What I’ve Learned Since The Outcast’s Release + Double Audiobook Giveaway!
I once heard that launching a novel does not change your life, but it has. Almost one year ago—July 1, 2013—my debut, The Outcast, was born, and in many ways I feel like I was reborn right along with it. Honestly,
My Happy Place + Giveaway!
My husband and I were married a little over a year when he brought me like a pioneer bride out to his family in Wisconsin. I drove deer alongside the hunters; I scaled an eighty-foot silo with him and peered
Author Interview at FoxLeaf Books!
Charion Stacy Slocum, the owner of FoxLeaf Books, was kind enough to invite me to an author interview session today. We chatted about The Midwife, The Outcast, working around a toddler, and the first installment in a series that I
I Blame It On Low Blood Sugar
Pressing toward deadline, I sat on the couch during my daughter’s afternoon nap, languidly licking batter from a spatula while brownies baked in the oven. I didn’t think of my gestational diabetes test the next morning; I didn’t really think of
Pregnancy Wardrobe Malfunction
Take a mighty good look at that picture, for it was not without effort that I wedged my twenty-seven week pregnant body into a blouse I purchased during Goodwill’s 50% off sale. My first mistake was trying it on when I
Vlog Series: Overcoming Writer’s Block + iTunes GIVEAWAY!
Hello, friends! Tomorrow I give birth to The Midwife, my second book baby, so today we prepared Burdett's Tea Shop and Trading Company for the launch. Tickets are almost completely sold out, and we found ourselves having to rearrange tables to make