The cutest voter ever!

Rel Mollet Books, Current Affairs, Family

Today is Election Day, and I just have to say it: I’m so grateful to live in a country where we’re free to vote, and free to worship.

Years ago, Andrew and I served as missionaries in Russia, where people did not have those freedoms. I’ve seen what it looks like when your voice and your faith aren’t your own.

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Out of the writing cave, into the bleachers?

Rel Mollet Books, Family, Sports

Happy Friday, friends!

I have emerged. (Blinking. Squinting. Possibly wearing the same shirt since early October.) But I have officially finished the rough draft of my epic Edinburgh adventure! (Rough being the key word. It’s held together with sticky notes and prayer. But words on the page are words I can edit!)

And now that I’m out of my writing hole,

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Why I’m chilly…

Rel Mollet Books, Family

Sorry I’ve been so quiet here!

I’ve been hard at work writing a brand-new series! And it’s sort of consumed me. (This is not an inaccurate picture of me right now)

Yes, I live in Florida. Yes, it’s sunny outside. And yes, I’m under a blankie with my coffee, because in my head I’m in Edinburgh,

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Let’s have some fun! (Books may be involved.)

Rel Mollet Books, Good Stuff, Just for Fun

It’s Friday! Which means the week is officially over (or close enough. Don’t tell my weekend to-do list), and it’s time for a little fun. So grab your coffee, put your feet up, and let’s talk books. Loooooots of books.

First up: WEST is in Kindle Unlimited!

If you’ve been patiently (or not-so-patiently) waiting for the whole Hunt for Alan Martin series so you can binge it in one glorious weekend,

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We survived!

Rel Mollet Books, Family, On Writing

We made it to Florida! After many smelly hours in the car, Andrew and I rolled into our happy place, unpacked the car and trailer, and sighed that big ahhh of being in our Florida home.

And then the sky said, Welcome! Here’s a hurricane.

Yep. We arrived just in time for a week of storms that rattled the windows and basically drenched our patio and left ponds in the low areas of our yard.

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The End is Here!

Rel Mollet Books, Family, Travel

Today we’re pointing the car south for a month of Florida sunshine.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. Susie. It’s October in Minnesota. The trees are on fire with color and you’re LEAVING? I know. I love the fall colors too. Truly. But we are exactly one month shy of our six-months-and-a-day agreement with the great state of Florida.

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It’s not pretty.

Rel Mollet Books, On Writing

 

This is me after a weekend at the Faith, Hope & Love conference, where I taught, keynoted, and hung out with my favorite people. There’s something about a room full of writers chasing the stories God put in their hearts that fills me right up.

But now? I am oatmeal.

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Our morning meeting is now in session!

Rel Mollet Books, Family

Pull up a chair — the meeting’s already started.

This is what a Susan May Warren Fiction morning meeting looks like: three generations, one very small chairwoman running a tight agenda (JoJo does not tolerate rabbit trails), and enough coffee to reanimate the dead. Here’s our meeting minutes.

Agenda Item one: The garage lives.

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I discovered something!

Rel Mollet Books, Remodeling

So. Good news. The garage is insulated and ready for sheet rockers to arrive today.

You know that project I thought was done? Um, not so much. When we bid out the sheetrocking, the cost was much lower if we did the insulation ourselves. And now we know why.

I spent the weekend cutting insulation,

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I may be in over my head…

Rel Mollet Books, Faith, Family, Remodeling

So, in my bible reading this week, I’m in Psalms 69.

It starts like this: Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.

I just love David.

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