I’m thrilled beyond belief to announce the sale of my first solo novel, Undiscovered. Moody plans to release the book in September ’09! We’ve been negotiating the contract for the last few weeks. If you know me, you can definitely imagine how hard it was not to talk/write about it until the last details were […]
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I’m Feeling Lucky!
I think I’ve shared before that if you type “Christina Berry” into the Google search box and click I’m Feeling Lucky you end up right here. The breaking news this hour? If you type “infrequent, humorous newsletter” and feel lucky, it takes you right to the subscription page on our website! If you type “infrequent, […]
What’s Up with the Single Life?
By Christina Tarabochia on October 15, 2008 in Camy Tang, Only Uni, Review, Single Sashimi, Sushi for One?, Writing
Drake Yu. Why would Drake call her after … what, five years? Six? Venus heard in his voice that resonance that was almost a growl, that titanium-hard determination to get what he wanted. And he usually got what he wanted. The voice said: “I want you to work for me.” Not this time … If […]
Adoptive Mom Calls with Update
It was a joy to hear the adoptive mom’s voice on the phone. I knew the boys had been home with them for four days and, of course, I wondered how things had gone. Right after the new parents had left with the boys, my mother asked if we’d be keeping in touch. “It’s up […]
Wanna Be Published?
Then hop on over to Mary DeMuth’s Wanna Be Published blog and see what excerpt from our newsletter she thought was worthy of posting. She’s got great resources for both fiction and non-fiction writers. Happy browsing!
Praising God!
Today–and yesterday–have been the kind of days when I feel like my cup runneth over. There’s been nothing spectacular, but I’ve been extremely aware of the blessings in my life. One of my favorite old hymns is “Count Your Blessings.” I hope you’ll indulge me a little counting, one by one. I’m praising God for […]
I’m a Dirty, Rotten Liar
By Christina Tarabochia on August 27, 2008 in ACFW, Dineen Miller, Foster Care, Genesis Contest, Marketing, Writing
I said in the last post that our book had been to committee, but I told an untruth. My mother kept saying we didn’t know for sure we’d been talk about, kept insinuating that all this waiting was for nothing and would need to be repeated two weeks later, that the torture would never stop. […]
WEIRD Things are Going On!
I’m going to assume that every single person who reads this blog is already subscribed to the infrequent, humorous Ashberry Lane Newsletter. If you’re not, why not?? The sixth edition hit inboxes around the world on Tuesday at noon. In case you missed it, here’s the main jest of the latest issue: WE’VE BEEN TO […]
It’s SO Easy to Be Published!
This is from the Pub Rants blog: Isn’t it supposed to be that easy? 🙂
My Short Story Rejection
I mentioned in an earlier post that I planned to enter a short story contest over on The First Line. I’d heard about it on the ACFW loop and thought it was a great creative exercise. Thursday I received a form rejection letter … but there was a small note below the signature line–a note […]