Kelsey and I are planning a Waco Road Trip for 2018 to visit Magnolia Market, and I recently polled Facebook friends who've been to Waco for their "must sees, must dos, and must eats!" It was so helpful! This is what they shared: Arletta recommended seeing the Dr. Pepper Museum Julie-Nick said the Magnolia Farms bakery was "fantastic!" Perrianne advised that the least crowded … [Read more...]
And the winner is . . .
In Nashville tomorrow evening, November 8, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) is hosting the 2017 Christy Awards at David Lipscomb University where the 2017 winners of The Christy Awards will be announced. And what makes the event extra special this year is that we're also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the renown novel Christy by Catherine Marshall (pictured right). Is … [Read more...]
10 Writing Tips for Staying Focused
Are you list lover? I am. I recently made a list of 10 truths that I've revisited recently in my own writing career in regards to staying focused and to "finishing the book!" But these are truths that also apply to life in general. Which of these 10 tips resonate with you? Disconnect…and be disciplined about it— So easy to say, so hard to do.In my early years of writing there … [Read more...]
It’s Christmas at Carnton in Franklin, Tennessee
It may be barely be fall in your neck of the woods, but it's already Christmas at Carnton here in Tennessee! Much as Lynn did yesterday with her newest novel (which I'm so excited to read!), I'm celebrating the release of Christmas at Carnton today . . . While I don't quite view the books that I write as my "babies"—I've had two babies, and they're now 30 and 28 years old (I'm smiling … [Read more...]
When heaven feels close
Better late than never? Not sure that's true in this case, but oy... It just hit me—at 8:47 PM tonight!—after going on a walk with Joe and Murphy that this wasn't the 2nd Tuesday of the month but the 3rd. Which is my day to blog. And yet all I have on my heart and mind right now is my sweet Dad . . . Me and Dad in July of this year. Love this man. I've been keeping the roads … [Read more...]
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