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On Bellies and Bumps and Body Love

I catch a glimpse of my own swelling belly as I dash about the kitchen from counter to fridge to counter again, preparing breakfast for myself and my toddler son.  Without thinking, I pause, cradle that belly with a tender palm, sending a smile its way.

And then I really pause, frozen in embarrassment even in the privacy of my kitchen.  Because what I am doing?  How dare I cradle the belly that's grown thanks to a flawed diet and a dearth of ab work?  How dare I show love t...

Finding Home {Atlas Girl Blog Tour}

This post is part of the Atlas Girl Blog Tour. To learn more and join us, click here. 

I wanted to take a few moments to introduce you to a writer friend of mine.  You may already know her -- she is the author of several books and an award-winning journalist, not to mention a prolific blogger.  But just in case you don't, meet Emily Wierenga.  She is a sweet and kind soul who cares deeply.  While our theology -- or lack thereof -- doesn't always line up, I can't deny t...

On the Wearing of Wedding Rings {Living with a Spouse in Chronic Pain}

 
I spent this past weekend away, four days of sharing space and words and breath with some of the best and most kindred friends I've ever had the delight of knowing.  We fed each other food and wine and truth, shattered bottles in catharsis, pressed our bodies close. 

We talked about many things, but what stuck with me the most was the concept trying on new things, experimenting.  This is my fearless year, and I have tried on a great many things.  I have taken off per...

I am Not My Characters {On Writing Fiction}

 
We have a tendency to see the author in the words she writes, or the actor in the roles he plays, or the poet in the poems she pens.  I do, anyway, particularly with poetry, even though know first-hand of how a poem's voice is not always the same as the poet's voice.

And now I have written a novel, a whole book (!!), that is very not-me.  Well, it is me, in some ways, because how can a writer avoid etching pieces of her soul into her prose?  And Ruth and I do share some s...

My Perfectly Imperfect Book Launch {The Light Between Us}

I wrote a book.  And published it.  It's out there in the world right now, being both read and not read, as books are.  People own it.  This is exhilarating.  This is terrifying.

So.  Wondering how my indie book launch went?  Here's the good, the bad, the ugly, and the next-thing, plus a brief reflection on what I'll do differently the next time around.

The Good
Nearly 5,000 people downloaded a free Kindle copy of The Light Between Us .  A couple purchased...

Free On Kindle! {The Light Between Us Indie Book Update}

Just a quickie post here to let you know that my novel, The Light Between Us, is not only now available for Kindle, but is free through Friday, June 13!  Download it here.  If you're waiting for the print copy, it will be available on Amazon in a few days (and comes with a free Kindle edition download!), or you can order a signed copy here.  If you read it, I'd love for you to leave an honest review of your thoughts on Amazon or Goodreads.

Thank you so much for sharing this spec...

#TheLightBetweenUsBook Giveaway Winner Announced!

The giveaway of a signed copy of The Light Between Us is officially over!  Thanks so much to everyone who participated and helped share my book around -- I can't say how much it means!

Okay, so who won?

*drumroll*

*dramatic pause*

Congrats Rachel!  Your signed copy of The Light Between Us will be winging its way to you within two weeks.  Yay!

*happy dance*

Again, thank you (yes, you) for getting the word out about my book, and for entering.  If you didn't win but would still lik...

The Light Between Us is Almost Here! {Book Update}

I keep having to pinch myself -- my indie New Adult romance novel, The Light Between Us , releases THIS WEEK.  I'd be dying of excitement and/or (okay, who am I kidding, and) fear if I wasn't so caught up in last minute details and to-do's.  

The whole book-publishing-as-pregnancy-and-labor-metaphor is so overused -- but, I'm learning, that's because it's so apt.  Having now birthed two human children, I am continually astonished at how akin this book publication process is...

Because We Will Not Stay Silent Any Longer {#YesAllWomen}

In my all-female Catholic high school health and sex ed classes, I learned how to not be raped.

I learned how, if I was attacked, screaming “Help!” would be less effective than yelling “Fire!” I learned how the men in our lives are the ones most likely to harm us.

I learned that it was dangerous to be a woman, and that as a woman I needed to walk carefully into the darkening night.

I did it anyway. In my twenties, I walked my college campus and, later, the streets of my city at in the moonlit...

What I Want You to Know About Doubt

 

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”

― Francis Bacon, The Advancement Of Learning

When my daughter died before she was born, I was determined to "do grief right."  And, largely, I did.  I refused to hide from the sorrow, from the anger.  I felt it, and felt it all.  It was a terrible and profound experience.

But where things fell apart, I now see, was my equal dete...