Pre-order excitement!

Well, isn’t this just a hoot-and-a-half?  You write a book, then you have to switch hats and market the thing. Who knew?  And on top of writing and marketing, I also recorded the audio version of We Don’t Push in Fairhope.  I don’t know why, but it was exhausting!  Recording the audio version of We…

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Book Delay

Like Fred Flintstone planting his big feet on the ground from the driver’s seat of his stone-wheeled car, my latest book plans have come to a screeching halt. WILMA!!!! It was all going so well, and writing makes me as happy as applying mascara made Tammy Faye Baker. “La-la-la, life is so good. La-la-la, this…

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Late Bloomer

I had the entire day blocked out to work on a new book, but alas, I began with the writer’s chores of procrastination and distraction. I only meant to clip a few roses and gardenias, but then noticed a weed. Then, I realized the mounds of drift roses needed thinning and, 3 hours later, was…

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The Original Fairhope Guide Book – It’s here!

***I’ll be signing books at the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival, Saturday, March 18, 2017 in front of Page and Palette Bookstore. Stop by and say hello!!!   Well, what do you know . . . I finally have a book signing!   It isn’t just me. Actually, it’s barely me, but nonetheless, this Thursday,…

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Dyslexia helps develop a story of perseverance

*This is the second story and actual interview I wrote about Fannie Flagg that will appear in this Sunday’s Press Register, Birmingham News and Huntsville Times.  Info on where you can meet Fannie Flagg this week are at the bottom of the page.   Like the tiny scraps of fabric in granny’s worn quilt, our…

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