Aug 14, 2026 | Publications
Welcome to Langston, Virginia, a small town in deep southwestern Virginia, somewhere near the West Virginia state border. Don’t bother looking for it on a map in the real world, though; you won’t find it there. Langston is a fictitious town, as are its neighboring...
Aug 2, 2026 | Publications, Writing Life
Jim Minick can write any genre. I mean anything. Poetry. Fiction. Nonfiction. Memoir. And he writes every bit of it well. I was excited, then, to see him leading a pre-workshop workshop at Hindman this year called, “From Prompt to Pitch.” The concept was to take a...
Apr 18, 2026 | Publications
Knowing How to Lose is the name of my poetry chapbook, finally submitted to the publisher this week, which is a great load off of my plate and off of my mind. Twenty-two poems make up the collection. Fifteen of them were published prior to the chapbook coming together...
Jan 14, 2025 | Publications, Writing Life
I’m excited to have a short chapter in a textbook that sees the light of day as a new publication this week from Bloomsbury. Careers in Library and Information Services is edited by Priscilla Shontz. My little chapter, “Author,” is in Part 5: Beyond the...
Aug 3, 2024 | Publications, Writing Life
I’m still staying busy with lots of writing activities! In June, I had Lost State Writers Guild and Tennessee Mountain Writers Board Meetings online. On June 3, I also participated in another Salvation South Writing Circle, moderated by Meredith McCarroll. I attended...
Mar 24, 2024 | Publications, Writing Contests, Writing Life
Here’s a quick update of writing activities since last month’s blogs.Upcoming Events:– TMW Conference, April 4-6. I’m co-presenting a panel discussion on Confronting Imposter Syndrome with two of my amazing writer friends, Sharon Shadrick and Sharon Waters. It...
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