I'm baking chocolate chip cookies with someone I love and my hands smell like vanilla and sugar. Perfect for typing. It makes me grateful for the life I live. I spent the day building business plans and book plans with friends who mean the world to me. I enjoyed a moment walking arm-in-arm in the rain through Oak Park with a friend who I share the ( Read more... )

I rarely give advice on this blog. But who cares what I rarely do, ‘cuz I’m doin' it. So buckle up!

I recently had a few friends tell me that they’re waiting on news about their next book contract. They’ve had one, two, or three books published, but now their publisher is deciding on the next book. Whatever the case, what’s most troubling is the ( Read more... )

A moment captured three minutes ago by my three year old.

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