Mommy Musings

There are a few phone calls in my life that I'll remember forever. The most significant was when my husband called me from Germany, having safely left Iraq, to tell me he was on his way home to me.   A phone call I received last Friday afternoon ranks high on that list now too.   You've all been following on this writing journey with me, and I'm so excited to announce that I have finally landed a literary agent! I have unofficially been working with Sarah for a few months now. But as of Friday, I am officially a client, contracts signed and all.   What I love about Sarah is she's not just trying to make a quick buck off my book. She's been working on me with the best plan for my career. Because if I'm going to do this, then I want to do that right. And with that comes me putting aside my first two books {and the third I only finished half of} and have started working on a new book. This one will be the best shot as a debut author. And once I have a followin...

Wow, talk about a blogging break. I did not mean to neglect this space so much over the holiday {though I feel like no one even reads blogs anymore, so it's probably not a big deal}.  I will be back later this week with Christmas recaps, a look back at 2014 and a look ahead at 2015.  But first I wanted to share my news with you, the reason that I've been away from here so much.... ....as of last night, December 30, 2014 I officially finished my book.  My very first novel.  Well finished is a strong word to use as I have weeks and weeks of editing to do, but the first draft is DONE!!  Yes, I hand wrote the whole thing, and then went back and typed up what I had written that day...because I'm crazy. Skip thinks these notebooks will be worth a ton of money one day...he sorely overestimates how much money people make writing.  When I first started writing, I had only a small idea for a story.  And before my eyes it grew and grew into something I'm rea...

I've been going back and forth for weeks as to whether or not I wanted to write this post.  It's hard to put things out there in the world sometimes.  But hey, why not right? I mentioned a few weeks ago that I've been working on something, something that's been keeping my busy and forcing me to really try and manage my time with all my other responsibilities {which I'm actually failing at regularly}.  Well I'm finally ready to share what that something is.   I'm writing a book .  A novel to be more exact. This is something I have wanted to do {and have started and stopped a million times} since I was ten years old.  About two months ago I decided enough was enough and I was just going to do it.  I had a basic story in mind and I decided it was time to start procrastinating. I'm now 63,000 words in and absolutely in love with the whole process.  It's been hard, don't get me wrong, but I love everything about it.  I would just love if I could m...