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...
by Leeana Tankersley | Mar 20, 2012 | Home Page
“I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.” — Henry James Choosing a name for a baby is a really big deal to me....
by Leeana Tankersley | Mar 15, 2012 | Home Page
(My first picture with baby Elle. Not necessarily glamourous. But beautiful.) Emerging from the cocoon of recovery, infancy, just being with Elle and getting a few hints already as to what it means to be a mother of three. Jamie and my mom left last night. Six weeks...