Wondering if it had improved any with age in the forty-five years since I garnered my gentleman’s “C” on a book report from an English teacher likely being generous, I again cracked open The Old Man and the Sea. While my first reading of a fish story about the one that got away bored me to tears, or maybe only… Read more »
Sometimes writing feels like swimming in circles: you can make it out of the shallow waters but are too afraid to go to the deep end. The blazing sun is blasting high above you. You set out to write every day. You are determined to get that poem down even after a long day at work. But then you notice… Read more »
No matter the medium, it seems like entertainment is playing a key role in society’s acceptance of LGBT+ people. It still has a long way to go, like the rest of the world, but one can’t deny that queer characters are showing up more frequently on our screens and in our books. From Cam and Mitch on Modern Family, to… Read more »
I was inspired to write this post by the Summer 2016 issue of the Journal of the Society of Authors (UK), which opened with these words from the editor, James McConnachie: ‘All authors live with fear.’ Did you know that to be an author is to live with fear? Perhaps for some writers that is not the case, but… Read more »
Small towns in Georgia exude a charm that can’t be beat. Most are like a time capsule of a bygone era. While I grew up in Atlanta, I had relatives who lived in the hills of North Ga. and visited on a regular basis. There is a beauty and simplicity to small-town living that is attractive, especially to those who… Read more »