Getting What I Want
My baby girl, fourteen months, had roseola the other week. Her fever hovered around 103 for days, and she was lethargic with very little appetite. Therefore, whenever she would rouse herself long enough to point at something she thought looked
The Creek Bank of Life
Last Sunday, I took my middle daughter, almost four, to the creek near our house to look for arrowheads and fossils. We always make our girls wear water shoes in the creek, so they don’t cut their feet on the
Remaining on the Vine
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." ~John 15:5 Since my husband’s diet consists mostly of plants, I decided
The Divide Wins Award!
This week, I found out that The Divide, sequel to The Alliance, won the 2018 multi-reader nominated, multi-reader judged INSPY Award for Speculative Fiction! The judges explained why they chose it: The Divide by Jolina Petersheim is a post-apocalyptic wonder that concludes
Guest Post + GIVEAWAY by New York Times Bestselling Author Julie Cantrell!
My path first crossed Julie Cantrell's in February 2012. Our mutual friend, River Jordan, sent her my debut, The Outcast. Being the incredibly kind individual she is, Julie took time to read a stranger's story and sent me a wonderful
My Five Year Plan
Last week, the Southern Festival of Books was held in Nashville, which I forgot to sign up for because the deadline fell shortly after my daughter’s birth. This week, I also received an invitation to visit with some author friends
Dancing in the Mine Fields
I sat on the porch step with the phone to my ear and stared out at the yard. I didn’t say anything for a moment, because I wasn’t sure how to respond. For weeks, we’d hoped that stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) could
The Story’s in the Growth
This week, I went for my daily walk and saw my husband had pulled a chair over to our creek. It moved me to picture my better half, of almost nine years, sitting there and being still. With my three-month-old
The Magnum Opus & Motherhood
Sitting up at night with my infant child, my feet rocking the glider on their own, plots begin to stir and thicken as characters bob to the surface in the sleepy cauldron of my mind. Tomorrow, I think, swaddling my daughter
The Alliance Series Has BIG News!
Last Monday, after ineffectually dodging my newborn's projectile spit-up and tucking my older daughters into bed, who were frustrated because "what was taking me so long," I sat down on the couch with my Mother's Milk tea and a pile