Today I’m so happy to join in on the “Road to the Christys” blog tour…celebrating and promoting the 2012 nominees for the 13th Annual Christy Awards for excellence in Christian fiction. You’ll see bloggers all over the web participating in the coming week! For my contribution, I decided to have a little vlogging fun. Since there are 27 nominees, I …
Fun news…agented!
Please forgive me for veering from my usual Friday “devo day” post…but I can’t help sharing… Life is pretty sweet, but every once in awhile it takes a turn for the totally awesome. Which is exactly what happened recently–starting with an email and phone call from Chip MacGregor a couple weeks ago and then another phone call with another MacGregor …
The joy of playing auntie.
I’m pretty convinced being an aunt is one of the best roles in the world. It gives you a seriously good excuse to… a) Spoil your amazingly adorable nephew like crazyb) Play paparazzi like Lady Gaga wouldn’t believec) Fill your Monday morning blog with cuteness! I hung out in Wichita this past weekend with Ollie and yep, I went a …
The difference between simple & easy.
I’m hanging out with the coolest kid ever today. He goes by the name of Ollie. And if you’ve never heard me talk about him before, then we probably need to schedule a four-hour phone call. So I’m a little short on time due to my auntie fun, but I did think it’d be fun to get a discussion going …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Vickie McDonough
I’m so happy to welcome author Vickie McDonough as today’s Welcome Mat Wednesday guest poster! Vickie is the author of 25 novels and novellas, including her latest release–End of the Trail. We’ve been chatting this month about moving, traveling and transition. So what happens when God transitions you into something you totally didn’t see coming? I love Vickie’s take on …
*This* writer’s creative process
Okay, so I saw this hilarious pie chart making the rounds on facebook a couple weeks ago: Oh my word, so true, right? Well, close. The truth is, there are quite a few more slices to my personal creative process pie. I thought I’d share. FYI, the proper way to view this photo is starting at the top with “Muse,” …
What defines you?
Don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life. ~1 Corinthians 7:17 (MSG) So I read the above verses earlier this week and forty thoughts ran through my mind at the …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Jill Kemerer
I’m so happy to welcome writer Jill Kemerer to Tag(g)lines today!I have to tell a cool story about Jill…back when I first started reading her blog, she had just begun a Writer’s Survival Guide series. Her first post, if I remember right, was all about attitude and our mindset at writers–and it was exactly what I needed to hear. I …
Meme Meme Meme
Yay for Lindsay Harrel! She won the drawing for two books by author Elizabeth Musser. I used a random number generator to identify the winner. My thanks, again, to Elizabeth and her publisher, David C. Cook, for providing the books for the giveaway. The way fun Jessica R. Patch tagged me in a fun meme last week (yes, I’ve been …
Never give up
He will never give up on you. Never forget that. ~1 Corinthians 1:9 You know what’s amazing and terrifying to me all at once? Besides Blue Bunny Peanut Butter Panic ice cream, I mean. (Amazing, the taste. Terrifying, the calorie info on the back of the container. That’s what black markers are for, I guess.) Seriously. What’s amazing and terrifying …