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  In support of the “buy local” and Small Business Saturday shopping movements, I’m offering a sale on Flashes of War through my website for the next week. By using the Buy [...]

Just a few of the family members I’m thankful for today… There is quite honestly so much to be thankful for, I often find it difficult to pin down a central focus for blog posts such [...]

Sometimes, creative play takes the form of mixing up your routines. While I tend to spend Mondays volunteering with Carolina Mountain Club, this week, I framed my time with trail crew [...]

I’ve been a bit impatient with myself lately. Three weeks of getting up at 6am five mornings a week (ok, a slept in until 7am a few times) to work on the novel. No email. No Internet. [...]

Readers: There is a discount offered at the end of this blog post! What makes a popular book club pick? By now, everyone knows that the Oprah seal of approval will skyrocket any author’s [...]

After the epic night on the ridgetop, I was ready to get up and get going as soon as sunrise came. I enjoyed a leisurely breakfast as pale, yellow light warmed my camp and flushed the birds from [...]

Look, everyone! I’m practicing taking time off, like a normal person! From 2pm Sunday to about 4pm Monday, I hustled up the Colbert Creek Trail in the Black Mountains (my backyard) and [...]

*Note: The Writing Life is taking a week off! I’m officially back in North Carolina after 4 weeks on the road, 4 flights, 2700 car miles, and 11 events to wrap up the second (and hopefully [...]

I’m past event #30 for the book and headed toward event #31 tonight…and I’m tired. I’ve been trying to keep myself centered and fill my well back up in small moments [...]

“Sea & Land, Land & Sky” by Amy Tavern I’ve written about The Four-Fifteen before but in writing about it again, now, I’m remind myself that balance is always [...]