Last week I received a copy of the 2017 Spring/Summer catalog from Mercer University Press. Although I had already seen…
This morning I worked today’s crossword puzzle (from the newspaper) at one sitting. I work these puzzles almost daily. I…
Yesterday was release day for my first book, Tangles and Plaques: A Mother and Daughter Face Alzheimer’s. After 24 hours…
Since my first book, Tangles and Plaques: A Mother and Daughter Face Alzheimer’s, is coming out soon (release date is…
I’m reading my fourth and fifth books of 2017 simultaneously, as I often do. Especially when they’re so different. That…
Flying to and from Austin (through Atlanta, of course) gave me several extra hours of reading time this weekend, so…
A few years ago I was participating in a series of half-day writing workshops in Oxford, Mississippi, led by Barry…
A couple of months ago I announced that I am editing another anthology, So Y’all Think You Can Write: Southern…
In the wake of the news of The Booksellers at Laurelwood’s closing in Memphis, I’ve been sad and somewhat in…
I’m excited to have 11 literary events scheduled for 2017 so far, in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and North Carolina.…