The months of August and September are filled with back to school. My social media feeds are packed with “First day of school” pictures, teacher gifts, and posts about ridiculously long carpool lines. As a homeschool mom, fall makes me want to buy school supplies and I keep hoping someone will send a bouquet of […]
A Small Town Tour
***Pine Haven is a fictional town in Alabama, created for my stories. But it’s a combination of lots of my favorite towns and places*** Hi y’all, I’m so happy to see y’all today. Climb on board the bus and get you a seat. Welcome to Pine Haven, Alabama! My name’s Hattie and I’ll […]
An Author’s To-Be-Read List
We all have them, those books that we are planning to be read…sometime. If you’re like me that list is never ending and always growing. As a reader, my To-Be-Read list contains books from favorite authors and new-to-me authors that come highly recommended (usually with multiple books in a series). As an author, my […]
Day in the Life of a Stay-at-Home-Mom Writer
I love it when people ask me how I write as a stay-at-home mom to four kids. Especially since we homeschool. Usually, I laugh and say “I don’t know”, because some days that’s the absolute truth. I don’t know how I do it, I just do. I guess when you really want to do […]
Reality in Fiction
I’ve heard it said that being a friend or family of a writer can be a little unnerving. Something about being afraid they’ll end us as a character. That’s probably because one of the most well-known pieces of advice for writers is “write what you know.” So is that really what writers do? Make stories […]
Living My Dream Life
People like to ask kids, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Some kids might come up with crazy answers, or change their mind hundreds of times throughout childhood. Not me. As I kid, I knew what I wanted to be: A wife, a mom, and a writer. I guess you could […]
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