Day of the Dead Today, November 1—and evidently also tomorrow, November 2—are the days set aside by many to celebrate…
Why doesn’t it have its own name? This past Sunday, November 24, I was “in conversation with” the author Sonja…
My first title for this blog post was, “A Day in the Life Of,” but at the last minute I…
For those of you who know me, you know that I like to have several balls in the air at…
News flash for any of my readers who aren’t on Facebook or Instagram: I have a book deal for my…
I thought that when I quit drinking in September of 2017, that it was the hardest thing I’d ever done.…
Finally! I’ve been looking for good peaches all summer, and a few days ago the produce guy at Miss Cordelia’s—the…
Last week I shared some sneak previews from a new anthology I edited, SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING, coming from University…
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…