And life goes on. Last night we were up through the night with one of our Littles, this morning was a bit of a hectic Friday morning getting everyone out the door, and this afternoon and all day tomorrow I’ll be attending and speaking at a conference right here in Lancaster on the Inklings. Phew. We’re navigating college scholarships and kindergarten Valentine boxes. Life certainly doesn’t slow down, but it’s a good, good life.
Here are a few things for you to enjoy this weekend:
“Yes, we are mothers and fathers, friends and lovers, sales associates and program directors, retirees and college students…but we’re also writers. Even when the words on the page are dried up and cookie cutter and the queries come back as rejections and your agent’s emails keep starting out with some variant of the phrase, ‘I wish I had better news.’ That’s when that old dogged phrase turns up the volume: what’s the point?”
We talk with Christie Purifoy about west Texas, gardening, writing, and the most difficult plant she's ever dealt with. She also answers the nearly impossible question: if she had to give up writing or gardening, which would go?
“The Nine Month Novel course gave me the tools and confidence I needed to finish my first draft…” Only a few more weeks to sign up for our next writing class, The Nine Month Novel!
Two amazing books released recently. Check them out HERE and HERE. (And then order them from your local bookstore…I prefer Aaron’s Books in Lititz or Hearts and Minds Bookstore in Dallastown.)
Every Friday, my series Video of a Novel is available to the public—it’s basically a video journal of my process as I work on my current novel. Check out today’s installment below! If you’d like to have access to every video in the series (I make them every weekday), or if you’d simply like to support a writer and his family, click the Subscribe button! Thanks to all of you who support the work that Maile and I do!