Eleven years ago this August I went to the first Mississippi Writers Guild Conference in Clinton, Mississippi. It was pivotal…
I hope you’ve been following my series of excerpts from SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING (coming from University Press of Mississippi…
Back in 2010 I went to a book signing at Square Books in Oxford for Sonny Brewer. He was signing…
This morning I finished reading my 29th book of 2017, New York Times Bestselling Author Patti Callahan Henry’s latest novel,…
This morning I read a quote by Evagrius the Solitary with my morning prayers. Here’s part of it: Pray not…
I’m putting together a collection of personal essays with the working title, Pilgrim Interrupted. Many of the essays have been…
I kept a diary when I was a little girl. It had a little lock and key and I kept…
A few weeks ago I started a new novel. It’s off to a slow start, for several reasons. For one…
Yesterday I finished reading my first book of 2017—Joshilyn Jackson’s latest novel The Opposite of Everyone (Harper Collins, 2016). What…
I’m a people person. Well, sort of. I do enjoy my time alone, but it’s almost counter to my…