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...
by Leeana Tankersley | Feb 16, 2012 | Home Page
My contractions have been intermittent for some time now. Starting. Stopping. Starting. Stopping. At first this all feels exciting. And then, after a couple of weeks of on-again-off-again, and then a couple of days of really-intense-and-then-nothing, I realize that...
by Leeana Tankersley | Feb 2, 2012 | Home Page
Before I could do anything else today, I needed to sit down and write this: In May I told you that I had met with an agent (and his lovely wife) who had expressed interest in representing me for my second book. Woohoo! I finished my proposal, emailed it to him, moved...