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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The Pulpwood Queen’s List for 2019

Kathy L. Murphy, founder of The Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs, has chosen the following books as the “books of the…

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End of Year Book List for 2018

So, last year I posted my book list, showing that I had read 44 books in 2017. Not sure what…

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Why I’m NOT Writing . . . .

I haven’t written a blog post since October 3. This is actually the longest I’ve gone without blogging since my…

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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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2018 Releases from SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING Authors

Eight of the twenty-six authors who contributed essays (and the Foreword) to Southern Writers on Writing have new books out…

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Alabama Book Tour Begins!

This week I will be joining four of the twenty-six contributors to SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING at two events in…

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My Exaggerated Life: Pat Conroy—Q & A with author Katherine Clark

I just finished reading the oral biography, My Exaggerated Life: Pat Conroy, as told to Katherine Clark. I was interested…

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