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I am writing these words on the morning of my 70th birthday. The first day of my 8th decade of…
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(Photo above: Ellen Morris Prewitt, Kathy Rhodes, Jennifer Horne, me, and Nina Gaby at a “Second Blooming Retreat” in Starkville,…
Lifting One Another Up My favorite author Pat Conroy called himself a “blurb slut,” and was known for writing blurbs…
Last week I shared excerpts from essays by four of the twenty-six contributors to SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING (coming from…
This year’s Southern Festival of Books is this weekend in Nashville, Tennessee. I have several friends serving on panels or…
Did you know that the practice of using blurbs (quotes by other authors to help promote one’s book) dates to…
I’m still working on my essay for the “Joy” essay contest for the Creative Nonfiction Journal, and I need to…
It’s been a pensive day. A day for taking long walks in the crisp, cool, fall air. A day for…