“I’m meeting with my agent,” I said to my mom a few days ago.

She laughs. I tell her as soon as everyone knows her name I will just call her Keely. I feel as ridiculous as my mom thinks I sound saying “my agent.” Give me a cup of tea, and I’ll stick my pinky in the air.

I have a literary agent.

Today we are thrilled to share an excerpt from Kat Armstrong’s upcoming book, No More Holding Back, available July 9th.

Rise executive director Holly Stallcup was given the opportunity to guest blog on The Mudroom. You’ll find an excerpt from the piece below.

Andrea Humphries, our resident bibliophile (and a board member), writes a monthly post about what she’s learned from the books she’s reading. Today, she’s here with what she learned in June:

Each time I lift the lid I know not much will have changed, but my fascination with my new compost bin does not wane. My curiosity with the process of decomposition rivals that of any five year-old’s curiosity about everything.

Rise board member Amanda Martinez Beck recently did a Q&A with Catholic writer Shannon Evans. Here is their discussion: