(Image at the top: “Walking Past Two Chairs” by David Hockney, b. 1937) I have two chairs in my office.…
My first title for this blog post was, “A Day in the Life Of,” but at the last minute I…
After such a banner year (publishing 3 books in 2017) I’m excited to say that my fourth book will be…
My fourth book—Southern Writers on Writing—will be released by University Press of Mississippi next May. I’m editing this one, and…
I’m putting together a collection of personal essays with the working title, Pilgrim Interrupted. Many of the essays have been…
I just drove home from Atlanta today, excited to be greeted by a package from Mercer University Press—“Second Pages” (also…
Two weeks ago I did a post about the “first pages” I was anxious to receive from the press that…
I’m posting a day early because we have an 8:15 a.m. flight to Denver on Wednesday morning to spend Christmas…
Many writers don’t enjoy marketing. I love it. I did a good bit of advertising and marketing before I became…
Most authors already know this. Many readers might be interested to know that getting a book published is often a…