Posts Tagged ‘Writing Life’
My first Bookish People interview!
I told you I wanted to try something new, and today’s the day! This will be a series of interviews, hopefully coming about once a month. I’ve come up with a list of questions I think are interesting, but if you have an idea of something you’d like to ask the featured writers and readers,…
Read MoreGoing to try something new…
I used to read a lot of blogs. I mean, A LOT. It was back when I worked full-time, and now that I think about it, it’s kind of funny to me that I had WAY more time to read blogs when I had a full-time job than when I lost my job and came…
Read MoreInterstate podcasts
With my parents living in Mobile, my brother and his family in Atlanta, our beach house in Florida, and us in Birmingham, I spend a decent amount of time driving on the interstate. I used to listen to music, but at some point, I made the switch to podcasts. I thought I’d share some of…
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 MoreWhy I Write
I went to the Hoover Library Southern Voices festival a couple weekends ago and heard a bunch of authors talk about their books, their writing processes, and their paths to publication. It’s always such a boost to be in a room full of other people who understand how hard it is to write–to say what…
Read MoreFriday 5: Books, Pizza, & Gloria Steinem
1. Hoover Library’s Southern Voices book/writing festival is this weekend. It’s a dream for writers and book lovers. I’m excited about all the authors, because even if I’m not familiar with their books, they are always great speakers who talk about their books and writing processes in ways that interest and engage both writers…
Read MoreLearning to Rest
I often have a hard time resting when things around me are messy or chaotic. How that plays out in real life is that in any small amounts of time during the day I have to rest (few and far between, actually), I find myself cleaning or straightening so that everything is neat before I…
Read MoreParenting, zombies, and cussing: The Friday Five (on Saturday!)
*This Friday Five installment is brought to you on Saturday because of the utter craziness of my Friday. 1. Y’all, parenting feels like a battle these days. Yes, good is mixed in too, but with a 6 year old who is learning to be quite sassy and a 3 year old who loves both her…
Read MoreWriting as a balm for real life
I began this blog as a way to document my journey to what I hoped would be publication of my first novel. Things are good in that realm, and while I wait for the official okay to give more details about that, I need to write about something in my non-writing life, because of how…
Read MoreOn Life-Balancing and the Social Media Vortex
I have a very inconsistent relationship with social media, in all its forms. I love the people-stalking aspect of Facebook—it’s how most people relay information: new babies, weddings, career changes, what they had for dinner last night. I love the lack of status updates on Instagram. There’s no “your friend Sheila liked this,” followed by a random…
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