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I WRITE TO HONOR FEISTY MARRIAGES. “Honor” might be a bit strong, but let us get it straight from the beginning: a zesty relationship is the highlight of my life. I understand that not everyone feels the same, . . .

from "In Honor of Feisty Marriages: The Story of a Remodel"
by Kylie Nielson Turley

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Sarah Palin. Yeah, I’m going there.

2 September 2008 @ 23:23 | Small Epiphanies | 205 Comments

Technically, this is supposed to be a post about Mormon Lit. I even had a post ready to go on whether or not writing can be taught. (Well, almost ready to go. And yes, writing can be taught. Kind of.) But over the last few days I’ve been thinking and thinking about Sarah Palin and [...]

The Internet is Killing Me

17 July 2008 @ 01:00 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 21 Comments

Six months ago, I decided it was about time to start my new novel. I had some ideas, some characters, some themes to explore. I was excited about it, even. Ready to dive in! And after six months I am thrilled to report I have written a grand total of [...]

The Best Books

19 June 2008 @ 09:38 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 27 Comments

In yesterday’s wonderful post by Emily, she spoke about her mother-in-law who spent her life quietly serving her family. As I read how Emily honored this woman in her life, it brought to mind the last sentence of a novel I read years ago–Middlemarch by George Eliot:
.”. . . For the growing good of [...]

It’s Nothing To Be Ashamed Of

14 May 2008 @ 23:45 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 22 Comments

My great-grandmother, Mary Leona Johnson Jolley, was born in 1888. She lived to be 95 years old, and although she died when I was only eleven, I remember her well. She was a mother of nine from a small town in southern Utah, and even without the benefit of much formal education she [...]

So You Want to Get Published?

17 April 2008 @ 01:10 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 13 Comments

So say you’re one of the amazing writers I’ve run across out there in blogland. You’re insightful, you’re witty, you’re good with language and imagery. Every once in a while, you write a really kickin’ post and think to yourself (secretly, because it’s too scary to say it out loud to anyone) “I [...]

Whitney Awards Recap

27 March 2008 @ 08:26 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 8 Comments

So by the end of last week I was too pooped to pop, as they say. The week had been crazy–Easter preparations, a one year old with a mysterious rash, baseball practices galore, throwing a birthday party for my daughter involving 12 giggling girls, body glitter, and silly string–when what to my wondering eyes [...]

Award Season

19 March 2008 @ 22:49 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 21 Comments

March is the month for celebrating excellence in LDS lit. Not only did the Association for Mormon Letters recently hand out citations in multiple categories, but the Whitneys, a great new awards program sponsored by LDStorymakers, will take place this weekend. I want to highlight the 2007 nominees and award winners here on Segullah, [...]

Twilight. Discuss.

21 February 2008 @ 10:45 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 39 Comments

I am female. I am Mormon. I have read Twilight.
Okay, so maybe not every single LDS woman has read Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling teenage vampire romance, but I think there’s a chance that a higher percentage of Mormon women discussed Twilight at their last visiting teaching appointment than discussed the Visiting Teaching Message from [...]

Are You a Book Groupie?

17 January 2008 @ 08:49 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 35 Comments

So . . . are you a member of a book group?
Are you in a ward group? A neighborhood group? Are you a member of a book group that has been meeting for years and years (even before Oprah made it cool)? Are you in a new book group that’s still [...]

Writing with Charity

20 December 2007 @ 11:02 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 14 Comments

Before you start reading this post, I have to apologize for its length. I’m new to the blogging world, and I’m pretty sure I’ve committed a breach of blogging etiquette. I got started, though, and couldn’t stop, and I still don’t feel like I’ve made myself entirely clear. But I had to [...]

Do You Read LDS Lit??

16 November 2007 @ 16:24 | The Best Books: Exploring LDS Literature | 50 Comments

I’m a Mormon who reads and a Mormon who writes, but I haven’t purchased LDS fiction from a bricks-and-mortar bookstore in almost a decade. Of course, I moved to Minnesota in 1998 and didn’t move back to Utah until 2006, so that’s one explanation. And I haven’t stayed away [...]



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