

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,...


Wordless wednesday
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GUEST BLOG
"Wyatt Durrette has been a friend, a mentor and an inspiration to me for almost four decades. He is also one fine reader, whose...


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...


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...


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...


Wordless Wednesday
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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...


Wordless Wednesday
LINK #wordlesswednesday #asoutherngirl #robertryman #whitepaintings #painting #abstract #summer #canvas #adoption #johnwarley #lawyer...


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...