I don’t want to just be your editor—the faceless person behind a screen who judges your hard work. I want you to feel at ease and view me as an actual person. I’m a wife, mom, horseback rider, lover of the written word and the outdoors . . . and someone who really cares about what you have to say! That’s why I want to bare my own vulnerabilities through the Red Quill Blog, which covers various topics with a personal touch.
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The Stars Aligned Everything seemed to be aligning perfectly, proving to us that the time was indeed right for us to add a fur baby to our household once again. While Pretzel was already happily his new home, Mama Cali and three more pups were still being fostered just five minutes away by my lifelong […]
The Timing Must Be Right After a wonderful decade with Tanner, Lane and I knew we wanted the kids to grow up with a dog so they could also learn all the lessons pets have to teach us. However, we recognized that getting a pet was a big commitment, and ideally, should last the lifetime […]
Preface If you follow Red Quill Co on Facebook or LinkedIn, you likely remember me mentioning back in January of this year that we adopted a puppy we named Bo. Earlier this month, that pup turned one, and so I want to dedicate this blog series to him and a topic I am very passionate […]
Living the Dream Established on October 2, 2020, Red Quill Co LLC just celebrated its golden birthday with this being my second year in business, and I’m still riding the high! Even though I have been officially editing books for two years now, it still feels so surreal whenever I get to say it out […]
I had both of my daughters via C-section after my first delivery didn’t go as planned and ended with emergency intervention. This has left a scar on my lower belly, right below all those pregnancy stretch marks that have skewed my tattoo that runs down my ribs and wraps in front of my right hip. […]
Ever since my first daughter was born in October of 2016, my view on many things has changed dramatically. I’ve realized things that I never really thought twice about before—they were just givens. For example, every woman on the planet compares herself to others—their friends, siblings, celebrities on the front of magazines, etc.—both regarding physical […]
Where Does the Time Go? I think most of us can agree that we often feel overwhelmed and overworked. There isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done, let alone enjoy some quality down time. And if you’re a parent to young kids like I am, you’ve probably forgotten what alone time even […]
The cost of goods is continually rushing upward and onward in a dizzying blur, while the value of a dollar drops dramatically. Lacking a good system of balance to account for inflation, the purchasing power of the paper notes that we carry is constantly fluctuating, and not usually to our benefit. So, how are we […]
Ever wonder where the phrase “keeping up with the Joneses” comes from? It was coined by a comic strip of that same name, written by Arthur R. “Pop” Momand in the early 1900s. It first printed in 1913 and ran for twenty-five years. As you might expect, it was about a family who was constantly […]
One of my mom’s favorite songwriters, Bob Dylan released “The Times They Are A-Changing” in 1964, and within the lyrics, he shared some wise advise. Life is constantly in motion, history still being written with every passing day. Just as it was so for our parents, our “new and modern” concepts will one day become […]
I’m again thrilled with your work, Mandi! After working on my contemporary romance novel, Houston in September, with you, I wanted to do something fun and light-hearted. The result was Mewok Goes to Mew York. MGTMY morphed into a full story courtesy of suggestions derived from your developmental edit, after starting as board book length.
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I’m happy to report the book had its first ARC review by a local grade 4 class, after a teacher heard Lightning Legs was in his class. It received its first glowing review, as reported back by Lightning Legs herself. “They thought it was terrific.”
- Sharon Saunders, author of Mewok Goes to Mew York
