Back to school...Huge crying emoji!That's right, I HATE back-to-school. Besides being stressful for parents as well as kids, I hate it when my babies (note: they are teenagers) go back. I know I'm supposed to like it. I'm supposed to be like, "Now I...
My college-age daughter is driving back to school with her new-for-her car. My 17yo daughter went with her and I'm feeling...lonely. One of the great untold ironies of parenthood is that when your kids are out living their best lives and making great...
Happy (late) Fourth of July to all my American buddies! We spent the holiday with my extended family at the beach, and it was one of the best beach vacations we've had. The saddest part for me is that we were down two kids (one was working and one is...
If you're here, you've probably already gotten my freebie--From Ashes. (If not, you can!)But if you're looking for more free books for your e-reader, this is a FANTASTIC Stuff Your E-reader event! It only happens a couple times a year and you can sea...
Today I am fighting with marketing. Sigh. While I feel that I'm pretty good at writing (grab a free copy of From Ashes if you want to test this theory), I am painfully bad at marketing. Another sigh. Fortunately for both of us, I have hired a wonderf...
Unpopular Opinion: I don't really like summer. As in, it's my least favorite month. That's right. In my neck of the woods, it means intense heat, intense humidity, mosquitoes, chiggers, and weeds weeds weeds. Boo. And, summer, my friends, is coming....
Happy happy Mother's Day! Just popping on to remind you that Hugging Death: Essays on Motherhood and Saying Goodbye is free through the 13th. Also free and perfect for Mother's Day and with happyt endings... I'm also participating in the Free Clean R...
April showers (aka record flooding) have definitely brought some May flowers to these parts. May also brings my birthday and Mother's Day. If you're new to this newsletter, you might not know that I have a few May traditions. First, I donate a tenth...
First of all, HUGE thank you to any and all who backed my Kickstarter. Hearts, kisses, all the things. Secondly, hello April showers. We've had record flooding in these parts, and with a backyard that has a pond and is bordered by a creek (that feeds...
The Kickstarter ends at 6 CST today. If you'd like the newly covered versions of these books, click HERE.I've got small, inexpensive tiers (as low as $5) as well as larger ones with all the pretty new books. You need pretty new books, don't you. Of c...