Saint Mary of Egypt Today, April 1, is the Feast Day of my patron saint in the Orthodox Church. Mary…
Memphis author Angela Howard’s memoir SIN CHILD releases on March 31—one week from today, from Austin McCauley Publishers. It’s an…
The Akathist Hymn In lieu of writing a personal post, I’d like to share this wonderful You Tube video from…
Coronavirus With the plethora of information available online and on tv about the Coronavirus, there’s an unexpected symptom that I’m…
What is the Psalter? The Psalter is the book of Psalms divided into 20 sections called kathisma (singular) or kathismata…
But First, A Look Back: Writing Workshops On my journey to publishing six books, as well as essays in four…
I’ve been trying to decide whether or not to blog about this, and today I finally decided that it might…
Reading Roundtable: Senatobia, Mississippi This afternoon I spoke at the R. C. Pugh Library on the campus of Northwest Mississippi…
(photo: Susan Cushman, Editor, Melissa Carrigee, Publisher, and Kathy L. Murphy, founder of the Pulpwood Queens, dressed as lumber jacks…
“Focus on your writing and you’ll find joy” This morning I got an email announcing the three finalists for a…