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“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
E.L. Doctorow
I’m reading Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott and even though I’m not writing a novel, I’m not really writing anything specific at the moment, this [...]

A friend recommended You’ve Got Mail as a good movie to watch while I’m in this time of transition, grieving one job and starting to look for another. It’s one of my favorites. I’ve been thinking about watching it all week and this afternoon was the perfect chance to curl up on the couch and [...]

Thanks to everyone for your kind words and prayers since my unfortunate news Thursday that Country Home magazine was closed and the entire staff was let go. I’m definitely still processing the whole thing, but here are some of my initial thoughts:
I honestly don’t know what the next step is. Working for home magazines [...]

At 25 I feel like (hope) I’m past the worst of the twentysomething growing pains. I remember those first months after graduation feeling completely out of my league in this grown up world. I don’t necessarily have things figured out yet, but I’m definitely more comfortable with who I am.
I was reading from Donald [...]

My mom got me a book embosser for Christmas so tonight I sat in front of my bookshelves and stamped my name (from the library of Andrea Marie Cooley) into all of my books. It made me realize all the books I have that I need to read and I also noticed that almost half [...]