Publication Day
Publication Day!! A rare event in any writer’s life, as all of us--no matter how prolific-- have only a finite number of books in us. The...
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Blog & News for Award Winning Author John Warley
Feb 16, 2019
”Free at last, free at last . . .”
On Three Pines, the cotton plantation adjoining the hunting lodge which becomes Carter’s and Missma’s retreat, a family of slaves must...
Feb 3, 2019
It's All About the Blurb
I’m so pleased with the blurbs that will accompany the publication of The Home Guard on March 4, 2019. Here is one from the incomparable...
Nov 27, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving!
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, my mind is on . . . turkey? Don’t make me laugh, or even chuckle. Yes, of course I’m looking...
Nov 21, 2014
Everybody's Got a Writer in Miami
Greetings from Miami, Florida. The title of this blog comes, of course, as a paraphrase of a Jimmy Buffett song I've always liked,...
Oct 12, 2014
The Port Royal Experiment
Last week, I blogged about my Aunt Sue, who spoke to me from the grave by way of her memoir, Three Houses, the preface for which...
Oct 4, 2014
Telling it like it wasn't
Previously, I explained why John Grisham need not worry about me threatening his throne as king of the mystery, thriller, suspense...
Oct 1, 2014
Wordless Wednesday
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Sep 24, 2014
Wordless Wednesday (almost...)
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Sep 20, 2014
A Mystery About Mysteries
A popular genre among readers has always been M/T/S: mystery, thriller, suspense. Given the success of writers like Agatha Christie, John...
Aug 28, 2014
A Historic Lunch
In last week’s blog I described the literary summit of three dead writers (Faulkner, Proust and Nabokov) and one very much alive writer,...
Aug 16, 2014
I Began Hearing Voices
Last week I disclosed my dilemma in combining two short novels, A Southern Girl and Just a Dance, into the single story they cried out to...
Aug 13, 2014
Wordless Wednesday
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Aug 6, 2014
Wordless Wednesday
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Aug 3, 2014
Two for the price of one
A Southern Girl (ASG) began as a short novel, by word count almost a novella. It began with the infant’s abandonment as the U.S. family,...
Jul 30, 2014
Wordless wednesday
#wordlesswednesday #asoutherngirl #baby #adoption #family #fulfillment #memories #photography #writing #johnwarley #insight #kids...
Jul 20, 2014
Sorting it out on paper
In my last blog, I raised the question of how it is possible for fiction to reveal more truth than non-fiction--how things that never...
Jul 12, 2014
Inspiration for a novel
Last week’s blog identified three forces in Mexico that inspired me to more and hopefully better production in my writing. But motivation...
Jul 5, 2014
Life on the Literary Road
Six weeks on the road is a stretch, and when forty-three events in four states are factored in, there is only one logical question that...
Jul 1, 2014
Channeling F. Scott, Ernest, and The Big Mo
Last week’s blog mentioned some challenges presented by Mexico that required adaptation. For me, the challenge above all others was to...
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