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
- Oct 26, 2014
The Home Guard
Remember a few blogs back when I talked about writers compulsively asking themselves, “What if . . .?” Beaufort’s Civil War history so...
- Oct 22, 2014
Wordless Wednesday
Source #wordlesswednesday #asoutherngirl #adoption #grandchild #patconroy #photography #storyriverbooks #writing #writinggroup
- 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...
- 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 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 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...
- Jun 21, 2014
New rules in a strange land...
Last week’s blog listed the major factors that weighed in our decision to spend a year in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. As part of my...
- Jun 18, 2014
Wordless Wednesday
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- Jun 7, 2014
Sí, sí, señor.
Last week I wrote about our move to Mexico in 1993, a move that promised to give me the time to write the next novel at hours later than...
- Jun 4, 2014
Wordless Wednesday
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- May 30, 2014
Best seller? Ah . . . no.
When I left you last week I was on the cusp of literary stardom with my first novel, Bethesda’s Child. I had what I had been assured was...
- May 22, 2014
A Visit from Abraham Lincoln
In last week’s blog, a Wizard in the form of my youngest son, Carter, helped me take the first step along the road I am still traveling....
- May 21, 2014
Wordless Wednesday
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- May 19, 2014
A Favorite Quote...
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- Apr 19, 2014
Literary Lunch with Pat Conroy & Bernie Schein
For a number of years, I've had the great pleasure of regularly lunching with Pat Conroy & Bernie Schein, two of my favorite writers and...
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