Author: Annie

SPEAK LOVE!

Thank you, friends, for all your excitement yesterday. Trust me, I am sooo grateful to you the reader and Zondervan for making it possible for me to get to do this again. So there isn’t too much I can tell you yet about the next book, but I’ll tell you everything I can. What’s the

I like March 6th.

Last year, on March 6, I signed the book deal for Perfectly Unique. This year, on March 6, I FINALLY get to tell you…. You guys? I signed my next book deal with Zondervan last week. Squeal. Freak out. Panic. Shock. Whoa. I know. I felt all those things too. I’m going to tell you

While you wait on me….

[hey subscribers… click on over for some videos, yo.] here’s something hilarious… and another something hilarious… Also, if you need to spend a lot of time on the internet watching something that is actually intellectually stimulating and funny, check out the Lizzie Bennet Diaries. It’s a modern day adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and I

Write a note. Words give life.

I have a whopper of a weekend ahead of me. Tonight and tomorrow night, I get to speak to a few hundred girls at Camp No Boys Allowed [hilarious] through Fellowship Bible Church here in Nashville. Smack in the middle of Camp No Boys Allowed, GIRLS OF GRACE NASHVILLE! [You know how I feel about

I want to be a writer.

I have three emails waiting for me, all asking the same question. It’s one of my favorite questions. “Annie, I want to be a writer. Will you tell me how to do it?” Yes, yes I will. Actually, I can’t. I mean, I can tell you some tips and ideas, but here’s the truth- every

Sean The Bachelor: Real Talk.

This post shall include spoilers for anyone who gives a rip about the world of The Bachelor. You’ve been warned. Let’s get serious about Sean the Bachelor. [In the following blog post, I’m going to say things like “he is s0-and-so” and I want you to know that I do not actually currently know Sean,

Downton Abbey.

No. You. Didn’t. I’m not going to spoil it, I’m just going to say No sir, Julian Fellowes, NO SIR. My only consolation today comes thanks to Nester. She always knows how to deal with my heartaches. Y’all have a great Monday. And don’t be that guy who writes spoilers in the comments. You can

Rescuing Hope.

*Friends, today’s blog post is about sex trafficking. Rated PG, versus our usual G. Consider this your heads-up.* My friend Susan Norris has written an incredible book called Rescuing Hope. This is not a topic I write or read or speak about ever, so I probably wouldn’t have picked up this book on my own.

Quit Facebook for money?

I read this article last week and thought it was so fascinating. A Dad in Boston paid his teen daughter $200 to quit Facebook for five months. What are the reasons behind this? They don’t say. The article says it was the daughter’s idea. I wonder…. was she being bullied? were her grades suffering? was

It’s all in a [twitter] name.

Well, I’ve been meaning to tell y’all this story. When I dove into the twitter world and became @AnnieBlogs in 2007, I did that because I thought it would be smart to not have my last name on the internet. I thought it would be wise to keep my real life a bit private. In