Big Magic for NaNoWriMo
On October 21, in the middle of a crazy busy week, Lesli, Susan, and I met in Nashville to attend an event on Liz Gilbert’s book tour for Big Magic. (Book...
Tag: novel writing
Blog Challenge Day 16: Dream Job
What’s my dream job? I’ll give you ten guesses. A handful of you have approached me cautiously, carefully, to quietly ask, “How’s your n...
That horrible, no good, tempting stamp of validation: Do you like me?
Be it cosmic intersection or divine intervention, I was meant to read Everything Belongs at this particular season of life. I’ve been smacked upside the h...
Research trip to Franklin, Tennessee
During our drive home from Chicago after Thanksgiving, the idea for my second novel was born. I would be remiss if I didn’t credit Chuck with helping to p...
“I’ll remember your name.”
After church on Sunday I met a friend for lunch. It was the sort of lunch that excluded spouses and children because we both needed to divulge feelings and thou...
A love letter to my husband
Dearest, You were already a long-suffering, understanding husband and now your wife wants to be fiction writer. God bless you. You’ve been supportive and ...