People, I have been looking forward to this blog post for weeks. (Because, yes, I’m the kind of person who gets excited about blog posts. Don’t laugh.) Here’s the deal: Back in November, I FINALLY saw Guardians of the Galaxy. As a rather ardent Chris Pratt fan (because how fun is Andy Dwyer?), it’s a shame it took me so long to …
Two weeks until the mega fun begins
Hey guys! Okay, here’s the deal: I had plans to do some ridiculously fun things on the blog this month BUT I reeeeeally need to write book four. It’s in the works and I’m having a blast with it, but I need to focus hard core in the next couple weeks. So I’m stepping back from the blog for two …
Grabbing the impossible
I saw this quote written on a marker board recently and snapped a photo. It’s an awesome quote. It’s an even more awesome quote when considered in the context of where I spotted it…on the board hanging in the classroom of a recovery center for homeless men. It made me smile so much knowing a man who is in the …
“Kiss Me. I’m Clueless.” A fabulous guest post from Nichole Parks + a giveaway!
You know how sometimes you get that perfect email from that perfect person saying the perfect words at the perfect time? (Also, you know how sometimes you totally overuse the same word over and over in one sentence??) Well that perfect email came for me, recently, from a writer named Nichole Parks. I “met” Nichole when she was interning at …
Why I still make resolutions…and why I’m kinda okay with breaking them.
I woke up on New Year’s Day smiling. At least I think I was smiling. I felt smiley, anyway. Because I LOVE New Year’s Day. Sure, a lot people feel compelled to remind us it’s just a flip of the calendar, no different than any other day, really. But I can’t help it. I will latch onto any opportunity for …
The one Christmas tradition I *don’t* like (plus the Fa-La-La Giveaway!)
I love lots of Christmas traditions: Classic Christmas movies. (Somebody posted a comment on Facebook the other day asking if she’s missing out by never having seen It’s a Wonderful Life. It was all I could do to stop crying and pull myself together before replying.) Christmas candy…especially candy that other people make. I tend to have issues when I …
Top Ten Classic Christmas Movies
It’s no secret that I love classic movies. It’s possible that the epitaph on my gravestone may read: She loved Classic Movies (and also Needtobreathe and flannel) But never do I get more classic movie googley-eyed than at Christmas. Any other time of the year, I do mostly okay realizing that many people do not care for my movie faves …
Twelve Films of Christmas Part II
Oh you guys! Massive fun alert! A couple days ago, my awesome author friend Hillary Manton Lodge posted Part I of our Twelve Films of Christmas two-part blog event. The goal: combine our love of Christmas and our love of movies…and also our love of other writers. We asked ten fellow authors their favorite Christmas movies, threw our own in, …
Jessica Patch is awesome and she has a new Christmas novella and she is awesome!
Jessica R. Patch is basically one of the coolest people I’ve ever met online…and then thankfully eventually in person! She was one of the very first people to read this blog when I haphazardly started it with no idea what I was doing. Seriously, I think her comments kept me going for several months. She is also hilarious. And wise …
What inspired my new Christmas story + don’t miss the giveaway!
It is a truth universally acknowledged… …that when a girl is obsessed with classic movies, her storytelling can’t help but be impacted by said obsession. Turns out every story I’ve written so far has some kind of classic movie thread lacing through it–whether it was an intentional “angle borrowing” as in the case of Made to Last and …