Stage Presence

Stage Presence

Sep 11, 2025 | Music

I have taken a couple months off from blogs. Shame on me. I’ve just been so insanely busy traveling and going to workshops, etc., I couldn’t find the time to get it all done. And I sincerely apologize to anyone who keeps up with me and the reading/writing...
Three-Workshop Summer

Three-Workshop Summer

Sep 11, 2025 | Writing Life

I mentioned I’ve been busy this summer. There have been entire weeks when I have been home only one day that week and have had something going on that day that kept me from being at home longer than enough time to unpack from one thing and repack for the next thing....
Writing Matters

Writing Matters

Sep 11, 2025 | Awards

My work with Lost State Writers Guild’s Board and Tennessee Mountain Writers’ Board continues. I have stepped down as Special Events Chair in TMW for various reasons, but I remain on that committee and on the Publicity Committee. Both organizations took off the month...

Book It

Sep 9, 2025 | Literary Recommendations

I’ve read a few books this summer – there are still many on my TBR pile, of course. Here’s a brief run-down with a short synopsis of what I’ve managed to put back on my bookshelves, though. I’ll start with Jill McCorkle’s Going Away Shoes. I won this as a door prize...
My Body Is a ONE-derland

My Body Is a ONE-derland

Jun 22, 2025 | Memoir

June 19th was the second anniversary of my gastric bypass surgery. It’s not a surgery that is “done” and is then just over – I keep dealing with what happened every single day, if I want it to be a success. I have to eat a certain way – certain things are “off...
Literary Happenings

Literary Happenings

Jun 21, 2025 | Writing Life

I was excited not to be traveling anywhere this month that required a suitcase. I thought the month would be a slow-down month. It turned out to be quite eventful, in spite of no packed bags, and it still has nine days to go. I started the month with my Lost State...