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...
Aug 1, 2026 | Writing Life
This year’s Highland Summer Conference in Radford, Virginia, was another stunning adventure! Held July 20-24, and organized by April Asbury, it met all my expectations of the prior years and went further. This year’s workshop leader was poet Marianne Worthington, with...
Jun 13, 2026 | Poetry, Writing Life
I clocked in at 9:03 p.m. on Saturday night for the Poetry Half-Marathon, June 13, after a day that could only be described as chaotic. My hairdresser was out of town unexpectedly, and her first suggestion for getting my hair fixed the day before hadn’t panned out at...
Jun 3, 2026 | Writing Life
May 29-30, 2026, the 20th Annual Mountain Heritage Lit Fest was held at Lincoln University in Harrogate, TN. Even though it has changed vastly over the years, it is still one of my favorite workshops to attend each year. This marked the last year for Patrick Wensink,...
Jun 1, 2026 | Memoir, Writing Life
I spent another delightful week at The Orchard Keeper in Speedwell, Tennessee, last week. I was working on writing. Trying to come up with something for the Chautauqua contests. I entered something, but I don’t think they are anything that will win any prizes. I’ve...
Apr 28, 2026 | Writing Life
As many of you know, I am a degreed librarian. No longer practicing, but that’s what my master’s degree is in — Information Sciences. I love libraries. They’ve always been some of my favorite places to hang out. You can get just about anything at the public library —...
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