Yay! It’s time for me to gush about some books and convince you to buy them for every child you know. This has become a yearly tradition for me. (For five years now!) I admit – I get excited going through my Goodreads list and rediscovering the books I’ve read that year. I get less …
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In addition to writing children’s books, I also write and edit curriculum for all ages. One thing I love is using that expertise so that my readers can enjoy my books even more. I Pray Today is written for the littlest booklovers – babies and toddlers. But the themes and ideas are big ones. …
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Being an author is a funny thing: everyone has heard of your job. (Unlike my husband – a systems architect.) But people don’t know what it is I actually do. (My husband and I have that one in common.) Whether you’re a writer hoping to publish a book or a kidlit lover who is curious …
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Right now I’m participating in the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge for Writers. Each day there’s a small reflection. Yesterday I shared the Day 2 reflection on Instagram. View this post on Instagram Day 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge for writer's by @juliefhedlund is about what surprised you in the past year. …
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It’s that time of year again: where I try to convince you to buy books for every child you know this holiday season. This is my fourth year putting together this list (!!!). It’s always a lot of fun to look back at what I read over the year – like revisiting old friends. I …
I don’t know about you, but September was a whirlwind! I Pray Today was published I had a blog tour all last week October is looking to be just as chaotically and beautifully busy. I’ve got a full load of travel and speaking engagements this month. This week I’ll be at Purdue University as a …
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Earlier this month, I Pray Today, my second book for babies and toddler was published. Today is the last day of the blog tour to celebrate. I’ve been working on book reviews all year, though. Each month I gather up a few books I love and share them with my readers. I call it Kidlit …
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It’s day 4 of my blog tour! If you haven’t already, check out the Day 1 post at Raising Saints, the Day 2 post on Orthodox Motherhood, and the Day 3 post on the Time Eternal blog. Today I’m over on Charlotte Riggle’s blog talking about using children’s books for teaching kids. Check it out: …
It’s day 3 of my blog tour! If you haven’t already, check out the Day 1 post at Raising Saints and the Day 2 post on Orthodox Motherhood. Today I’m over at the Time Eternal blog with Nicole Roccas talking about time in picture books. READ THE POST
I hope you made it over for yesterday’s post. If not, it’s not too late, the Day 1 post is here. It’s day 2 of my blog tour. Yay! Today I’m over with Sarah at Orthodox Motherhood. READ THE POST
