why they all haven’t decided to relocate to MY town, but whatever. No hard …
Benedict. Cumberbatch.
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Why faith is a little like rom-com.
So, I write romantic comedy, right? It took me awhile to embrace this. Mostly ’cause for awhile I was convinced I totally had the Ted Dekker vibe going. Then I read what I’d written. And decided I should probably be the last person to read it. But once I sorta found my writing feet and discovered my voice, rom-com was …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Rachel Hauck returns!
Look, I gush a lot, right? That’s because I love a lot of books and a lot of authors. I have enough love for everyone, people! BUT…sometimes no matter how much I gush, I feel like I can’t quite get across just HOW AMAZING certain authors and their books are. Authors like Rachel Hauck and books like Once Upon a …
Classic Cinephiles Take #1
I love old movies, right? Like, if I were to parody this timeless video (remember the eHarmony cat lady?), I’d gush about old movies in place of cats. Well, my friend and fellow author Clay Morgan also loves classic movies. I’m not sure, but he might even spend as much time Wikipedia/IMDb-ing movie faves as I do. So OF COURSE …
Where I’m at and what’s up next week.
I’m hanging out with my over-the-top cool family today…everybody’s here! My sister and bro-in-law and Ollie from Kansas. My brother from New Jersey. Moi…AND this sister who’s getting married tomorrow!! —>Yeah, Nicole’s actually a lot older than this now. We don’t really believe in marrying off babies in our family. I just NEVER get tired of that photo.The guy she’s marrying …