I was lucky enough to be one of the people participating in the Sugar Island Bakery's RETRO WORD FROM THE BIRD Holiday 2016 Show. ...

Whoa! Those of you who are telling us to calm down. To be "gracious in our loss?!"  It's NOT a fucking sporting event....

It's rare for me to not be able to find words to express my feelings. But, it happens. Like many of you I spent a night of worrying ...

I'm at Jungle Red chatting about November 8th. I hope you'll drop by and say "Hey!" http://www.jungleredwriters.com/ ...

There's not a soul who knows me who's not aware of how very much I love Topsail Island. Donald and Harley and I have ...

I am one tired girl. In the spirit of transparency, I am not starting a new novel.  I'm back to my Whimsey #2 manuscript, of which I ...

Early voting is happening right now in North Carolina. I voted last week. Today I went downtown to help pass out some campaign liter...

Some days you have to turn off the news and listen to the bird or truck or the neighbor screaming out her life. You have to close all the ...

Are you familiar with NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. National Novel Writing Month is right around t...

I just heard about the passing of Larry Karp. Janet Rudolph posted this -  http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2016/10/larry-karp-...

This is hard for me to tell. Hard for me to write.  Which is usually a bit easier for me than telling. And many of you will "get...

Donald and Harley and I took a drive yesterday. Sunday, October 16, 2016 was the date of the 2016 North Carolina Literary Hall of F...