Last night I was visited by an old friend. Well, actually she’s been staying with me for three days, or should I say nights. Insomnia. As a result, today will be a truncated post. You don’t mind, do you? First up, let me give my deep appreciation to Steph over at “A Dream Within aContinue reading “Day Four: Belated Happy 141st Birthday, Virginia!”
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Let the (Virtual) Book Tour Begin!
Southern-Fried Woolf is HERE!! If you want to buy a print copy, I recommend this bookshop.org link for the best price. (I’m all about that.) Here’s the Kindle version. Thank you to Mythical Books for sharing the first chapter of my book on this first stop on my tour. I appreciate it so much, andContinue reading “Let the (Virtual) Book Tour Begin!”
Happy Book Birthday (Tomorrow) to Southern-Fried Woolf
The other day I stared out of the kitchen window and allowed myself to celebrate finishing this novel. I allowed the pride of creation to fill my eyes, acknowledged the bravery of sharing something that is so precious to me. This novel has been the most difficult thing I have written so far. Those IContinue reading “Happy Book Birthday (Tomorrow) to Southern-Fried Woolf”
Southern-Fried Woolf and Cheesy Cornbread
The happiest of holidays to all of you who celebrate! I hope you’re having/have had the best of times with those you love. Hubby and I are about to celebrate another anniversary, yay, and I finally made Christmas dinner today (long story). While my cheesy cornbread can’t touch my daughter’s, it was fluffy, sweet, cheesy,Continue reading “Southern-Fried Woolf and Cheesy Cornbread”
Literary Journal Submission Etiquette: An Interview with Elizabeth Burton; Prelaunch Update
Everything is in prelaunch mode over here at Southern-Fried Woolf central; I’m getting really excited to share her with the world in January 2023. I’ve just booked a blog tour which will run for an entire month from the week before she launches to, auspiciously, my departed father’s birthday. (I didn’t set the exact tourContinue reading “Literary Journal Submission Etiquette: An Interview with Elizabeth Burton; Prelaunch Update”
Think Bigger…
Barry and I recently spoke with the ebullient Melissa Hamilton on our podcast. She brought along her sidekick, Sunny, an adorable puppet. (I *may* have a literary greats finger puppet collection and a couple of dusty YouTube videos of me with Kwali the Koala bear, my humble hand puppet, somewhere.) It made me wish weContinue reading “Think Bigger…”
The “Pitch Your Pants Off” Challenge
Barry and I have, besides working on our new podcast, created a writing pitch challenge. There are so many moving pieces to a career in writing that it can be overwhelming. Which path to take? Where to start? We asked ourselves just that as we put this challenge together. And we decided that it startsContinue reading “The “Pitch Your Pants Off” Challenge”
Welcome to Orlando!
And now we start in on our third Woolf book, Orlando. We’re going to take this one slowly, so I will tease your appetite with just a few quotes from the novel. Read on! Let me know if you find favorite passages as you read. Blog ©Copyright 2008-2022. All rights reserved.
Ordinary Mysteries
This is one of my favorite passages in Lighthouse. As a human, this has always been my goal, to pay attention to the ordinary moments of beauty and to elevate them. At the funeral for my husband’s grandmother a few years ago, the minister came around beforehand and asked for memories to share. I wasContinue reading “Ordinary Mysteries”
Recording of Virginia Woolf
Here’s a link to the only known surviving recording of Woolf’s voice, a slice of the recording animated in commemoration of Woolf’s passing 75 years before, the animation commissioned in 2016. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160324-the-only-surviving-recording-of-virginia-woolf
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