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That Moment When I was Ridiculous with Jon Acuff

Tricia Lott Williford April 24, 2015 No Comments

I feel like I can call Jon Acuff my friend because it’s a liberty I need to take, since one [...]

Maybe It Wasn’t Writer’s Block

Tricia Lott Williford April 14, 2015 1 Comment

Last week, shortly after the UPS man delivered my copies of Let’s Pretend We’re Normal, my writing mind stopped working. [...]

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Winners of Let’s Pretend We’re Normal!

Tricia Lott Williford April 13, 2015 No Comments

You guys know how to launch a social media campaign! Your shares, hashtags, pins, and tags were overwhelming, my friends. If I [...]

Let’s Pretend We’re Normal: A Book Giveaway Contest!

Tricia Lott Williford April 6, 2015 2 Comments

So, the UPS guy came this weekend, which always makes me every kind of happy, and especially when I’m within One [...]

Great Big Amazing News

Tricia Lott Williford March 19, 2015 3 Comments

“Hey, guys? I have some great big amazing news. Want to hear it?” I taunt them because every great bit [...]

Let’s Get This ‘Baby’ Ready for the World

Tricia Lott Williford January 5, 2015 1 Comment

Books are like babies. Hard to wait for, lots of work, and you can only hope it’s not ugly. All [...]

How Lovely Are Your Branches

Tricia Lott Williford November 29, 2014 1 Comment

Flecks and Nuggets of Golden Grief

Tricia Lott Williford November 23, 2014 No Comments

Grief has come to visit today. I love and hate her, this dark girl who follows me around until I [...]

My Moment with Anne Lamott

Tricia Lott Williford November 21, 2014 1 Comment

Sometimes an opportunity pops up between the cracks of the sidewalk, and you just know that you know that you know it [...]

This Is What It’s About. This Right Here.

Tricia Lott Williford November 17, 2014 11 Comments

It was bedtime, and together we were reading the story of Abraham and Isaac from The Jesus Storybook Bible. I [...]

A Baseball Field of Nickels

Tricia Lott Williford November 11, 2014 3 Comments

Here’s a little experiment. Picture a baseball diamond. The whole field: three bases and home plate, infield and outfield, the [...]

Happenings over Teriyaki and White Rice

Tricia Lott Williford November 6, 2014 8 Comments

“Do you have a punch card with us?” “I should get one, shouldn’t I?” “You definitely should.” And the next [...]

A Delicious Paragraph about My Kissable Life

Tricia Lott Williford November 4, 2014 2 Comments

I am putting the final loving touches on the next book, Let’s Pretend We’re Normal. (If perhaps you are thinking, [...]

Ask Yourself: What’s the Best Thing?

Tricia Lott Williford October 29, 2014 No Comments

“If you ask yourself ‘What’s the best thing that happened today?’ it actually forces a certain kind of cheerful retrospection [...]

Swirling My Spoon in the Carrots and Peas

Tricia Lott Williford October 9, 2014 No Comments

They say a book is never finished, only abandoned. True story. I don’t think there is ever a point where [...]

Let’s Pretend We’re Normal

Tricia Lott Williford September 26, 2014 4 Comments

A treehouse in an upside down world. Balloons and sparrows notwithstanding. It’s pretty much the most perfect illustration of my [...]

I Can Finally Tell You: Here Comes Another Book!

Tricia Lott Williford September 2, 2014 7 Comments

Let’s Pretend We’re Normal Adventures in Rediscovering How To Be a Family When Tricia Lott Williford’s thirty-five-year-old husband died suddenly [...]

The Worst Writing Advice I Ever Received

Tricia Lott Williford August 21, 2014 1 Comment

“Tricia, this isn’t your season for writing. Hopefully it will come in a few more years, likely after years of [...]

I Should Wear My Glasses

Tricia Lott Williford June 24, 2014 No Comments

“The next to speak was the hardened criminal with the banana tied to his head.” Banana? Where’d the banana come [...]

A Wrinkle in Time

Tricia Lott Williford June 8, 2014 3 Comments

I am not a re-reader of books. I am not a re-watcher of movies. Once I know how it twists, [...]

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