Most of the writing I'm promoting here is fairly serious. My short stories deal with tragic situations like a triple murder and a farm...

The North Carolina Writers' Network held its spring 2025 conference in Asheville this year. We were supposed to meet there in the fall of...

Last fall, I participated in an exercise that profoundly impacted the way I thought about second chances in life. It was a simulation of...

Save the dates: June 14-15, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. I had heard of Drums , one of the few Revolutionary War stories set in the South, but decided...

That's what my sticker says. And it was true on Jan. 4, when I took advantage of a unique opportunity offered by the Colonial...

Before I started my FLINTLOCKS AT DAWN journey, I toyed with making history in a different way. The result was THE YEAR COFFEE WAS...

What better way to open my blog than by introducing you to the inspiration for the dastardly Lord Ferrers, the villain I have created for...