Authors
In The Beginning: The Creation of A Writer
Some months ago I asked my Facebook fans to suggest ideas for future blogs. What did they want to know that I could possibly tell them? I received wonderful ideas, and today I’m using one from Denise who said: “I’m interested in how you started out, all the details of how you became a writer.” …
Read MoreLove Finds You–An Interview With Author Serena B. Miller
**Congratulations to Paula, commenter #2, whose number was chosen at random.org and will now receive an autographed copy of Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio. Thanks to everyone who “chatted” here with Serena while the giveaway was in progress. Some years ago I received an email from another minister’s wife, an aspiring author. She wanted…
Read MoreWith A Little Help From My Friends
Earlier in the fall I asked my Facebook readers what topics they would like to see here at Southern Exposure. Brandi Jones asked about my relationship with other authors. She wondered if we critique or brainstorm together, help each other out of writer’s block or even lend ideas. She was surprised at the lack of…
Read MoreThe Glamorous Life of the Touring Author
Mix five authors, eight stops and three states, and you get one exhausting, exhilarating book tour.
Read MoreTell No Lies: A Candid Interview with Julie Compton, Author of Rescuing Olivia
One of the real joys of my job is meeting other writers. Several years ago I had the opportunity to speak at a book festival in St. Louis, and Julie Compton, was on the same panel to promote Tell No Lies, her first novel. I liked her immediately. Beautiful, intelligent, witty and warm. Really, all in…
Read MorePlay It Again, Sam–When Word Processors Go Wrong
My friend Diane Chamberlain made a terrifying discovery this week. Somehow, through no fault of her own, one of her minor characters, Sam, began showing up in the strangest places in her novel. At the beginning of sentences instead of the word “but.” In scenes with other characters, when he suddenly played all the roles. …
Read MoreBooksignings: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
I’ll begin with the truth. Writers love booksellers the way we love our first born sons. We love booksellers the way we love chocolate, lattes, spring after long winters and beaches at sunset. That said, we don’t always love booksignings. This past weekend I had the opportunity to be on a panel at the Virginia…
Read MoreAs Nice As She Is Talented–The Novels Of Mary Alice Monroe
This month in addition to being a novelist, I’ve had the pleasure of twice being a novelist’s fan. And it has been a pleasure indeed. I reported encountering the delightful Randy Wayne White earlier in January at the Sanibel Doc Ford’s, the upscale sports bar named after the sleuth in his mystery novels. Today I had the pleasure of attending…
Read MoreHaunting Mysteries: The Fascinating Career of Casey Daniels
In plenty of time for the spookiest holiday of the year, Casey Daniels, whose Pepper Martin mysteries are a must read for anyone who loves paranormal mysteries, is visiting Southern Exposure today. I first met Casey when I was part of a writer’s group in Cleveland, Ohio. We’ve stayed friends through the years and are still brainstorming buddies. This time of…
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