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An excerpt about bangs

Books, Diary

Last spring we filmed various people reading excerpts from Church of the Small Things for me to share leading up to its official release on October 3. There was a time that I regularly posted videos of Caroline, but those days are long gone now that she's a teenager and not really interested in being on any kind of social media unless it's her own. However, she agreed to read an excerpt from the Read More

Church of the Small Things Ebook for only $4.99

Books, Diary

Maybe you've heard I have a new book coming out October 3.  And as we were talking about all the things we'd like to do as it goes out into the world, someone said, "What if we give everyone a chance to pre-order the ebook version for only $4.99 for 24 hours?"   (I wasn't that person, but I totally would have been if I had known such a thing was possible.)   Here's the deal. You can Read More

Coming soon to a city near you (maybe)

Books, Other

Well if you've been wondering what I've been up to over the last couple of days, I'll tell you. Trying to get over this. Nothing in my life really prepared me for that. Our entire weekend basically consisted of either watching Caroline play soccer or driving Caroline to her soccer games. She had her last games with her school team in addition to playing in a tournament with her club Read More

And, yet still, Nobody’s Cuter Than You with a giveaway!

Books, Other

***The giveaway is now closed and the winners have been chosen at random and notified by email! Thank you!**** Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 404 1483 763 519 831 To say I have been overwhelmed with your response to Nobody's Cuter Than You is the understatement of the year. In the last two days, I've laughed and I've cried and I've had to put my head between Read More

Nobody’s Cuter Than You – Now in a bookstore near you or online near you

Books, Other

Well. It's weird how you have a date marked on your calendar for so long and it seems so far away and WAY IN THE FUTURE and then all of sudden it's here. That's April 7th for me. Which is today in case you aren't clear. This is the day that my third book, Nobody's Cuter Than You, is officially out in the world and I've had it circled on my calendar for almost a year. Actually, I don't Read More

Nobody’s Cuter Than You – My new book and a fun request!

Books, Other

So I believe I've mentioned that I've been working on a new book. And also that it was due yesterday. The bad news is I'm not quite finished with it, the good news is the nice people at Tyndale are giving me a little bit of grace and I have a few more days before they follow through on their threats to lock me in solitary confinement until I finish. But today I get to tell you a little bit Read More

Some things you might want to know and a book giveaway!

Another day, Books

This is going to be quick because I'm trying my best to get a lot of writing done this week along with the 684 other things I have going on because May is trying to kill me and I apparently said yes to way too many things at some point when I felt wildly optimistic about my time management skills. 1. Focus on the Family broadcast Way back in January I flew to Colorado Springs and taped an Read More

In case maybe you have a book club or something

Books, Other

Here's the official update on stomach plague 2014: Caroline went back to school yesterday. P ate a whole bag of chili-cheese Fritos. I spent the day feeling queasy and out of sorts. What I'm saying is that one out of the three of us appear to have escaped unscathed. Because, let's be honest, chili-cheese Fritos are a bold gastronomic choice on even the best days. Meanwhile, Caroline Read More