I’m honored to be a part of a wonderful tribe of over 150 authors who write about their experiences with…
For the past few years, I’ve been choosing a word every December to focus on for the coming year. I…
So, last year I posted my book list, showing that I had read 44 books in 2017. Not sure what…
The older I get, the more I value family. It seems I’m not alone, since my second cousin Lee Brackett…
I swear I was drawing comparisons of Tara Westover’s memoir EDUCATED to Jeanette Walls’ THE GLASS CASTLE before I read…
It’s been a few years since I read and reviewed a celebrity memoir . . . . back in 2014…
It’s been a few months since I blogged about my short story collection, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. Back in September…
For the first seven or so years of our marriage, my husband and I did not celebrate Christmas. As I…
The good folks at the University Press of Mississippi, who published SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING, the anthology I edited, asked…
Writing from Seagrove Beach, Florida this Thanksgiving weekend feels like writing from home. I’m staying in the location where I…