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If You Find a Girl Who Reads

Tricia Lott Williford April 11, 2017 1 Comment

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems [...]

What Journaling Isn’t

Tricia Lott Williford April 4, 2017 No Comments

A journal isn’t a bound book or a collection of writings. It can be; most of mine are, but not [...]

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You’ll Love How It Feels to Lose Yourself

Tricia Lott Williford March 30, 2017 2 Comments

The world is so hungry. Surely someone needs what it is in your nature to offer. What do you do [...]

The Day I Gave My Book to My Husband

Tricia Lott Williford March 14, 2017 3 Comments

A glorious day has arrived at our house: the first box of You Can Do This has arrived. I could [...]

Noah’s Details: Just Start.

Tricia Lott Williford February 28, 2017 2 Comments

Did you know that God brought all of the animals to Noah? Because maybe I missed that day of Sunday [...]

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Carry a Pen.

Tricia Lott Williford January 30, 2017 No Comments

Anne Lamott says you should always carry a pen with you. She says it’s the secret to life for a [...]

The Art of Tricking Yourself

Tricia Lott Williford January 11, 2017 2 Comments

I taught a class of artists recently, and a poetry student asked me this question afterward. “And so what do [...]

Unresolutions, Words, and Commitment Issues

Tricia Lott Williford December 31, 2016 No Comments

“How long have you been choosing a word for the year?” my brother texted me. I had just published this [...]

What Do You Carry?

Tricia Lott Williford December 9, 2016 2 Comments

“What do you carry?” I carry pens and pens and pens because if I want to write and I don’t [...]

You Can Do This: A Book Cover Is Born!

Tricia Lott Williford November 14, 2016 No Comments

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But sometimes I think it’s okay. Like right now. With [...]

When Your Heart is on the Line

Tricia Lott Williford October 28, 2016 3 Comments

Sophie Hudson is my spirit animal. She writes the words in her books and her blog (BooMama), and I nod and [...]

The Belong Tour: I’m a Conference Junkie

Tricia Lott Williford September 27, 2016 5 Comments

You have to know that I’m a conference junkie. I’m a 100% auditory learner, which is maybe an exaggeration since [...]

You are a Verb.

Tricia Lott Williford September 8, 2016 No Comments

I am in the sweet eye of the storm in the book writing process, that window of time after I’ve [...]

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The Good News is… There’s a Book!

Tricia Lott Williford August 9, 2016 5 Comments

I have good news and I have bad news. And the bad news isn’t really very bad news unless you [...]

We are Back in Business. :) :)

Tricia Lott Williford August 6, 2016 9 Comments

Yesterday, I announced that this very mind-numbing blogging situational glitch happened that left me with 26 readers. 26 subscribers = Sad [...]

Breaking Up Over Email … and then Getting Back Together

Tricia Lott Williford August 5, 2016 6 Comments

I have no idea how it happened, but it seems as though I’ve broken up with a few of you [...]

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Questions, Macchiatos, and the Future of Punctuation

Tricia Lott Williford June 27, 2016 No Comments

Sometimes people write to me because they’re in an English or Writing Class that requires them to interview an author. [...]

The Downside of Used Books

Tricia Lott Williford April 6, 2016 5 Comments

I’m toying with an idea, but I’m not really ready to commit. Just thinking about it, so don’t go holding [...]

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When You Know That You Know The Dream

Tricia Lott Williford January 21, 2016 1 Comment

First of all, let me just say that I’ve encountered a new phenomenon in my life: I’m dating a man [...]

The Big Magic of Living, Breathing Ideas

Tricia Lott Williford January 18, 2016 No Comments

It’s possible that I think too small. Also, I’ve fallen in love with Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Big Magic. It’s [...]

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