Author: Annie

PRE-ORDER SWAG, Y’ALL!

Okay, friends! Time to get your pre-order on! Here’s the thing. Speak Love releases in one month. You know this. You’ve been sweet enough to pray. I’m grateful. Now here’s the fun part. My sweet people at Zondervan have created this little Pre-Order Package that you get totally for FREEEEE when you order Speak Love.

Since you last saw me….

I turned 33 and totally forgot to tell you about it. It was an awesome night. It had been raining in Nashville for days [and the smell that still lingers in my basement proves it], but because God is gracious and compassionate, we had beautiful skies for my outdoor birthday-ness. (Photo stolen from Carlos Whittaker’s

AFTER I finish a book….

So the book has been turned in for five days and I’ve just been a busy little bee since then. In a weird turn of events, my birthday was Sunday after turning a book in on Thursday, so that made for some additional unusual excitement. [And excitement it was! I’m stoked to be 33… I

How I finish a book.

Apparently you ignore your blog, for starters. [Sorry about that.] Now that the first draft of my next book is turned in as of four days ago, I begged my editor to let me tell you about it, but she says it’s not quite ANNOUNCE TO THE WORLD time yet, so I can’t. But I

Afternoon Distraction : Amy Stroup

Writing the last chapter of this book that is due, well, today, and I’m writing about the importance of holding on. My sweet friend Amy Stroup sings about it here and I’ve got this song on repeat as I crawl towards the finish line of the first draft of this book. (Pray for me?)

Afternoon Distraction : Steve Moakler

I love Steve Moakler. For his music. For his heart. He’s just a good dude. And you’ll see that when you watch this video. And right there in the middle, Steve slides this line in there that I have now written on a notecard and hung over my desk, because he just plain gets it.

Afternoon Distraction : Dance With Me

I’m a newer fan of Clarensau, but gracious. I’m impressed. Spotify introduced us, and now they are playing through my ears as I attempt to finish writing this book. This particular song is adorable. Have y’all heard of them before?

Two Free Birds – booking NOW!

  So this is happening…. and we are SOOOOO excited. Ellie and I will be traveling around this fall and spring together doing events for women. What age women? We don’t care. Teens, college, singles, young adults, regular adults, whatevs. What will it look like? Well, it’ll be about 1 1/2 hours of singing, talking,