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(photo: Susan Cushman, Editor, Melissa Carrigee, Publisher, and Kathy L. Murphy, founder of the Pulpwood Queens, dressed as lumber jacks…

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Why Should You Read “The Pulpwood Queens Celebrate 20 Years!”?

It’s all about STORY . . . . In 2020, the Pulpwood Queens—and their male counterparts, the Timber Guys—are celebrating…

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Blurb Slut

Lifting One Another Up My favorite author Pat Conroy called himself a “blurb slut,” and was known for writing blurbs…

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Celebrate National Library Week with these Words of Advance Praise for FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

  Today I’m celebrating National Library Week by sharing advance praise from eleven authors for my short story collection, FRIENDS…

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Warming Up to Adele (and short story collections)

If you read my blog regularly, you know that I have published four books, with four different publishers—two university presses…

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Ten Favorite Things about the Southern Festival of Books

This past weekend I traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, for the 29th Annual Southern Festival of Books. The only other time…

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