Category Archives: mountains

New Events for August & September

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

Monday, Monday … so good to me … And we’ll stop there. Because the rest of the song gets a little depressing. I’m excited to announce two new events in which I’ve been asked to participate in August and September: * The Birchwood … Continue reading →

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Show & Tell Friday (okay, Thursday) – The Local Edition

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

* I’m posting this today because I’ll be away from my desk all day tomorrow. Enjoy! Oh, Spring has officially sprung! (Winter, cover your ears.) This week it hit a high of 82 in my mountains–yes, I like to call … Continue reading →

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Show & Tell Friday: the Ides of March Edition

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Ah, the infamous ides of March: the first month of the year in the original Roman calendar (the Romans celebrated the New Year from March 1st until today), the day in 44 B.C. when Julius Caesar was assassinated by members … Continue reading →

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Books, Music & More: Show & Tell Friday

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Last week, I inaugurated “Show & Tell Friday” here on my author web site and over on my personal blog. I dug it. I’m doing it again. First up, my dear writer-friend Christine Byl’s debut book of nonfiction: Dirt Work: An … Continue reading →

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Visit to Historic Aiken, S.C.; Artist-in-Residence at Lake Keowee; & the Snowstorm that Wasn’t

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! I hope everyone gets this day off from work and … Continue reading →

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Malaprop’s Bookstore Reading Tomorrow Night

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Hola, my friends! I have returned (almost) home from sunny Puerto Rico and my graduate residency, and I promise to fill y’all in with pictures and stories as soon as I get settled. But for now, don’t forget about my … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Ann Hite, Author of Ghost on Black Mountain

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

Check out this fantastic interview on Blog Talk Radio with Ann Hite, the author of Ghost on Black Mountain. I’d heard all about Ann’s book before I met her recently at the Dahlonega Literary Festival. Ghost on Black Mountain is set in nearby Black … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s The Big Deal (and other news)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Hi, all! Happy December! This weekend my family went to the woods (literally) to cut down our Christmas tree. Then we took part in The Twilight Festival, my favorite of Brevard, North Carolina’s many celebrations. There was an ice luge, … Continue reading →

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Down to Dahlonega

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

I’m thrilled to be headed down to the Dahlonega Literary Festival in lovely Dahlonega, Georgia. Tomorrow, I’ll run a booth for Keowee Valley, and will speak at 2 p.m. as part of a panel of Appalachian writers in a session … Continue reading →

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Recap of My Latest Presentation, and Off to the Parkway

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

On Tuesday I gave a presentation at the Transylvania County Library in my little town of Brevard, North Carolina. Called “The Slanted Truth: When Fiction Meets History,” I talked about the ins and outs of writing historical fiction, Keowee Valley, … Continue reading →

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