by Leeana Tankersley | Apr 30, 2012 | Home Page
a few phone photos from instagram that capture some of what april has looked like at our house . . . lanterns are one of my loves. this one is newly acquired and sitting in the middle of our dining room table. beautiful with a candle. the metal and wood are such a...
by Leeana Tankersley | Apr 23, 2012 | Home Page
Still opens with a quote from John Updike: “He wonders if he’s lying. If he is, he is hung in the middle of nowhere, and the thought hollows him.” This line sets the stage for the “middles” Winner will be exploring, specifically the middle—the no-man’s-land—of faith...
by Leeana Tankersley | Apr 19, 2012 | Home Page
Reading . . . Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way by Steven Pressfield. My agent read this recently (actually it was probably more like a year ago, but that’s not the point) and tweeted out some completely amazing excerpts and I put it on my...
by Leeana Tankersley | Apr 17, 2012 | Home Page
I have been turning over the topic of longing lately . . . Longing in my journey through these early days, and now early years, of motherhood. Longing as a universal, and yet deeply vulnerable, human posture—no matter the life stage, the specifics. I’ve been going...
by Leeana Tankersley | Apr 9, 2012 | Home Page
As I’ve mentioned, I’m currently working on the proposal for my second book. A book proposal is a detailed account of what you will write, before you’ve actually all the way written it. You take this mass of material you’ve composed over a period of time, say a year...