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My Reading Life: Heather B. Armstrong

Recently, I dug out my trusty (and dusty, and dead) Kindle, recharged it, and used it to preview some files I was working on for a client. One of the books languishing on my Kindle’s homepage was The Valedictorian of Being Dead by Heather B. Armstrong. I thought, not

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Is There a Place for Big Girls in the Church?

My monthly post is up at Young Adult Catholics — a plea for the Catholic Church to be a good parent and let its children finally grow up.

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The Fairy Tale Fortnight Has Begun!

Hey, Fairy Tale Lovers! I want to let you know about a fairy tale extravaganza hosted by The Book Rat and A Backwards Story — a two-week celebration of fairy-tale inspired books and other goodies. The Fortnight will feature a guest post from me about Rumpled on April 8, which will

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Confession: Not in the Mood to Write About Writing

I have a confession to make. I am not jazzed right now by the thought of writing about writing. It’s not that I don’t want to write. I am burning with excitement about both my major writing projects right now, my Year in Disney Movies blog and my

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2015: A Good Year For Writing

Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve made writing resolutions for New Year’s. I do not take resolutions lightly, as my “finisher” personality type usually means I won’t easily let them go. In the past couple years, I’ve expanded the types of writing I’m doing

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2014: My Writing Year in Review

It’s easy for me to get discouraged with how long some of my writing projects take. I will be finishing up my second year of revising my Rapunzel retelling in 2015, and I always want to be writing more than I actually am. But when I paused to take

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Pets and Contraception at the YAC blog!

My post is up at Young Adult Catholics today about how an interview with a reporter about the Catholic church and contraception led to another re-examination of what makes someone Catholic. And I forgot to link to my previous post, which is all about the pope’s disparaging of pets.

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Finish Novel by October 31? Challenge Accepted

A library friend of mine asked me to come to the library in October to share “tips” on completing NaNoWriMo since I’ve “won” it several years in the past. I agreed. And then I realized that if she is asking this of me now, November is not very far

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Indie Book Review: Night Sweats by Laura Crossett

Night Sweats: An Unexpected Pregnancy by Laura Crossett My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book started as a blog for friends about a professional single woman’s unplanned pregnancy (REALLY unplanned, as in the IUD failed, which is really rare.) It still reads like a blog, but since I’

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There's More Than One Way to Objectify a Woman

My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, and it’s sure to be inflammatory with its implication that women should be able to make their own decisions regarding their sex lives. I know, shocking.

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In Which Congregants Take Over Worship

My latest post, a reflection of the burden Catholicism places on priests and laity alike when it restricts who can administer the sacraments, is up at Young Adult Catholics now. Check it out!

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Love, Identity, Transformation: Why I Love Retellings

Below is a copy of my guest post, which went up today on Andi’s book reviews. Visit her blog for an excerpt and more info, too. Like many children, I grew up on fairy tales. My sisters and I wore out our “The Little Mermaid” picture book long before

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My Interview with Deal-Sharing Aunt

While I was up in Duluth taking long walks along the shores of Lake Superior with my best friend, Deal-Sharing Aunt’s interview with me went up on her blog. I’ve pasted a copy below. Where are you from? Currently, I live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I grew

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My Mythical Books Interview

Below is a copy of my interview posted over at Mythical Books today. Cremona asked some great questions, and I love that she included some traditional artwork from the original Rumpelstiltskin story in her post. I’ve kept that with my repost below. Why a retelling? What makes an author

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Familiarity and Strangeness: What Makes a Good Retelling?

Below is a copy of my guest post featured on Corey’s Book Reviews:When my husband told one of his friends that I’d recently released a book that was a retelling of “Rumpelstiltskin,” his friend asked, “When is she going to start writing her own stuff?”I wanted

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Rumpled is On Tour!

My blog tour of “Rumpled” began yesterday, and the first three posts are already up. You can check out the kick-off, which includes a Q&A with me, here. Here are the rest of the stops, along with what you can expect to find there: May 11- A Reader

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Young Adult Catholics: God & Evolution

My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, in which I attempt to articulate some of my thoughts after completing Coursera’s “Soul Beliefs” course.

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Let's Talk About Contraception

My latest post is up on Young Adult Catholics. As the Supreme Court debates whether employers should be allowed to deny certain forms of contraception in their health care plans, I decided to finally write that “contraception post” I’ve been mulling over for a long time.

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A Grown-up Kind of Catholicism

My newest post, A Grown-up Kind of Catholicism, is up at Young Adult Catholics today. It’s a reflection from my journal about how I balance a lingering Catholic identity with the fact that I now belong to a non-Catholic church.

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Creative Process Blog Tour

I read about a “Creative Process Blog Tour” over at Susan Perry’s blog, wherein different creative types are answering a set of questions about their process in their blogs. (Susan Perry is author of Writing in Flow, although I first discovered her through Loving in Flow, which I read

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Young Adult Catholics: What if Jesus Hurts My Feelings?

My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, which examines Jesus’ seemingly unnecessarily harsh response to a question Peter asks in Matthew 15; Jesus’ response: “Are you still so dull?” (Matthew 15:16). And while we’re on the topic of Catholic writing, here are some reviews of Unruly

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On Breastfeeding in Church

My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, this one about Pope Francis’ most recent soundbyte (or mild implication) that it’s OK to breastfeed in church!

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Writing, Feedback, and Kindness on New Moon Girls

Below is a guest post I wrote for Luna’s blog over at New Moon Girls. (And, by the way, if you know or love a girl between the ages of 8-14, definitely consider getting her a membership. And if you don’t, consider donating a membership to a school,

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Catholic Spiritual Journals

Just posted my latest entry over at Young Adult Catholics about Catholic spiritual journals. Any that you recommend?

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On the Transubstantiation

Just posted over at Young Adult Catholics my piece on that most Catholic of subjects, the Transubstantiation.