We are well into the holiday season already! Wow. I’m still shocked that it is December and we have 5 days until Christmas! YIKES!
The holidays are a time to refresh and recharge before we all jump into the new …
Christmas
Celebrating Until Twelfth Night
I’ve always loved the old English carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas, partly because I was born during the twelve days of Christmas. (Think: Goose.) I was also married on the Seven Swans Day. Christmas marks the first day …
Twelve Words of Christmas
blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
For a writer, the idea of having only twelve words of Christmas may seem like an impossible word count limit, doesn’t it? With minimal commentary, let’s ponder twelve important words for writers inspired by the one word–…
Taking a Break
by Wendy Lawton
If you happened to send an email to one of our agents, you received an out-of-office message. And we’re not even traveling to a conference or to a publisher. We are taking our annual two week Christmas …
Anticipation of Good Things: Christmas and Book Publishing
Blogger: Rachel Kent
A Christmas tradition that I love is one that I now believe was established by accident and out of necessity. Every Christmas, my parents would have the children wait in the hallway with the door closed before …
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Christmas Memories in the Making
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I posted this blog in 2010, commemorating the sweetest moments of our family’s Christmas celebration that year. But,well, that was five years ago.
I actually had forgotten about the joys of that particular Christmas. Revisiting them …
The Gift of Secret Giving
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
It’s Christmastime and I can’t help but think about the frenzy of getting gifts for those we love. And even for those we feel we “must” gift. We often ask many questions in order to get just …
Favorite Christmas Book to Read with a Child
Blogger: Rachel Kent
My daughter and I are always reading together and this time of year she has two favorite Christmas books. Honestly, both are a little young for her now, but sometimes by the end of a very long …
Rocky Road
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’m working from the East Coast this week so I decided to pull up one of my classic blog posts just in time for you to do some Christmas cooking. A few years back I shared about …
Balancing Writing and Family During the Holidays
Blogger: Rachel Kent
We are well into the holiday season already! Wow. I’m still shocked that it is December and we have 20 days until Christmas! The holidays are a time to refresh and recharge before we all jump into …