A SECOND BLOOMING Authors are Still Blooming

(Photo above: Ellen Morris Prewitt, Kathy Rhodes, Jennifer Horne, me, and Nina Gaby at a “Second Blooming Retreat” in Starkville,…

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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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A Second Blooming Retreat: Introducing our Closing Ceremony Leader

I’ve done several posts recently to introduce the speakers/workshop leaders for the A SECOND BLOOMING RETREAT to be held at…

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A Second Blooming Retreat Speakers: Part 4

I’m following up on my recent post, in which I gave a link to information about the A Second Blooming…

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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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