Author’s incredibly important caveat: This is bound to change a million times (just like it’s already changed from its previous title, Elect Charley Dawson) so consider this a very, very rough first draft. Also, if you want to save the suspense for the full novel, [Read more…]

I never… …ever… …in my life… …want to see… …another muscadine grape. Not. Ever. Again. I learned a very, very valuable lesson making muscadine jelly courtesy of my lovely mother. After my brother and I returned home from North Georgia, I called my mom (who was still [Read more…]

…no, but for serious this time. I’ve started and stopped my sophomore effort on several occasions, this is true. It’s just that in the three years since completing my first book, I’ve struggled to find the right combination of characters, plot and setting. I’ve discovered [Read more…]

Do me a favor. Blink real quick. Just once, go ahead, blink. How fast that? A second? Half a second? I feel like that’s how quickly the first half of 2012 went by. Seriously! I swear it was just January and I was sweating in [Read more…]