Author: Lauren Brandenburg

Several years ago, three large publishing houses were looking over my series for middle-grade readers. I waited daily for the phone to ring or a text to come from my

He sold his gas can and took me on a date. Well, it didn’t exactly happen that fast, but it happened. This past summer, Jack, with his eye for the

Oh, what a wonderful year it has been! Once again we met our goal, starting with five dollars and doubling our way to $1280 in just 8 weeks for a

We buy the slime . . . and the lemonade, and the survival bracelets, and the homemade soaps, and the wooden toys, and the books (you get the picture) all the time!

For those of you that know our family or have seen our recent Facebook Live video (click here) you know how we did it, and you know we have a really

Brandenburgs don’t give up! It’s one of our many family mottos. But sometimes, it can’t be helped. The decision is either out of our control or no longer in the

I was recently asked when our first day of school would be. Well, I think it is kind of today. We started doing half days of school work in July–skipping