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Ketchup is a Vegetable Hits a Bestseller List! WHOOT!

Dec 032011

Y’all. I just don’t know that I can do this moment justice. Dammit. I am already crying. My book is here and even though I’ve been working towards this day for almost three years, it doesn’t still seem real. I had my first signing last night at the best indie bookstore on the planet, TurnRow Books. My peeps filled that joint up and for an hour and a half I signed book after book after book. And every single time, I was in awe. I was amazed that they cared enough to come, to spend their hard earned dollars on [Read more...]

10 Ways Writing a Book is Like Having a Baby

Ketchup Is A Vegetable, Uncategorized, Writerly Stuff

Nov 262011

10 Ways Writing a Book is Like Having a Baby

1) Your due date is totally irrelevant. The last month before you deliver/publish is the L-O-N-G-E-S-T of your life. 2) You never know when you will get to sleep through the night or when you will be up all night tending to your baby. 3) You think life is hard when you’re pregnant. Then you have that baby and you are like, “Crap. PUT IT BACK! It was so much easier to take care of before it was out in the world!” 4) You are super proud of your baby and possibly unable to judge how rotten she is… because [Read more...]

Wanna Know The Title Of My Book????

Ketchup Is A Vegetable, Writerly Stuff

Oct 142011

Do you have any idea how hard it’s been for me to keep this a secret?? I mean, I am amazing with secrets about real-life-super-important stuff but THIS. Is. Too. Much. I have wanted to just blab it and blab it and blab it. But I haven’t. I have waited. I have been patient. And now I get to tell you. But first, I need a few more lines of text so that all you people on Facebook can’t CHEAT and just read the first few lines and see the title. Nope. I’m gonna make you click a link. Don’t [Read more...]

What Not to Do At Writer’s Conference: Don’t Cry On the Keynote Speaker

Momma Drama, Uncategorized, Writerly Stuff

Oct 082011

What Not to Do At Writer's Conference: Don't Cry On the Keynote Speaker

Y’all, I am so sorry I’ve been a blogging slacker lately. I’ve been so busy trying to keep up with my kids, polish my manuscript to have it ready for publication, working on a couple of freelance assignments I’m REALLY excited about and just, you know, living and whatnot that I totally dropped the blog ball. (Go ahead and laugh. You know I am.) In the midst of all this, I was packing my entire family. Zeb and I dropped the kids off at my mom’s for the weekend so I could come to my first EVER writer’s conference in [Read more...]

Coming Soon: My FIRST BOOK!!!

Writerly Stuff

Sep 042011

So you know how every once in awhile y’all are like, “Hey Robin, WHERE is your book? When is it coming out?” And I’m like, “Dude. This is the slowest process EVER…” Well, with the blessing and support of uber-agent Jenny Bent, I’ve started the process of self-publishing my first book. And now you’re like, “But ROBIN, you have an AGENT… WHY are you self-publishing?” Because we love it! Jenny and I have a master plan that we’ve developed to ensure my long term career success. There are a lot of exciting things going on in the world of publishing. [Read more...]

Super Mom: Erin Macpherson

Giveaway, Super (Silly) Moms, Writerly Stuff

Feb 112011

I “met” Erin Macpherson after getting lost in a rabbit hole of links while reading blogs one day. I left a comment on her blog, she left a comment on mine and before I knew it the emails were flying back and forth. We’ve been talking about everything from pregnancy and breastfeeding to writing and I. Love. Her. Seriously. And I think you will too. She blogs over on The Christian Mama’s Guide and her book, “The Christian Mama’s Guide to Pregnancy” is “one Christian mama’s take on everything pregnancy—from stretch marks to weight gain to labor and delivery. Full [Read more...]