I was incredibly honored to be a guest fiction editor for The Louisville Review’s fall/winter 2022 issue, available now. Please consider supporting this journal that has provided publication for so many stories over the years, including my first published fiction back a decade or so ago. The quality of material in it is top notch, and I reallyContinue reading “Life After Your Favorite CafĂ© Closes”
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“Because He Knew the Song”
Only one more day of celebrating my virtual book tour left. If you’d like to win a copy of my book or a bookshop.org gift card, go here. Quick note: the cafĂ© where I write is indeed closing. There are seven more days to visit it, and I told them I will be here everyContinue reading ““Because He Knew the Song””
Figure of Eight
When I told my daughter that I feel freer having this novel out in the world, no longer struggling to decide what it wants to be because it just is, she asked what I feel freer to do now. What a marvelous question! I told her I want to think on that. Obviously, novel numberContinue reading “Figure of Eight”
Let’s Talk About V.!
Welcome back to the blog tour. Here’s today’s link. Thank you to One More Exclamation. In today’s news, my favorite cafĂ©, the place where I’ve written many stories and parts of both of my novels, may be closing permanently due to ongoing staffing shortages. I’m writing from there today, trying to wrap my mind aroundContinue reading “Let’s Talk About V.!”
It’s All Relative
Welcome back to my blogging marathon, LOL! Here’s a link to today’s share. Don’t forget to go enter those giveaways! Yesterday Uncle Randy and Aunt Brenda, his wife, came in. He’s my dad’s only remaining sibling, and his youngest one, too. It was fantastic to see them and to give them autographed copies of myContinue reading “It’s All Relative”
Is February the new January? :-)
Hey, friends! I took yesterday off from blogging. It was a topsy-turvy weekend, so I worked from early in the morning until about 1 p.m. on a project yesterday, then cooked for the week and vegged the rest of the day. In the middle of my project, I apologized to my hubby and said IContinue reading “Is February the new January? :-)”
Day 11: “Parton” Me for Telling this Story…
Welcome to Day 11 of my virtual book tour! I’ll try to remember to supply the link for the day when it’s available. It means so much to me that these book lovers are sharing about Southern-Fried Woolf. I do have another story kin to Dolly Parton. My hubby had a regular Sunday afternoonContinue reading “Day 11: “Parton” Me for Telling this Story…”
Day Eight: Why Briscoe Has an Eating Disorder
TW: Talk of A Character’s Eating Disorder, Discussion of Virginia Woolf’s Possible Anorexia Thank you for visiting my blog on Day Eight of my book launch! I’m delighted to have you here. First of all, let me say that though I have the utmost sympathy for those struggling with eating disorders, I haven’t ever hadContinue reading “Day Eight: Why Briscoe Has an Eating Disorder”
Day Seven: My “Plumfield” and A LONG LISTING for SFW!
Welcome to Day Seven of my blog tour, sponsored by Madame Writer of Wrongs. So many thanks to her for sharing my book! https://www.madamewriterofwrongs.com/ First up, I just discovered that Southern-Fried Woolf has been chosen for the 2022 Somerset CIBAS Long List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction! I’m so pleased and honored! One of theContinue reading “Day Seven: My “Plumfield” and A LONG LISTING for SFW!”
Day Six: This is What Saturday Looks Like
Hey there, friends! This is Day Six of ye olde blog tour. The lovely Kat of Cornwall, England, has shared about my book on her website, and I’m so grateful. Yes, please sign up for prizes and read chapter one if you haven’t yet over there! And thank you, Kat! Today, Barry and I recordedContinue reading “Day Six: This is What Saturday Looks Like”
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