What a wonderful collection! The temptation for those who are on pilgrimage is to become a tourist, collecting junk and…
Novellas I love novellas. They are longer than a short story and shorter than a novel. They have gone in…
It’s all about STORY . . . . In 2020, the Pulpwood Queens—and their male counterparts, the Timber Guys—are celebrating…
Nonfiction 23: Fiction 20 This is my third year to compile an end-of-year list of the books I read during…
The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town I had never heard of Fred Allen, the…
Today I’m celebrating National Library Week by sharing advance praise from eleven authors for my short story collection, FRIENDS…
Last week I shared excerpts from essays by four of the twenty-six contributors to SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING (coming from…
If you’re on Facebook, you’ve already seen how I photo-bombed the place all weekend with pictures from the 2018…
I’m off to Nacogdoches, Texas, on Thursday for the 2018 Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend, where as many as several hundred…
On August 19 I was on two panels at the 2017 Mississippi Book Festival. I moderated one panel, “Her Story,”…