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Good Girl Lit

About Me

Hi Everybody,We're Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt, the authors of EMILY EVER AFTER and CONSIDER LILY. Check out our website: www.goodgirllit.com

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Alexis Bledel, Lauren Graham, Jesus, Julia Child, The Makers of Count Chocula...

My Blog

This Week in God

Hello faithful readers (oooh, get it?) today we're trying out a new feature that I'm tentatively calling This Week in God. We didn't rip off The Daily Show. It's an homage! I'll recap this week's holy...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:50:00 GMT

Funny Christian Art Day

Today's piece of hilarious Christian art, like last weeks', is actually going to be a series of different takes on the same picture. And what a picture it is. I don't know if you've heard of this guy ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:07:00 GMT

Star-Crossed Weddings

A few weeks ago a friend marveled out loud, "Wow, you don't seem to be planning a wedding. I can't believe how calm you are." I reached around and gave myself a big ol' pat on the back. I rule, obviou...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:44:00 GMT

Seven Deadly Sins

For the Lenten season, my pastor is preaching a series on the Seven Deadly Sins, which I have to say is pretty cool. I can't think about the seven deadly sins without thinking about Brad Pitt, so mayb...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:28:00 GMT

Bonus Post!

We've been tagged by Julie Carobini. We're supposed to 1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).2. Open the book to page 123.3. Find the fifth sentence.4. Post the next three sentences.5. T...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:27:00 GMT

Halleluhah, It’s Raining Amazing Book Covers

The first job I ever got, straight out of grad school, was at Random House as an editorial assistant. This job involves a lot of copying and mindless drudgery like walking up and down stairs to delive...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:53:00 GMT

Sound Off: Work-Life Balance

As you guys know, May and I both have jobs that we love. But I also love writing. It's my other job, and it's really fun, and I sure hope I get to keep doing it too. But my life basically looks like t...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:55:00 GMT

Funny Religious Art Day

Today, I'm starting a new feature: sharing a piece from my personal collection of funny religious art. I'll do this feature every week, if I remember, until I get bored with it. You're welcome.I colle...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:50:00 GMT

Puzzled by Prayer

Okay, huddle up. I'm about to announce something that's kind of embarrassing. I'm not a prayer warrior. In fact, I doubt I'd even be allowed in the infantry. They'd make me be one of those little chil...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:13:00 GMT

How Do You Know?

Word on the street is that May did an awesome job at the San Francisco Writer's Conference this weekend. Let's give her a big woot! An interesting question was raised in the comments section of May's ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:48:00 GMT