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book review: Courting Cate
Book Description: When Amish farmer Pete Treger moves to Paradise Township, Pennsylvania, seeking a better life, he meets sisters Cate and Betsy Miller. Both are beautiful, but older sister Cate is known more for her sharp tongue and fiery temper than her striking...
confessions: book-consumption habits
In meeting with an author friend of mine, we discussed some ways to reach new readers, which led to a discussion about how books are purchased/consumed nowadays. Here are my habits: - I buy and read just as many paperbacks as I did before I owned a Kindle. - I make...
thankful thursday: week six
What a crazy, crazy year 2013 has been. I dare say I look forward to what the other eleven months hold. This week, I'm so thankful for: 36. the overwhelming support from family, friends and even near-strangers as I launched Miller Media Solutions 37. a client...
confessions: playing in the big leagues
In November, I was asked to speak at the April 5th Faith & Culture Writers Conference, which I had attended the inaugural event back in 2011 and adored it. I couldn't say "yes" fast enough! Today, the official website and lineup of speakers was unveiled—and seeing...
confessions: how a cluster of like-minded people can recharge and refocus you
Last night I attended a local meeting that happens once a month here in the Portland/Vancouver area -- this chapter of a national organization brings together fiction authors and while some might consider it networking and personal development, I really see it as...
confessions: a new venture taking shape
Over the past weekend, I worked on my latest venture: Miller Media Solutions. This business has taken shape over the past year of people asking me for social media consulting, graphic design work and marketing help. For 2013, I'm just giving it a name. This business...
confessions: paper and disney magic
During a day when I needed a pick-me-up, this blog post from Mashable came up in my Google Reader, and I had to watch the animation short that it described. Need a feel-good moment? Need a bit of a Disney fix? Want to smile? Watch it: This touches on so many things,...
thankful thursday: week five
Being thankful helps me live in the moment. Taking the time to pause and examine the gifts in life keeps me from just rushing onto the next thing. And the next, and the next. Ann Voskamp writes, "Maybe it is the hurt that drives us on? For all our frienzied running...
confession: the three Nicoles
I've always had that "something else" that I am doing. I don't just mean a hobby, I mean a project that I have worked on enough to where that would be my dream career. Namely, writing. Since sixth grade, I've written novels and my dream has always been to write...
confessions: the great mouse hunt
Considering that I grew up watching Fievel Goes West, the Great Mouse Detective and Tom & Jerry, you might be surprised at how desperately I wanted one simple creature vanquished from this earth. First, there were the occasional mouse droppings in the laundry...