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Ten minutes ago, I was a boring 25 year-old watching baseball and contemplating my dinner plans for the evening. And then, with a few swipes of my keyboard, I had signed up for the National Novel Writing Month contest (also known as NaNoWriMo). Now I [Read more…]

Nine years ago today, I sat in a high school classroom watching images of a terrifying, unthinkable tragedy unfolding in my country. No one will never forget where they were that day or what it felt like to be so helpless in the face of [Read more…]

Where did you find this one? I can’t get enough of Southern fiction. Not just because it’s my genre of choice, but because I find it a lot easier to relate to their lives and stories than with other types of writing. Give me kudzu, [Read more…]

I don’t cook. Ever. Ask my friends, family, even casual acquaintances and they will not hesitate to tell you that I spend an average of five minutes each day in my kitchen (and that’s mostly because I have to walk through it to get to [Read more…]