Posts Tagged ‘Summer’
Return to Regular Programming
There’s well over a month left of summer, but for those of us with small kids, specifically in Homewood, Alabama, summer ends this week. Though it’s still steamy hot outside, the minute all our kids begin the trek to the little red brick building, the lazy, carefree days of summer are over. (That cacophony you…
Read MoreBack to School (aka the most bittersweet day of the year)
Hi friends! It’s been a while. First, a little housekeeping: It feels pretty self-serving to direct you to my Facebook page, but since you’re here to see what’s going on in my world, I guess it’s not too much of a stretch to think you might be interested to know I post more frequently (but…
Read MoreUpdate on books!
THE HIDEAWAYI received my editorial letter in mid-June with a deadline of July 29–two days from now. But I returned it to my editor Karli about a week ago! Her letter was lovely, truly. It was four pages of comments, kind praise, suggestions, and questions. I was incredibly relieved because I’ve heard of huge editorial…
Read MoreHousekeeping, rest, and multi-tasking, oh my.
Yesterday, I cleaned the downstairs of my house for two hours. Not too farfetched a story until you consider we’d just gotten back in town twelve hours before. We were gone for two weeks. How, pray tell, does a house (specifically the floor) get so dirty when no one is home?? This is what I…
Read MoreThe Friday 5: book news, difficult middles, and waiting for summer
1. In The Hideaway news: I finally turned in the manuscript to my editor! It has been sitting on a flashdrive untouched since last summer when I began talks with HarperCollins/Thomas Nelson, and I’ve been dying to send it off to get the process started. Unfortunately, it’ll still be a couple of months before I get…
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