Writing Lately

If you've stopped by before, you already know that I had pretty ambitious goals for reading over the past year, but you probably didn't know that I also had some goals for writing more during the year. Mainly because that's not a goal that I shared with anyone. Even though I didn't write as regularly on the blog as I had hoped, I still managed to spend some time working on my writing.

On Goodreads

Since I tend to be slow about updating my progress with books on here, the best place to follow my 100 book challenge is on Goodreads. I rate books that I enjoyed reading, and I tend to leave a sentence or two as a review on about half of the books.

On Tirzah

Tirzah is an online Christian magazine. I started reading it years ago, and recently, I've been contributing to it on a monthly basis. The articles that I write are based on issues that I've noticed affecting either myself or those around me. A lot of time, it feels like I'm the one who most needs to read what I'm writing. You can read the articles that I've written here and here. I'd also suggest reading more on the site because there are so many good articles there.

In my journal

Most of my writing is not meant to be public at all. And frankly, if someone read my journal, it would be a confusing and boring experience. However, I've found that spending time writing out my thoughts is extremely helpful for me. Especially when life is difficult, the routine of slowing down to sift through my feelings and emotions help me to focus on what truly matters to me. Because journaling has been so beneficial to me, I created a set of journal prompts in book form and in printable form so that others can hopefully experience the same positive effects.

Hello Sunday

Starting in December, you'll be able to get a newsletter with exclusive writing, freebies, and updates. My plan is to begin sending it once a month on the first Sunday and potentially work up to sending it every Sunday. (I'd rather underpromise, and then be able to overdeliver rather than the opposite.) Sundays should be restful and restoring. My hope is that readers will feel inspired and ready for the week. You can go ahead and sign up for it here so that you don't miss the first issue.