First, a quick update: I am finally finished with the difficult, months-long process of selecting the essays that will best shape What a Woman is Worth into the book I hope it will be– one that...
A couple months ago I went to the Killer Tribes Conference, where I had my first speaking engagement. My talk was titled, “Embracing Your Niche: It’s Not as Dirty as It Sounds,” and...
Thanks to everyone who left a comment on Friday’s getting-an-agent story and giveaway. If you missed it, just check out the authors’ websites– some of the books are still free with ...
Two things you should know: I wasn’t going to tell this story, and if I could give you all a plate of my hot chocolate chip cookies, I really would. A few weeks ago, I shared my exciting news t...
We sat on the bed, strained throats fighting to articulate sense. Easter was a few days past, and I halfheartedly ate the mini gourmet chocolate bunny; it tasted good but it made no difference at all...
I think because TOL is a place to say what you often can’t elsewhere, a lot of the guest post submissions I get are either very vulnerable or very boundary-pushing. Posts like these can be wond...
I’m happy to have my first article published at Prodigal Magazine today! “Mommy in the Mirror” was a post I wrote in 2009, way before most of you started hanging out here, and now i...
Last week I took your questions for the man who sees me in sweatpants and a night guard and sleeps with me anyway. Today, he’s got answers! Some of them made me tear up, most of them made me cr...
I’ve been dying to tell you… Rachelle Gardner contacted me. And now it’s official: I have a literary agent. I’m gonna write books, y’all.
“You see your blog as a ministry, don’t you?” he asked, assuming. I’d been blogging for about a year, but I’d never considered it that way til that moment. “Ministry” sounded a bit ...
If you’ve been here a while, you know a lot about me, from my choices in footwear to my spiritual beliefs to my broad range of neuroses. And this is fine with me because this is what I do: I &#...
Today’s guest post comes from one of my dearest real-life friends, Sarah Hamersma. Sarah is such an important person to me, it’s hard for me to boil her down to a few words in an intro. S...
I had the black notebook, the gunmetal nail polish, and the red stilettos. My supremely talented friend at Sew in Harmony had tailored my jacket to say, “I’m professional and casual, all ...
There is a certain weight around which I feel most comfortable and confident, and I was about seven pounds beyond it when I went to speak at the Killer Tribes Conference a few weeks ago. I was not th...
It was two days before I was to fly to Nashville to speak at the Killer Tribes Conference and I was what you might call freaking the hell out. I was mostly excited and a little nervous to be making &...
Today I have the pleasure of hosting one of my dearest online friends, the incomparable Leanne Shirtliffe of Ironic Mom. Between her killer wit and her beautiful heart, I was smitten as soon as I me...
I went straight from the Killer Tribes Conference to spring break with my family, so it’s been a little quiet around here lately. But I think this poem, shared here two years ago, is a fitting ...
I’m back from an amazing, exhausting, enriching time at the Killer Tribes Conference, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it– but I think first I need a couple days to regroup th...
It’s been a crazy few weeks, what with all my drowning in What a Woman is Worth submissions and off-and-on panic attacks about giving my first-ever talk at the Killer Tribes Conference this wee...
Today’s guest post comes from Ken Hagerman of Rambling with the Barba. Ken has a soft heart and a well twisted sense of humor, which he uses– more often than not together– to drive...
When I gave out a few gifts here at Christmas time, I had no idea one of them would demand so much from me. Shawn Smucker won a guest post, and as we began talking on Twitter, I learned that … ...
Today’s guest post comes from Eva Leppard of The Aspirational Agnostic. I’m excited to share her post about her search for faith because, no matter what our religion or where we are with ...
As I’ve been reading, re-reading, editing, and deliberating over a throng of submissions for What a Woman is Worth, I’ve held up. Mostly. For every heartbreaking essay, there is one that ...
Today’s guest post comes from Sonny Lemmons of Looking Through the Windshield. Thoughtful and sometimes sensitive, hilarious and intermittently inappropriate, Sonny feels like a long-lost broth...
Today’s guest post comes from Shanda Sargent of The Upside Down Pastor’s Wife. Shanda is an all-around beautiful woman, always offering encouragement and love. Her raw honesty and humble ...
I was 17 and done dating the blond boy– for real this time, this second stupid time. In fact, I was done dating boys altogether. They were all hormones and hands, clueless and callous about a g...
Today’s guest post comes from Kevin Haggerty of The Isle of Man. Somewhere beneath his unapologetically sarcastic humor is a soft heart, I’m almost totally sure. I hope you’ll enjoy...
Aw, hey, fella– I heard you were havin’ A real hard time. All those naughty gals, Sitting at the front of the bus– Gosh, how coudja Turn your eyes away? So much safer To just put &#...
Today’s guest post comes from Deborah Bryan of The Monster in Your Closet. As soon as I discovered Deb, I was struck by her strength and thoughtfulness, which come through so clearly in her wri...
“Here is the church,” I laced my fingers together and hid them between closed palms. “Here is the steeple,” I shot my pointer fingers up and touched the tips together. “...
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