I’m working on my fourth book, another anthology I’m editing: Southern Writers on Writing. The manuscript has been through the…
About five years ago I was at the Yoknapatawpha Summer Writer’s Workshop, and one of the speakers was Tom Franklin.…
Today is known in the Orthodox Christian Church as the “Leave-taking of Pascha.” (Here’s a talk given on this topic…
Our visit to Charleston and Beaufort, South Carolina, this past Wednesday-Sunday was nothing short of magical. In five days we…
In his post today on his blog, Glory to God For All Things, Father Stephen Freeman writes about his weekly…
So, I was in Nashville (Brentwood, actually) Saturday at a book event for A Second Blooming at Barnes and Noble,…
My book tour in May is turning out to be as busy as April, and I’m loving it. Ater a…
With Mother’s Day coming, I find myself thinking about happy memories of my mother. I’ve been doing this a…
It’s been six months since my last post about my grief journey following my mother’s death on May 22, 2016.…
I have heard stories from best-selling authors about having only one or two people show up for a reading/signing at…