Category: Blog
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Find Freedom from Mom Guilt: How to Prioritize Yourself and Your Writing Goals
One thing I personally struggle with is “mom guilt.” One of my goals (and maybe a focus for 2024) is ridding myself of mom guilt and taking some time back for me. Want to join me!?! Here are some ideas I have for making it work.
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My Middle-Grade September TBR
September means back to school and back to books! Grab a cozy blanket, a hot drink, some cinnamon swirl bread and check out my middle-grade tbr.
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And Just Like That. January 2023.
Happy New Year, y’all. New Year. New Me. I am seeing good things on the horizon and opening my heart to new adventures. I’m leaving the past in the past and celebrating what I want to see more of. Here’s to resolutions and words of the year and becoming a…
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Inspired Newsletter. December 2022.
As Fall gracefully bids adieu to her audience of admirers, Winter storms the stage. And I mean storms the stage—with a grand blizzard of an entrance, dropping two feet of snow on Bismarck, North Dakota. Winter is here, my friends. Ready or not.
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Book and Merch Giveaway!
I’m giving away 2 copies of my new book, “The Author and The Ilustrator” and 2 merch items! Read on to learn more.
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The Author and The Illustrator: Now Available
If you like modern-day, coming-of-age fantasies with mysterious haunted houses, talking animals and creatures, fantastical journeys, ninja-like fight scenes, evil henchmen, female villains with a female lead, you should probably pick up this book. I’m told it’s an easy, fast read–a good book to read while curled up in a…
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Launch in 2 days!
I just watched an interview with a director who is releasing an independent feature-length film on Sept. 30, about 7 hours before my book is released. He was asked if he was excited. He said, “No, it’s terrifying.” I found myself nodding in agreement. It is scary to put yourself…
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Bookish Updates and an Announcement!
Is it really “ish” when I am actually updating you on nothing but my book? I feel like “ish” implies that it’s kind of about the subject matter, but not really. Alas, I am an elder millennial, and I am likely using the “ish” wrong.
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My Novel and My Life: Stifled by Imposter Syndrome
My first glimmer of “The Author and The Illustrator” came to me while I was staring out a a church parsonage window… By chasing everything but writing, I was (and have been) living a life that is not true to myself.
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Annie: She Knows Things
Annie. Foster mom. Self-taught baker and chef. Avid reader. Though strict and a bit old-school, she’s a fierce protector of the children under her care. But she knows things she couldn’t possibly know. Jayne believes she’s either watching the kids with surveillance cameras or is psychic… yes, she’s most definitely…
Shawnee Randolph 