So we watched Julie & Julia over the weekend, and it reminded me of how much I love to cook! I have taken a number of cooking classes ov...

Imagine you (or your husband) watched your child get abducted when she was eleven years old, and now, eighteen years later, you get a call f...

Okay, so who knew L was a letter so rich and ripe and fertile? I've thought about this and thought about it, but still, I couldn't...

On my drive to Mississippi, I listened to two books that totally wow-ed me, for completely different reasons. The first was this one, Stargi...

So when I got back from my awesome trip to Mississippi, this book was waiting for me. I dove right in. And I LOVED Lainey! Holly Nicole Ho...

Once you've started writing, don't stop. Truly, this can be a much greater challenge than getting started in the first place, becau...

Driving to Vicksburg tomorrow, to hang out with writers and teach some workshops at Mississippi Writers Guild conference . The conference i...

See what I'm talking about here and here . Also, consider this excerpt from Early Morning - Remembering my Father, William Stafford by ...

I don't have poetry to share today, but I will be checking out Poetry Friday Roundup with Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect . Five for ...

Of all the Author ABC's, this is THE most important one. So don't even bother rattling off all your excuses. You have just as much...

Okay, received this book in the mail yesterday, and Team Jacob fans are totally gonna love it! Big congrats to fellow Tenner (although her b...

art by Jeanne Rhea Shhh.... here's a secret well-known in the marketing world that is completely applicable in the writing world: DIFFER...

In honor of Jillian, who hopefully as of tonight is a Bachelorette no longer, I wanted to share this tasty little bit of insight into just w...

POISON IVY Rumor has it that I was conceived while both my parents had poison ivy... so I blame them for the awful reaction I have the stuff...

Okay, so Alabama Writers Conclave was a huge success thanks to SO many great folks. Unfortunately, because I was so involved in the planni...

Becky Laney has Roundup at Becky's Book Reviews . My contribution is this one, by one of my most favorite poets... would love to hear y...

So the wee writing retreat was awesome. Pat Weaver, Hostest with the Mostest can cook some a-maze-ing chicken fingers. And don't get m...

So this morning I had to break out the jumper cables to help my father get on the road -- he left his cellphone in the lighter-thingy to cha...

Big thanks to Keith Badowski and Ron Self from THE BIG TABLE POETS! So last night was especially wonderful because my mother was in the audi...

So tomorrow The Big Table Poets of Birmingham travel to Columbus, Georgia, to share great words with a wonderful poetry group headed up by K...

Okay, I'm not talking paranormal here, although clearly that is a most popular genre. I'm speaking about the writer, how it helps t...

I am just back from Birmingham Quilters Guild QUILTFEST 2009, where visitors were greeted by this sight: Insides we saw quilts with stars an...

Probably one of the biggest problems you can have as a writer is a bent toward perfectionism. That sounds wrong, doesn't it? Let me ex...

Okay, this could be a very long post, because I have long been a fan of Richard Peck's. And I am not alone: he's a much-loved genu...

Today's roundup is being held by Brian Jung at Critique de Mr. Chompchomp . Go check it out! And here's my contribution, in honor o...

When I was a little girl, I read and re-read the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I wanted to BE Laura, especially the Melissa G...

There's so much to do in this lovely state, but you might start by... admiring the buffalo at Custer State Park visiting presidents here...

Sara Holmes is hosting Poetry Roundup at Read Write Believe this week, so go check it out! I give you this one -- one of the first in the ...

So on my mama's most recent visit, she brought me a treasure: a collection of letters she and my father wrote to her mother and stepfat...

So a couple of Tenners have gotten their ARCs, which is like, so super exciting! You know what else is cool? I got my greedy little hands ...

Welcome, poetry lovers! Roundup is here... so leave your name and link and a little bit about your post in comments and I'll corral the...