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…]

Did you just receive a last minute invite to a 4th of July barbecue? In a panic over a quick, cheap, easy dish to bring? How about some Redneck Caviar? Okay, maybe that doesn’t sound appealing to you. That’s our name for it in my [Read more…]