There’s a good reason I temporarily disappeared from this blog. Several good reasons, actually. I was busy editing galleys for my next book, FROM THE START. I travelled up to Little Falls, Minnesota, recently to co-teach a couple writing workshops with my writing friend Gabrielle Meyer at this super cute library. I started brainstorming, plotting, and slightly nervously writing my fourth …
Meet author Dawn Crandall and enter to win a copy of her new book!
I’m super thrilled to welcome author Dawn Crandall to the blog today! Her first book, The Hesitant Heiress, released in August, and her second one released right on its heels. The Bound Heart released just a couple weeks ago. The third one comes out early next year. I’m really looking forward to reading them…don’t you think the covers are pretty? …
The Top 10 Classic Rom-Coms of All Time
Someone recently asked me to list my favorite classic romantic comedies. This person knew me well enough to know adding in the word “classic” was vital. I am the girl, after all, who has only truly loved two rom-coms in recent Hollywood history. There are a few I like just fine, but I’ve only looooved two from the past decade …
Aragorn, Blue Castle and getting snarky with God (Or when bravery is saying yes)
This post is part of a series on bravery I started a couple months ago…you can read earlier bravery posts here. Also, warning, this one gets a little more introspective and meandering than most. Have you ever had a book-slash-movie people repeatedly told you to read-slash-see but you just didn’t get it done for the longest time? I was …
Brandy Bruce is back with a new book…and a giveaway!
I am super pumped to have author Brandy Bruce back on the blog today. She’s visited here before, and though we’ve never met in person, just from our email interactions I have a feeling in real life we’d be good friends. Maybe because in this interview she mentions a pop addiction and Chris Hemsworth…two topics I feel, ahem, rather strongly …
The Best Episode from Each Season of Gilmore Girls (Part 2)
Last week I started a two-part mini-series on the best episodes from each season of Gilmore Girls. Why? Because why not talk about one of my favorite TV shows?? Especially now that it’s living a second life thanks to the wonders of Netflix. As noted last week: If, thanks to Netflix, you are currently binging your way through Gilmore Girls for …
Michael Jordan can play baseball if he wants to! (Or when bravery is knowing you might fail)
This post is part of a series on bravery I started a couple months ago…you can read earlier bravery posts here. So I basically have the coolest siblings in the ENTIRE world. It’s incredibly rare that we’re all four home at the same time, but a couple weeks back, we all found ourselves in good old Webster City, Iowa, at …
Christmas and WWII in one book from Cara Putman and friends? Yes please!
Award-winning author Cara Putman is one of those women I look at and say, “I want to be like her!” She is, in a word, awesome. And she is also today’s guest! Cara, along with authors Tricia Goyer and Sarah Sundin, just released a collection of WWII stories set during Christmastime called Where Treetops Glisten. As a brand new fan of writing …
The Best Episode from Each Season of Gilmore Girls (Part 1)
Ever since one of the greatest dramedies on television hit Netflix earlier this month, Gilmore Girls has been one of the internet’s favorite topics of conversation. You can find quizzes. You can find lists. You can stumble upon endless fights over the best of Rory’s boyfriends. (Some of which have happened right here.) We already did a Gilmore Girls series—affectionately …
Gettysburg, WWII, drumming dreams & more…a Q&A + giveaway with Rachel Muller
I’m not sure how I first met author Rachel Muller online…but somehow our paths crossed, probably more than a year ago, and I’m so glad they did. Why? Because she writes my faaaavorite era of historical fiction: World War II. Rachel recently released her first novel, Letters from Grace, and now that my own deadline is over, I finally get to …