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Friends Are the Best Medicine
I'm so incredibly blessed to have amazing friends. Truly. I don't deserve such blessing!One of my best friends happens to be a writer I met online. Crazy, isn't it? Melissa Tagg and I became critique...
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An Honest Post About Prayer
I'm going to get real here for a minute. Because I think too often as a Christian, I shove my struggles under a mat and pretend like I'm fine.But no one ever said living the life of a believer would be...
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Choosing Gratitude
A few weeks ago, I sang offertory at church. I had to pick a song, so I went through the list of songs in my repertoire.When I came across Nichole Nordeman's "Gratitude," I started to cry.Because we...
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What I've Been Up To...
Hey all. Sorry I haven't been around the blog much lately. Life has been, shall I say, a bit CRAZY lately. A good crazy. Just crazy.Here's what I've been up to...With the help of some good friends, we...
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Writing Blog Tour
Hey all. I can't believe it's Memorial Day already!! Craziness. The days have been flying by. I'm busy working and revising my book and...being pregnant. Yep. My energy is currently being zapped away...
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Behind the Scenes of Captured by Love: What I Hope Readers Take Away From the...
By Jody Hedlund (@JodyHedlund)Every inspirational fiction writer faces the challenges of weaving spiritual themes and messages into stories without coming across as sounding "preachy."While I don't...
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2014 Pre-Conference Mix and Mingle
In less than 3 weeks, I'll be attending the American Christian Fiction Writers annual conference. This is seriously one of my favorite times of the year. I get to gather with other authors who have the...
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Kept and the Modern Family: Guest Post by Sally Bradley {and a giveaway!}
Christian fiction is known by many as sweet and saccharine -- sure to induce happy, glowy feelings about God and family. And for many novels, that's the truth. But in today's world, there's more than...
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A Beautiful Baby Shower...and an Unexpected Gift
A little over a week ago, my friends and family threw me the best possible baby shower a girl could ever imagine. Here are just a few pics from that beautiful night (I didn't have my camera, so I'm...
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How to Become Dissatisfied Overnight
This time last month, the beloved car I'd had since my senior year in high school bit the dust.The 1996 Ford Contour was in decent shape on the outside, but its insides decided to give up the fight. It...
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Face Me Blog Tour: The Real Face of Pregnancy
When my friend Jaime Wright first brought up the idea of a blog tour featuring posts on beauty -- requiring blog authors to post a picture of themselves without makeup -- I said, thanks but no...
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Four Tips to Make Your Marriage Stronger
November 18, 2006Today is my eighth wedding anniversary. I'm blessed to be married to my best friend -- a guy with whom I'm survived disappointments, graduate school, debt, disagreements, and much...
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The One Thing I Want With the Time I Have Left
Tomorrow is my 30th birthday.It's hard to believe I've lived three decades, but I have. Time flies, and yet it feels like I have yet to accomplish so much. But unlike many people who bemoan the fact...
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One Word 2015: Clay
A lot of people pick New Year's resolutions to follow each year. Those are all well and good, but they tend to not work for me. I much prefer to select one word to focus on.The last few years, I've...
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How to Overcome Fear With Joy
Our first son is due this Saturday and to say I'm excited is an understatement.But...I'm also REALLY nervous.I know, I know. This is very normal. I keep asking myself questions like...Will the delivery...
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May We Never Lose the Wonder
We all have moments in our life that mesmerize us with wonder.For me, some stand out distinctly:Like the time I was missing my family while on a study abroad trip to Europe -- and then, as I stood a...
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The Lies We Believe
Yesterday my husband taught a lesson in our Sunday School class. It was about the passage in Matthew 6 that talks about worry -- and how we shouldn't do it.There were a lot of great points made by him...
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The Art of Hoping
I'm not a glass-half-empty kind of person. In general, I tend to be cautiously optimistic.Except when it comes to myself.You see, even though I've had good things happen to me before, I have this weird...
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To Stay in a Moment
This weekend, I rewatched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It's a movie about a guy who daydreams. A lot. His daydreams bring him into a world where he's a hero. An adventurer. A passionate artist....
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What It Really Means to Be Strong
Our culture really values strength -- especially in women.I mean, don't we all long to be seen as a strong person, someone who can handle whatever life throws at us and make it through -- no matter how...
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How I Know I'm Meant to Be a Writer
My story is like that of a lot of authors: I knew I wanted to write since I was a little girl.I'd fill pages and pages with my stories (and pathetic stick art too!). I dreamed. I crafted. I...
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The Day My Dreams Came True {Plus a Giveaway!}
I'm a planner. I like to know what to expect. But sometimes, the best things in life are unexpected.A few weeks ago (okay, March 13 to be exact...), I received an email from my agent. She told me she'd...
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The Day I've Been Waiting For {Plus a Release Day Giveaway!}
As I wake up this morning, I have to remind myself to BREATHE!Because my debut novel, One More Song to Sing, has officially released. It's out in the world. No more dreaming of being a published...
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12 Days of Christmas Giveaway -- Day 11
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my favorite authors gave to me...Can you believe it's already Day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway? If you haven't been following along, it's not too late to...
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New Website!
Hey guys!I've been working on my new site and it's finally up and running. I won't be posting at this old blog anymore, which kind of makes me sad and happy at the same time.See, this is where I...
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