Wonderful new historic fiction novel I recently finished reading Rebecca Bruff’s wonderful historic fiction novel TROUBLE THE WATER, which blew…
Positive Reviews I’m a huge fan of independent booksellers. Right now I’m on a book tour to speak at ten…
(Author friends, above, Ellen Morris Prewitt, Sally Palmer Thomason, and Suzanne Smith Henley, celebrating with me at Novel Books in…
Family, Race, and Freedom in the Old and New South The Emancipation of Evans Walls by Jeffrey Blount may be…
Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate, authors What a joy to receive an advance readers copy of Judy Christie and Lisa…
Episcopalians, Catholics, & Protestants Back in March I did a post about “Religion and Spirituality,” in which I shared a…
The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town I had never heard of Fred Allen, the…
Layng Martine, Jr. Layng Martine Jr.’s memoir Permission to Fly took me completely by surprise. I was unaware of Martine’s…
How Memory Defines Us & Forms Our Families Patti Callahan Henry has become a treasured friend since I first met…
One week ago today I had major surgery. Recovery is zapping my energy, so I haven’t been writing very long…