My publisher, Huntsville Independent Press, recently published an article about developing an author “brand.” I found the concept interesting. Do writers really have — or need — a “brand?” Writers who work in creative nonfiction are familiar with the concept…
My publisher, Huntsville Independent Press, started the new year by publishing a guest post I wrote for their blog. In the post, I talk about the definition of “success” for a writer — at least, how I define success. Here’s…
I haven’t been keeping up on this blog lately, but that could change soon. I have a busy writing year coming up in 2023. First, the anthology I co-edited with Joan Schweighardt, The Art of Touch: A Collection of Prose…
The very first time I heard Jasen Sousa read, I knew he was something special. Something different. His energy and rhythm were those of a young rapper, and his topic that day was a woman lost, a story from the…
As I mentioned in a quick post the other day, my blog was out of commission for a couple of weeks — sorry about that, readers! One day I logged in to write a new post and got a strange…
Someone once told me that every step in the literary ladder has similar stresses, hopes, and disappointments — just at different levels. Before you’ve been published, it feels as if the world will be a better place and your life…