🌿 It's called a book release for a reason

Five years in the making, and now Even After Everything is yours

It’s called a book release for a reason: something that begins within you, something that you work to the bone and back again, takes up a life of its own and then your one and only job is to let it. Today, Even After Everything is out in the wild, and I’m celebrating how far we’ve come.

This book will always be “From me,” but it’s no longer mine. It has always been “To you,” and now it’s yours. I release it to you today, with joy, as a gift five years in the making.

And now, the magic happens in the exchange. 

Some scenes from the making and living

It’s release day and I’m getting philosophical—indulge me! 

I’m a big believer that every reading experience is a uniquely original one-to-one experience, because no one meets the same page quite like you do. No one has the precise collection of lived narrative or inner life reflections that you bring to a book. Put another way, there are as many different readings of any given book as there are readers of it. 

A reading experience is intensely personal. Story calls to story, deep calls to deep, creating a wholly unrepeatable human exchange. If it’s not too bold, I want to invite you into a deeper conversation, and I hope you’ll join me there.  

And so, an offering to: 

• Anyone who’s afraid to try again, love again, because they’re been hurt before.

• Anyone who struggles to trust their joy, because surely the other shoe is about to drop.

• Anyone who is searching for steadiness amid the dissonance of joy and sorrow.

• Anyone who is hungry for a rhythm, a tempo, they can trust.

• Anyone who is hopeful, though sometimes fears their hope.

🌿 What People Are Saying About Even After Everything 🌿

"A soaring memoir . . . a special work.”

— J.S. Park, hospital chaplain and author of As Long As You Need

“Masterfully written, both a balm and a bolstering.”

—

Shauna Niequist

, New York Times bestselling author

         "I never wanted the book to end."

 — Hillary L McBride, PhD, psychologist, researcher, podcaster, author, and mother

"I highlighted the whole book."

 —

Kayla Craig

, author of Every Season Sacred and To Light Their Way; creator of Liturgies for Parents

“The thing everyone says about Stephanie as an editor? ‘The best in the business.’ The same sentiment applies to Stephanie as a writer.”

—

Sara Billups

, author of Orphaned Believers 

“One of the best books I’ve read all year . . . the best (and I’ve read a few) book on the liturgical year I have ever read.”

— Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Books 

Slant Letter is where I “tell” you about writing craft. Even After Everything is where I show you.

Stay tuned for close readings + AMAs coming up this fall! For now, thank you for being here. I’m honored to have you as a reader, and I can’t wait to hear just what kind of unrepeatable one-to-one exchange our stories will have as they greet each other.

P.S. Support this book and publication by liking this post, restacking, and forwarding to a friend. I’ve always known this book is going to be carried by writers. So thankful for you!

Take heart and stay feisty,

Available now!