Last week I had the privilege of spending some time in New York City, working with author Judith McLoughlin to promote her soon-to-be-released cookbook, The Shamrock & Peach. Judith, a native of Northern Ireland, now lives outside of Atlanta and has developed an incredible fusion of southern comfort food and traditional Irish fare. The event [...]
Back in June I signed up to shoot my “Aha Moment” through Mutual of Omaha’s national bus tour. They visited lots of cities around the US, allowing people like me to share a positive point in their life that really stands out. For me, that was not only starting the traveling journal as a way [...]
Nearly ten years ago I started a tradition. I took a blank, boring journal and filled the first few pages with bad poetry, dorky photos and a heartfelt note. Then I sent it away to a friend. The pages of that journal eventually got filled with memories and what was once a cheaply made book [...]
A few weeks ago I stumbled across a contest I thought looked cool. The winner gets to travel around the country to different Lilith Fair festivals and report on the events for Degree Women. So I entered by writing a short essay and I just found out I’m a finalist! But in order to win [...]
This week I found myself back in front of the camera for a photo shoot. As a writer, most of my work does not require my face to be seen– only my words. But if all goes according to plan I will have an article hitting newsstands this spring and because the story is essentially [...]
Author Laken Lovely is launching her new book, Through Charlie’s Eyes, today in Jasper, Alabama. She’ll be at the Walden Book in the Jasper Mall form 3:30-6:30. Today is a big day for Laken– her brother Charlie would have turned 17 today, but shortly after midnight on January 1 he lost his battle with cancer. [...]
This week an author I’ve been working with, Mimi Keener, is holding an Iowa book tour. She’s visiting a half dozen cities, signing copies of her new book, The Best of Friends. The Des Moines Register published an article about her earlier this week. She also did radio interviews with several stations around the state [...]
Believe it or not there are bright sides to the recession. For author Mimi Keener, the economic downturn pushed her to write the book she’s been dreaming of for three decades. Mimi got laid off and decided to write The Best of Friends, a children’s book about growing up in Iowa. She’s planning a week-long [...]
About a year ago some Twitter users in London wanted to prove that the latest craze in social media was about more than broadcasting to the world what you had for lunch. They wanted to make a difference so the “Twestival” was born. Their first event made huge waves– raising $250,000 for Charity: Water, enough [...]
I had an awesome week at the International Christian Retail Show in Denver. It’s a great place for Christian book publishers, authors, publicists and more to connect and network. I met a lot of really interesting people and am excited about these new contacts. While ICRS attendance was down this year, I really didn’t notice. [...]
