Fact vs. Fiction For fiction writers who like to use experiences from our own lives or historical events in writing…
Saint Mary of Egypt Today, April 1, is the Feast Day of my patron saint in the Orthodox Church. Mary…
I’ve been trying to decide whether or not to blog about this, and today I finally decided that it might…
A taste of my Orthodox Christian faith folded inside my novel and my short stories . . . . I’m…
Why Authors Love Them Best-selling author Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project, which has raised…
So this happened. In August of 2017 I met Karen Hatch at the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, Mississippi. It…
As my 2018 book tour begins to wind down, I’m happily looking forward to events with all four of my…
Happy Halloween! I’m excited to announce that one of the stories in my linked short story collection, FRIENDS OF THE…
I recently came across Andrew Herman Middleton’s Facebook and Instagram pages, known as “The Zosima Society.” He also started a…
It’s been a minute—five years actually—since I organized a writing workshop. Here’s my history with that: 2010 – Co-director of…