A couple of months ago I announced that I am editing another anthology, So Y’all Think You Can Write: Southern…
“No matter what is wrong with you, a sausage biscuit will make you feel a whole lot better.”—Lee Smith’s mother…
I’ve only got a few weeks until the deadline to have my complete manuscript for A Second Blooming: Becoming the…
I’m posting a day early because we have an 8:15 a.m. flight to Denver on Wednesday morning to spend Christmas…
I’ve been poring over my novel, doing a fourth revision this week. So this morning I took a break to…
The May/June 2015 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine just arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Perfect timing. Why? Because I’m…
I was hoping to review two wonderful books today, but I’ve been too busy to finish reading them. (Yes, I…
I went to church last night. But not to the Orthodox Church where I usually go for the healing of…
I love the personal essay. It’s one of my favorite genres of writing. When I first started writing essays,…
I love the AT&T commercials featuring Beck Bennett and those cute little kids. I don’t know how much is scripted…