(And the winner is...  Janice Raspen!  Congrats and let me know your mailing address.) My book is TWO years old! This week is the an...

I downloaded these podcasts of John Grisham's book tour a while back. To be honest, I listened to the first one and was underwhelmed. ...

Today was a big day.  My third historical fiction middle-grade novel launched out into the world. Okay, the fanfare was mostly via tweets a...

Yes, the 1960s were turbulent, colorful, musical, scary, exciting, and almost any other word you can come up with.  Also fodder for quite ...

Who says you can't go home again? NOBODY who ever lived in Mississippi. Maybe no true southerner. (Oh, wait. There's that w...

Thank you, Mr. Schu, for taking time from your busy schedule (American Library Association! Chicago! Envious.) to blog about GLORY BE. You...

It's come to my attention that GLORY BE seems scarce as hens' teeth (what does that mean anyhow) in all the usual places. Scholastic...

Excited to be going back to the place I call home.  Or close to it. Though truthfully, I've never been to Pelahatchie, Mississippi,...

Since I've been asked, I will share that the wonderful LEMURIA Books in Jackson has signed copies of GLORY BE. Here's the website:...

Get your signed copy right here!  Big Thanks to Lemuria Bookstore for including GLORY BE in their Signed First Editions Club. CLICK HERE f...

Last Thursday I was at one of the South's premier bookstores, Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi . I love these independent bookstor...