pond – My Pilgrimage to Publication and Beyond

Bad News/Good News/Great Views

Jen riding the Ferris Wheel at the Wheeler District in Oklahoma City with the Devon Tower standing high in the background above the Oklahoma River

I went to bed last night mid anxiety attack. I received a rejection email yesterday in the early evening on this new, very personal picture book manuscript, and there was some feedback that I struggled to understand. It wasn’t until the middle of the night that I actually made sense of her words. Then IContinueContinue reading “Bad News/Good News/Great Views”

Our Pond Runneth Over

The view of Jen's favorite pond from her back yard after a plentiful rain storm. Cotton Wood, Wheeping Willow, and Bald Cyprus trees line the pond's bank.

Thank you, JESUS, for this glorious rain!!! Apparently, there’s even more where this came from! I’ll take it. I’ll take my clothes and hair being completely drenched because of the sudden downpour as I arrived home after errands. Then, there was no power because it’s THAT big of a storm…and I couldn’t open the garageContinueContinue reading “Our Pond Runneth Over”

Season of Hope

Jen's favorite pond, that is short on water due to the hot summer conditions. Jen and her neighbor were trying to add water from a nearby well but really we should have prayed for rain.

When I comes to my Pilgrimage, I’m in a season of waiting. For just over a week I’ve been querying agents again. Averaging maybe two a day, with a very slow trickle of rejections coming through…which fills me with dangerous hope. In the meantime, I’ve been obsessing over our backyard pond. It’s drying up andContinueContinue reading “Season of Hope”