A couple of weeks ago my husband and I got a new king-sized mattress and box springs. FREE. The one…
Earnest Hemingway was ill and unable to attend the banquet where he would receive the Nobel Prize for Literature…
In my post on Monday about the 2013 Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference, I mentioned Lee Gutkind’s remarks about the sacrifices…
Last Wednesday I wrote about rejection. Today I’m going to share some potentially good news, and it’s happy hour, so…
I’m still processing the four days I just spent helping direct the 2013 Oxford (Mississippi) Creative Nonfiction Conference, with Neil…
I’m in Oxford co-directing the 2013 Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference through Sunday, which is a joy, but which also means…
It’s been over six months since I began the process of querying agents for my novel, Cherry Bomb. When the…
The Lord goes to His voluntary Passion. We must accompany Him. This is the duty of anyone who confesses that…
I’m posting this from the Apple Store in Ridgeland, Mississippi. My computer locked up when I was sitting on the…
When I woke up on this cool, rainy morning, I moved slowly, not wanting to leave the comfort of bed…