First order of business: We have a winner of Surprised by Motherhood! Would the lovely Kerry Johnson please send your mailing address + any instructions to laurie {at} laurietomlinson {dot} com! Thank you to everyone who joined the conversation this week. I love hearing each and every mama’s heart and sharing these experiences with my sisterhood. I
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surprised by motherhood {part 2} + giveaway!
In part 1 posted yesterday, I talked about the big breakthrough in my motherhood journey. How two years ago, God reached down and reminded me in a desperate moment that He would always be strong for me. The next morning I discovered Lisa-Jo Baker. At that point, she still went by The Gypsy Mama. I
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surprised by motherhood {part 1}
The hardest thing for know-it-alls is being in unfamiliar places. Especially when others expect them to come up with answers fast. Trust me. I’d know. No matter how many books and articles I read or friends I tried to paduan, I was a driftwood in a vast ocean at times when I became a mother.
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a convergence of perfect conditions
Greetings from the past! I’m writing this post on Thursday night, at the tail end of the convergence of several perfect conditions. First, this couldn’t have happened without a husband who supports my introversion and writing enough to suggest eating dinner out to remove two things from my to-do list, then takes over bedtime duty
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a story he doesn’t want you to hear
If the mind is a battlefield, mine was host to a full-fledged war this weekend. Cannons, trebuchets — everything in the arsenal. After weeks of going back and forth, I finally decided to submit my second book to the same contest I entered last year. And that’s when things started going wrong… “It’s almost like
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fangirl tuesday!
If you know me, it’s no secret that I’m a totally unashamed {read: maybe a little obnoxious} Fangirl. When I like or appreciate something, or if someone’s work resonates with me, I will shout it from the mountaintops — not because I’m trying to be a brown-noser, but because I genuinely believe people should know
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writing the end, sickies, and sandcastles: february goals
I reached my January goal of finishing my latest manuscript’s first draft! Hooray! My goal was to make it to 72K with the knowledge that I still needed a few scenes to fill in some gaps, and I usually add about 10K of “muscle” in later drafts anyway. I made it to 74K! So for
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the one where I find out what I’ve been missing
I’m going to share a little piece of trivia that I don’t advertise often because it gets me shunned from the writing community: I’m not a coffee drinker. Never have been. My caffeine of choice is Diet Dr. Pepper, which I only indulge in as a treat, and my long hours at coffee shops are