Star in Your Own Commercial – Brought to You by Google…
One of the things I love about my publisher, Harvest House, is that I am their own personal lab rat. And trust me, I say that with a lot of affection. When Abby - Harvest's Queen of all Things Social Media - saw this new film maker from Google - creating your own...
The First Ever Dory Award
Ever since I posted about her a couple of weeks ago, I've had Dory on the brain. I've been thinking about her motto, "Just Keep Swimming" when it comes to almost every aspect of my life. My ministry. My marriage. My parenting. My writing. And it seems that some of you...
Disney Update and Mommy Guilt
First off, I have had so much fun reading your comments from Tuesday's blog post - I have had to restrain myself from hopping on to Ebay and ordering everything that you recommended... More on some of your obsessions next week. Now for today. When my blog posts...
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...




