3 Things You Must Know About to Make Your Life Better
This is my shallow list - but when I find something I love, I have to share it with the world. Roux 'Tween Time Touch Up Sticks When people ask me "Is that your natural hair color?" I always tell them the truth - "Yes, but now I have to pay for it." You see, I've...
Win Books and Laugh at My Expense
Before I became a writer, I thought that the whole Christian writing world was a whole lot of kumbaya, lollipops and unicorns. And then I realized that even though I had a real live book contract, I still wanted more. But hey, I'm not the only one... If you are...
How Not to be a Jerk – the E-mail Edition
Ugh. I hated to see that name come up in my inbox. Do you ever have that reaction? You see the name on that email, and your heart just sinks. Ugh. And of course, the email was jerky, pushed buttons, and made me ticked. I'm sure that was the desired response. So of...
Somebody Gets It
OK - I don't even know what to say. I am so overwhelmed. Until someone reads your book it's like putting a message in a bottle and throwing it out on the waves - will anyone else understand? Do we speak the same language? Adelle is the first person outside of my...
Harvest House is Giving Away My Book…
Harvest House Publishers is doing a giveaway of my book, The Me Project. To enter, go to the Harvest House Publishers facebook page and comment on one of their posts about the giveaway. They will randomly select 15 winners on Friday, January 14th! Way to blow sales...
400th Post and a Deal for my Bloggy Friends
OK so 400 posts may not seem like a big deal, but for me doing anything 400 times that doesn't involve Starbucks is an accomplishment. The other big milestone around these parts is that my 3rd book, The Me Project, is being released in just a few weeks and I couldn't...
My Resolution this year? Just Keep Swimming
I just did some toy shopping. I ordered a big plush version of Dory from Finding Nemo. And I bought it for myself. (And maybe, just maybe, I will let my two toddler friends play with it if they promise to be really, really careful.) Let me tell you why I had the...
Looking for a Hot Date for New Years? Try Pizza Fondue
I used to be hip and young - I would dance all night in a club called the Dokoro in Kyoto, Japan sipping ginger ale and taking the train back to my tiny apartment carrying my shoes in my hands. But now I'm old. If I make it until 11:30 PM on New Years, that's when...
Featured Author Cheryl Ricker
In the Fall of 2005, I met a woman who changed my life. Introducing ourselves at a Mothers of Preschoolers group, Chantale shared that she was suffering from stage four lung cancer. The air became thick, and I knew this group would be different. Chantale later asked...