Erin’s Blog
The Comfort of Old Friends
Have you ever had a season where it seems like everything is going wrong? One of those "If it rains, it pours" times? We all have. I've been walking through one the past few weeks, and it's been exhausting. One personal disappointment came in the form of my very first fiction rejection...
Stings and Steps
Three weeks ago I was stung by a wasp. It was my first experience with a wasp sting, and though the immediate pain was intense, I felt like my reaction overall was pretty mild. Then, nine days later, the site broke out in hives and my arm was fevered and itchy. I'd never heard of a...
ACFW Conference 2021
The American Christian Fiction Writer's annual conference was last weekend. Although it was virtual, that didn't stop me from getting away for it. I invited writing friend Becca Kinzer to come down from Illinois, and we rented a little 2-bedroom place about an hour from my house. It was...
Lifted Dreams
Last week I sent my book proposal to an editor at a publishing house for the very first time. That’s a really big deal! This business moves very slowly, so I know it will be a couple months before I hear anything, but I am much more excited than nervous. Sure, she could get back to me...
End of Summer 2021
I head back to school next week, and summer vacation will be officially over. In the books. Finito. While I’m excited to dive into another school year with my students, it’s been hard to let summer go this time around. If you had asked me in May to name five things I was most looking...
The Olympic Letter Tradition
In 2004, I lived in four states in a four-month time span. It was as tumultuous as it sounds! Multiple moves, learning new mailing addresses in each state, emotional instability, uncertainty about the future—yeah, it’s not my favorite period to look back on. But one thing arose from it...
