Posts by Lauren Denton
My first Bookish People interview!
I told you I wanted to try something new, and today’s the day! This will be a series of interviews, hopefully coming about once a month. I’ve come up with a list of questions I think are interesting, but if you have an idea of something you’d like to ask the featured writers and readers,…
Read MoreGoing to try something new…
I used to read a lot of blogs. I mean, A LOT. It was back when I worked full-time, and now that I think about it, it’s kind of funny to me that I had WAY more time to read blogs when I had a full-time job than when I lost my job and came…
Read MoreInterstate podcasts
With my parents living in Mobile, my brother and his family in Atlanta, our beach house in Florida, and us in Birmingham, I spend a decent amount of time driving on the interstate. I used to listen to music, but at some point, I made the switch to podcasts. I thought I’d share some of…
Read MoreIt’s real if it’s on Amazon
I got up early to write this morning–I was all ready to buckle down and work hard on Jenna’s story (the 3rd POV in HURRICANE SEASON that I still have to write) but I did a search for myself on Google (as you do) and I discovered THE HIDEAWAY is up on my publisher’s website…
Read MoreUpdate on books!
THE HIDEAWAYI received my editorial letter in mid-June with a deadline of July 29–two days from now. But I returned it to my editor Karli about a week ago! Her letter was lovely, truly. It was four pages of comments, kind praise, suggestions, and questions. I was incredibly relieved because I’ve heard of huge editorial…
Read MoreHousekeeping, rest, and multi-tasking, oh my.
Yesterday, I cleaned the downstairs of my house for two hours. Not too farfetched a story until you consider we’d just gotten back in town twelve hours before. We were gone for two weeks. How, pray tell, does a house (specifically the floor) get so dirty when no one is home?? This is what I…
Read MoreThe Friday 5: Books, Josh Ritter (again), and scrambled eggs
1. As I’ve said above in my “About” section (#9 to be specific), I am generally a bad scrambled egg maker. As my husband likes to say, I tend to leave about whole egg stuck to the bottom of the skillet, and when I’m only cooking two eggs, that’s a problem. Enter The Green Pan.…
Read MoreThe Friday 5: book news, difficult middles, and waiting for summer
1. In The Hideaway news: I finally turned in the manuscript to my editor! It has been sitting on a flashdrive untouched since last summer when I began talks with HarperCollins/Thomas Nelson, and I’ve been dying to send it off to get the process started. Unfortunately, it’ll still be a couple of months before I get…
Read MoreWhy I Write
I went to the Hoover Library Southern Voices festival a couple weekends ago and heard a bunch of authors talk about their books, their writing processes, and their paths to publication. It’s always such a boost to be in a room full of other people who understand how hard it is to write–to say what…
Read MoreFriday 5: Books, Pizza, & Gloria Steinem
1. Hoover Library’s Southern Voices book/writing festival is this weekend. It’s a dream for writers and book lovers. I’m excited about all the authors, because even if I’m not familiar with their books, they are always great speakers who talk about their books and writing processes in ways that interest and engage both writers…
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