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The Me, Me, Me Struggle

Not so very long ago, my husband joined the wide world of Twitter. He follows a total of ten people and basically just tweets about Streak for the Cash. A few weeks ago we were talking and he said, “Most people just retweet other people. I like when people tweet funny things about their life.”

“Do you read any of my tweets?” I asked.

“They’re usually about your book.”

Uh-oh…

Then the next day, I read Jody Hedlund’s blog post titled Social Media Pet Peeves(I highly recommend).

Social media pet peev...

3 C’s – It’s Friday!

Celebrating eight years of marriage!

I loved getting a little glimpse into your lives last week and enjoyed responding to your 3 C’s. I hope you’ll share again today!

Cares:

I love book clubs. I love being a part of one. And I love when book clubs read Wildflowers from Winter. I think it stimulates some interesting conversation because people have such diverse and strong reactions to my protagonist, Bethany Quinn (evidenced by these reviews on Amazon).

If you are part of a book club, I wanted to...

Sharing our Scars

I read this the other day and it really resonated with me. I hope it resonates with you too. Especially for those of you who shared your real-life “wildflowers from winter” stories a few weeks ago…

“How often our mistaken sense that we need to present a perfect front causes us to think of our wounds and our scars as something to hide; something ugly; something demeaning; something that lessens our value. But look at Jesus. Look at what Jesus thought of His wounds: ‘Here Thomas. Look at my woun...

Pressure

Last Friday, I wrote a guest post for Cathy West about publication. How it’s turning out to be everything I thought it would be and nothing like I thought it would be.

One of the things that I probably expected to some degree, but didn’t truly realize was the pressure.

Maybe this isn’t how it is with every debut author.

Maybe I’m just a head case.

Maybe I put more pressure on myself than the average bear.

I don’t know.

But on this side of publication, the pressure is intense.

I didn’t prepare for it...

Friday 3 C’s!

B-man loves his new sprinkler. It’s been a fun start to the summer!

Cares:

Wildflowers from Winter was one of three novels nominated for the fiction book of the month over at The Book Club Network. This month’s vote was the largest ever and the race is really close, so they are extending the vote until Saturday. If you enjoyed mydebut, I’d love your vote!

We got a phone for our land line last night. The dial tone made us laugh. Maybe we need to get out more.

Concerns:

I may or may not have single-...

Summer Schedule & Cover Art!

Summer might not officially be here until June 20th (or is it the 21st?), but it sure feels summery around here.

School’s out. Shoes have become a thing of the past. Bubba’s panting. The air conditioner has rattled to life. The air smells like charcoal and sunscreen. The kiddie pool’s decorating the backyard and B-man has mosquito bites.

If that’s not summer, I don’t know what is.

The Ganshert’s have some pretty big things in store this summer.

We’ll be hosting a silent auction/trivia night to ra...

Happy Memorial Day

Thank you to all the soldiers who fight for the amazing freedoms we have here in the United States.

Wishing you all a Happy Memorial Day!

May it be filled with laughter, sun, and perhaps a grilled hot dog or two.

I’m chatting about Christian fiction over at Coffee Time Romance today. Hop on over for a chance to win a copy of my debut novel!

Laughter

I believe one of the best things we can bring to a marriage is laughter.

Laughter truly is the best medicine.

As you all know from my post on Wednesday (One Bite at a Time), life has been stressful lately.

Ryan and I have both been less patient, more irritable, than usual.

Getting away for the weekend – spending two days in Minneapolis with just the two of us – was divine.

We enjoyed great food and deep conversation and time alone.

But by far, my favorite memory, was the drive home.

Seems weird, aft...

One Bite at a Time

Anybody else have a mile long, ever growing to-do list?

I don’t think I’m alone.

Life has been crazy here in the Ganshert household. Cra-zy.

We have all this educational stuff we have to get through for our adoption. I’m talking, pages and pages of homework and hours and hours of video that detail all the problems we may face in the future.

We’re organizing a Silent Auction/Trivia Night to help raise funds. And wow….

Rounding up donations + coming up with trivia questions + spreading the word so p...

Book Signings

You arrive with your fancy new pen, all inked and ready to sign. You sit down at the table with the pretty display of your books. And you wait….

10 Way to Pass the Time Until your Adoring Fans Arrive:
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1. Give people your best Miss America wave.
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2. Put your seat in front of the exit and don’t let anyone out until they say the secret password, “Will you sign a book for me, please?”
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3. Throw tootsie rolls at the customers. If that doesn’t work, try throwing your book.
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4. Carry on a conversation w...