#MuseMonday with Nicole Baart: Share the Holiday Love

Hey, friends! Merry Christmas! And Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever you celebrate. We hope you don’t need any inspiration at all this beautiful Monday morning, but if you do, please know that your Poppy sisters are celebrating you today. We are so thankful for...

Book Club Hacks: Getting Authors to Visit

Pictured here: A Book Club Trifecta! I’ve been to this fabulous Wyomissing, Pennsylvania-based Book Club 3 times – for all three of my novels! I might keep writing books JUST to keep getting invited back. Wink. I started my own Book Club about 7 years ago when I...

#MuseMonday with Nicole Baart: Life is Beautiful

Hey, friends. Last week was a hard week. So difficult, in fact, that when my husband and I were able to (finally!) snag a couple of hours alone together Sunday night we spent a good portion of that time staring at each other in stunned silence. Why do I share this...

#MuseMonday with Nicole Baart: Be Brave

Hey, friends! I have a friend who lives by the motto: fake it ’til you make it. And though I love her dearly, I cringe at the thought of “faking it.” Of course, I understand the sentiment behind it. Sometimes, when your palms are sweaty and your heart is beating in...

Book Club Hacks: Engaging Quiet Members

Pictured here: A fabulous book club from Reading, PA. I had the distinct honor recently to be invited to this group’s FIRST ever Book Club. (They chose my latest novel, THE TRUTH ABOUT THEA! #swoon. They instituted a strictly casual dress code (PJs welcome!) I...

#MuseMonday with Nicole Baart: Ditch Your Labels

Hey, friends! Wife. Mother. Author. Friend. Teacher. Optimist. Artist. To a lesser extent… Chef. Organizer. Gardener. Runner. Risk taker. Philanthropist. And just a little less… Activist. Adventure-seeker. Traveler. Have you caught on yet? These are just a few of my...