This is the way I begin. There’s no clear path, just a tangle of thoughts left over from the last time I didn’t do this. Maybe this time I’ll finally remember that regular expression keeps the way forward from becoming overgrown. One year ago we moved here, to northeast Grand Rapids, and though we’ve explored many places, we’ve never once
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Charlotte heads off to eighth grade today and Ellie enjoys her last week of driver’s ed before starting her junior year next week. I’d like to say it’s an impossibly challenging season for writing, and maybe it is. The new job barely a year old, and moving the family out to Grand Rapids, the many responsibilities of this stage. Writing
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It turns out I have this unconsidered theory that what’s most important is to be comfortable. And it’s especially true with huge challenges like writing. One more cup of coffee, I think. Then maybe I’ll be in the zone…. There’s no coffee mug big enough for me. Or coffee hot enough, tasty enough, fresh enough. And soon, the way
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Greetings from Grand Rapids! I’ve just arrived at work, which means I didn’t get to writing this on Sunday, as used to be the goal. It also means this post will probably be slapdash and not as useful as it could be. (But that’s what editing is for!) We were busy all day Sunday shopping for all the things. Winter
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Hello from Grand Rapids! We’ve officially moved to Michigan. I accepted an offer for a new job at Zondervan, as Senior Acquisitions Editor responsible for new and several existing nonfiction projects. I’m excited, a bit nervous, and completed surprised by the whole thing. It wasn’t in the 10-year plan at all, and yet when I listened to the job description
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