In the Beginning . . .

Susan starts a blog I know I’ve been a sluggard (or a slacker?) lately when it comes to writing for…

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A SECOND BLOOMING Authors are Still Blooming

(Photo above: Ellen Morris Prewitt, Kathy Rhodes, Jennifer Horne, me, and Nina Gaby at a “Second Blooming Retreat” in Starkville,…

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Blurb Slut

Lifting One Another Up My favorite author Pat Conroy called himself a “blurb slut,” and was known for writing blurbs…

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Ten Favorite Things about the Southern Festival of Books

This past weekend I traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, for the 29th Annual Southern Festival of Books. The only other time…

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CHERRY BOMB: Successful Launch and Early Reviews!

My novel CHERRY BOMB launched at Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi on August 8. The following week, on August 19,…

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