This year has been a roller coaster of emotions. As most of you already know and follow our story, our youngest son was diagnosed with Leukemia right after Christmas last year. He is in Remission and while we are so thankful for that, we still have a year and a half left of treatments. We […]
5 Reasons Why You Need A Developmental Editor
Since joining MRP, I’ve had the honor of being the one that gets the first read of every story that comes to our inbox. I also am the one that does the first edit of the manuscripts, where I look at the overall development of the story. In a recent blog post, I described what a […]
Developmental Editing at Mantle Rock Publishing
Since I have started working at Mantle Rock Publishing, I’ve had people ask me what an Acquisition Editor does and if I do any editing at MRP. So I thought I would do a brief blog on my new position and what all it involves. As an Acquisition Editor, I receive and read proposals from […]
The Seer, Book One of The Kalila Chronicles
On a blog post a few years ago, I posted about how I wasn’t a fan of change. Now a few years later, that’s still true to an extent. Positive change and growth should always be something that we strive to do. If we’re not changing and growing then we are stagnate, perhaps even […]
#GabeStrong Continuation Week 14
{106 weeks to go} We had a photo shoot at St. Jude this morning for them to possibly use for fundraising! Gabe was excited until he had to put on a hoodie that they wanted him to wear and then he refused to get his picture made by himself. 🙄 We ended up getting a […]
#GabeStrong – Continuation Week 11
{109 weeks to go} Another weekly visit to St. Jude has come and gone. I realized that I was writing “mini blogs” on my Facebook posts instead of posting here. I apologize! Gabe had his routine lab draw, nurse and doctor visit, followed up with chemo in the med room. His counts were a little […]
#GabeStrong (Consolidation) Day 6-27
Sometimes your greatest fear can become your biggest blessing. Sounds crazy right? No one wants their greatest fear, the thing that they are afraid of the most, to come to pass. The idea of it sends your heart racing and makes you break out in a cold sweat. The very pit of your stomach turns into […]
#GabeStrong (consolidation) Day 1-5
When you have a child with cancer, you have a constant battle of emotions. You also have hopes, expectations, and reality. You are on a continuous cycle of these emotions and sometimes you even experience more than one at a time. I always try to remain hopeful and optimistic; but also hold onto reality and […]
#GabeStrong: Day 30-38
We are out of isolation! Yay!
#GabeStrong: Day 23-29
Isolation continues. Our days consist of appointments for blood work, chemo, and then hanging out in our hotel room.
