and a read aloud of one of my books 🧡 !
Happy 1st newsletter of 2024! I hope y’all have been having a restorative and rejuvenating start to your year. I’ve been hanging out with family and friends – watching football, becoming a little league basketball mom (lol!), writing (!!) and setting goals for the year. I have lots of big plans for the newsletter this year, so make sure you share it with your friends who love books, planning, writing, and thoughtful content.
Speaking of which, have YOU been goal setting? If so, I have a giveaway that you may want to look into …
GIVEAWAY TIME!!
https://instagram.com/p/C2f6IQwLS7R/
I’ve partnered up with Filofax to giveaway LOTS of planning and journaling goodies:
an Expressions Planner and accessories (includes 2024 inserts!)
a 5 year journal (I love mine. It’s so fun to flip through each day of the year and see exactly what you were doing on that same day, years before! I especially love it as a mom to write down the little things the boys do each day!)
and an Eco Writers Words A5 Dotted Notebook for your journaling needs.
Head over to my Instagram to enter! If you’re already subscribed to my newsletter, you already have one bonus entry. Good luck!
THE GIRL IN THE LAKE TURNS TWO!
January 4th was the release date for THE GIRL IN THE LAKE! I always remember writing it with a newborn in the middle of the pandemic! As I always mention in my school visits, my writing process for THE GIRL IN THE LAKE was vastly different than the one for THE FORGOTTEN GIRL because I had a new schedule with a brand new baby. Before then, I was typically a late night writer, but after becoming a mom I needed a better, more structured schedule so I could SLEEP!
I love this book. It just makes me think of lazy summer days with my cousins. When writing it, it felt so easy to picture myself in that hot, creaky house with the lake in the backyard. Every time I see a reader with this book, I’m filled with so much gratitude. Thank you for reading!
READING A CHAPTER OF RHYTHM & MUSE!
I posted a video of myself reading Chapter One of RHYTHM & MUSE! You can watch it here. If you like what you heard and prefer to listen to someone read the rest of it, I’ll say the narrator of the audiobook, Aaron Goodson, does a much better job lol! I’ve also read a chapter of THE FORGOTTEN GIRL here.
Thank you so much for reading my newsletter! I’d love to know what type of content you want to see from this newsletter this year? Feel free to leave me a comment. Have a great weekend!
