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#38Write: February 2013′s Writing Workshop Is Open for Registration
#38Write—my global writing initiative—is a monthly series of online writing adventure workshops for place-passionate, culturally curious writers around the world. Each writing adventure focuses on one...
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#38Write: I EAT FEAR | Pieces from Writers Around the World
#38Write—my global writing initiative—is a monthly series of online writing adventure workshops for place-passionate, culturally curious writers around the world. Each workshop focuses on one...
View Articleworlds are forming in my heart…
“I need to be silent for a while, worlds are forming in my heart.” ~Meister Eckhart (brilliant quote swiped from Julie Long’s website)
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#38Write CRUSH launches today with 14 writers in 7 countries!
#38Write—my global writing initiative—is a monthly series of online writing adventure workshops for place-passionate, culturally curious writers around the world. Each writing adventure focuses on one...
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Hiatus: #38Write Writing Workshops
Last week I announced awesome-blossom news (novel!), and today I’m announcing some not so awesome-blossom news. Due to current insane life pressures (mamahood, job, writing, book coming out,...
View ArticleOn Process: Writing & Faith in the Invisible
I’ve got one novel published & out in the world (Thirsty, Swallow Press, 2009); I’ve got one novel in the publishing pipeline (The Art of Floating, Berkley Books/Penguin, 2014); I’m now writing the...
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Redesigning the Traditional, Boring Reader’s Guide for The Art of Floating
A few weeks ago, I decided to write the reader’s guide to THE ART OF FLOATING myself. Sure, I could have handed off this task to the editorial team at Penguin Random House | Berkley Books, but who...
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5 Tips for Authors on How to Engage Book Clubs from Midge Raymond
Hey, folks, The marvelous, brilliant, book savvy Midge Raymond is back at Writerhead. This time she’s written a terrific book about how to market your book! Read, buy, share! _______ Book clubs are not...
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My New Writing Partner…
About six months ago, our pup Gumper unexpectedly died. He was young…just 1 1/2 years old. It was one of those things that you can’t explain. And it was heartbreaking. After that, we took a doggie...
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Dream: Fish Stuck on Curtain
In a deep swimmy sleep last night, I dreamed a fish was stuck to the bottom corner of a curtain. Her scales were dried out, and the fuzzy curtain gripped her. She was gasping. I filled a pot with water...
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Happy 2015, Year of “No Mud, No Lotus”
“No mud, no lotus” This is my mantra as I write this new novel, continue sharing THE ART OF FLOATING, and shift into 2015. The necklace is a Christmas gift from my hubs. The wisdom on writing (&...
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Our Last Sunday Breakfast as a Family of Three!
Today, Andrew cooked up our last big Sunday breakfast without our new son. (You can see his high chair is all set up & ready next to Tully.) Next weekend we travel to China for the adoption. We’ll...
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Shanghai, Here We Are!
Yesterday, after way too many hours in an airplane, we made it to SHANGHAI!!!!!! So happy to be back. Our journey to our new son has begun. Spending a week in Shanghai, getting over jet lag, revisiting...
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Chased Out of Shanghai By Typhoon Chan-hom!
So we were chased out of Shanghai two days early by crazy Typhoon Chan-hom. Now settled in Tai Yuan. More soon! Headed for Shanghai!
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And so we are a family of four!
On July 13, 2015, we adopted this awesome little guy in Tai Yuan, China. We are happy, tired, and oozing big, big love. More soon!
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A Long Road to Guangzhou…
Cutest Carrefour baby, ever! So…of course Friday night’s flight from Tai Yuan, China, to Guangzhou, China, was delayed. We ended up taking off around 10:30 p.m….and landing around 1:00 a.m. (curse...
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Getting Our New Son’s Visa in Guangzhou
The day before we were to head to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, the visa issuing system went down. Tech issues. Yep, seriously. I put a call out on Facebook for positive visa system energy (maybe a...
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A New Essay About My Path to Adoption at The Manifest-Station
So it’s been a while since I last blogged. (Okay, it’s been a loooonnnggg while since I last blogged.) But I’ve been wonderfully occupied with getting our new son Yao acclimated and comfy in his new...
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