Book Release Eve and I’m in disbelief. The local peeps are coming, and other friends are logging some serious travel miles to be at tomorrow’s release party. Girls I haven’t spoken to in years are texting me pics of Lu on their Kindles and bookshelves. But do you know who I’d really love to give … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
I Got Mail!
So I didn’t leap on the UPS lady when she delivered the first copy of Lu this week, but only because Matt was home. “Don’t scare her,” he warned as I flung open the front door. I assumed he meant no touching, but I did run halfway down the driveway with my hands outstretched. “You’ve made my … [Read more...]
All About the Binding
So how do you come up with a book title and cover? I’m not really the girl to tell you because I didn’t come up with either for my book. I’m a decisive girl … until I’m not. Take the birth of my third son. Take his whole gestation. He was a surprise, and it’s not so much that I couldn’t wrap my … [Read more...]
Reveal Time
I’ve packed my writing room with inspiration, like this photo on my desk. It’s my grandparents’ camp that I went to every summer in Maine. It’s not so much a picture or a memory of a place as it is a teleporter. I see it and I’m there, breathing the scent of pine needles and hearing the call … [Read more...]
Also Known as Sharing
If I didn’t write about chickens, what did I write about? Despite what I wrote on my Book page, I’m not trying to be coy. It’s just really, really, really (really, really) scary to share my stuff. Sharing is a childhood lesson. Share! We’re admonished 88 times a day, but we don’t wanna because … [Read more...]
