Praise for PILGRIM INTERRUPTED!

What a wonderful collection! The temptation for those who are on pilgrimage is to become a tourist, collecting junk and…

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More Notes from A Second Blooming Authors in Isolation: Part 2

(Photo of Susan with Jen Bradner, Ellen Morris Prewitt, Sally Palmer Thomason, and Suzanne Henley at the launch for A…

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Tell Me a Story

Pat Conroy, Angels, and Golden Bridges Whenever I speak at a bookstore or library about one of my books, someone…

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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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Two Writing Conferences this Summer: I’m Leading Three Workshops and Moderating Two Panels

I’m so excited to be leading three workshops and two panels at two writer’s conferences this summer: Alabama Writer’s Conclave,…

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I Love Stories

And essays. Which is why I love anthologies. The first anthology in which I was published was Circling Faith: Southern…

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