Lifting One Another Up My favorite author Pat Conroy called himself a “blurb slut,” and was known for writing blurbs…
Like everyone else, I’ve been watching the horrific images of the devastation that Hurricane Harvey and the subsequent flooding are…
Did you know that the practice of using blurbs (quotes by other authors to help promote one’s book) dates to…
I’ve been in Atlanta since Sunday, visiting family and attending a medical meeting with my husband. This morning I’m taking…
The May/June 2015 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine just arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Perfect timing. Why? Because I’m…
Last night I met with a group of writers who gather to critique one another’s manuscripts. The genre and subject…
This is the fun part. (Writing can be fun, but it’s mostly hard work.) If you’re anywhere near Atlanta, Athens…
In my post on Monday about the 2013 Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference, I mentioned Lee Gutkind’s remarks about the sacrifices…
I’m still processing the four days I just spent helping direct the 2013 Oxford (Mississippi) Creative Nonfiction Conference, with Neil…
Last Wednesday I posted my contribution to the authors’ blog hop that’s been underway for a while, “The Next Big…