Category Archives: Life

Happy Holidays! Go Buy a Book!

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When I was growing up, my favorite gifts were books. My parents were happy to oblige, so I could count on finding a fresh supply of new reading material under the tree each Christmas morning. My idea of a perfect winter break … Continue reading →

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On Gratitude

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Publishing is hard. Life is hard. But sometimes in all of our commiserating about the challenging parts, we don’t take enough time to celebrate the wonder and the magic. To hold our delicate, fragile blessings in our hands and marvel … Continue reading →

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Can You Take the Heat? (Or That Time I was Almost a Basketball Star)

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I was twelve when I announced that I wanted to play basketball. It was music to my dad’s ears. Especially since the closest I’d come to a sport at that point was running away screaming while my cousins chased me with … Continue reading →

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Failure is Not the Opposite of Success

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I have a writing friend who is in the throes of submitting a manuscript to agents and is pretty depressed. Although she’s had plenty of success—lots of requests for fulls and partials of her manuscript—she’s also gotten a healthy amount … Continue reading →

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The People Who See Us

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I was a shy kid. Actually, the word shy probably doesn’t do justice to how uncomfortable I was with any kind of attention. (And by “attention,” I mean things like people looking at me or speaking to me.) I was … Continue reading →

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Happiness, Middle School, and Seeing Red

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I’ve been thinking about happiness a lot lately. Maybe because I now have two children in middle school. Do you remember middle school? If not, here’s a refresher: It’s that hellish time of life where your body betrays you in … Continue reading →

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New Beginnings

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I’ve never been a fan of summer. It’s weird, I know. Most people love it—lazy days on the beach, picnics, swimming, flip flops, oppressive (oops, there I go editorializing again) heat. But none of that is really my thing. When … Continue reading →

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