I'm being a bit facetious with that title. Or perhaps hopelessly optimistic. The amazing thing about this blog journey is that it always surprises me. I think, "Oh, such-and-such would be pretty...
writing a book | how it happened
Despite the fact that I just wrote a book I feel like I'm totally the wrong person to give advice to an aspiring author on how to get published. I thought it might be helpful, though, or at least...
from blogger to author
November 17, 2010, I put it out there - I said I was going to start working on a book and just see where it took me. In November 2011, I had a book contract in hand from Thomas Nelson. In November...
didn’t make the cut
I had to do a lot for my book. A lot. It was so much more work than I anticipated. Weeks of writing, hundreds of pictures, hours of photo editing, weeks of rewriting, dozens of projects and days of...
the book
My life for the past couple of months has basically revolved around the book I'm writing. Things are finally starting to come together. We've edited through chapter nine (out of ten) and I just...
more peeks…
Well, the flurry of activity will be prolonged for a few more days...fortunately. My original deadline for the photos has been extended. Whew! I was going to make it, but I was definitely going...
Sneak Peeks
The next ten days are going to be intense. I'm making my final push to finish the photography and projects for the book (as well as tweaking some of the tutorials.) I did have a very productive...
A Visit to Lucketts
Well, I finally crawled out of my writing-induced hermit shell yesterday and spent the day at Lucketts and running some errands. It was mostly book-related, but it was so nice to be out and about...
blogging & writing
I've spent the last couple of weeks focused on the writing of my book and I'm finding it so difficult to write blog posts as well. I've been locked in my room in sweat pants, just writing. So,...