Once upon a time I signed a book deal and wrote a manuscript and sent it off to my publisher. Writing over 60,000 words should feel like a lot of …
here’s to all the flukes and the impostors out thereRead More
dear jesus, please don’t make me internet famous
We laid there in bed, hand in hand, staring up into darkness, at the ceiling we could not see. The silence of the house perched itself on our …
writing beyond your platform week 2: writing as a part of the spiritual life
This is the second video in the Writing Beyond Your Platform series. For the first video click HERE. In this session, we explore the idea of …
writing beyond your platform week 2: writing as a part of the spiritual lifeRead More
why i’m over building a platform
I’ve been blogging for seven years now. Most of the people who were blogging when I started have either surpassed me in fame and platform numbers, or …
what i’m reading: spring 2017
Happy Spring, everyone! Here in Texas, the bluebonnets are lining all the highways, and we are basking in or two weeks of perfect weather …
all the favorites: books & posts from 2016
I really don't know where this year has gone. I had high expectations for 2016 to be something special, because I was turning forty (why are new …
what i’m reading: all the pretty things and others
I just finished Edie Wadsworth's beautiful memoir All the Pretty Things: The Story of a Southern Girl Who Went through Fire to Find Her Way Home. It …
books: the new punk rock of our modern era
Have you ever posted something on social media and then been surprised that so many people liked it and shared it? This was the photo and the text of …
how to find your place in all the confusion
Last Thursday, I rearranged the whole downstairs of my house because there were feelings and thoughts piled up in my head. All those feelings and …
Summer Book List 2016
I love book lists, don't you? In the summer I feel completely allowed to read all sorts of impractical fiction because in my book brain I am still in …
what I’m reading: spring 2016
Where are my book people at?I haven't posted a book list in a while. It isn't because I haven't been reading. I think I've just been too lazy to write …
books for fall 2015
Aren't books wonderful? I am reading so many wonderful new and old books, I can't not tell the world. The stack on my bedside table is …
