The Write Life

In the early 2000’s I returned to Base Camp 1. A shift in our world happened. We moved to a new town. My hometown in Louisiana. A place I said I’d never return to as I peeled out of my parents’ driveway at 18, heading for LSU and any city that wasn’t here. See ya […]

When I started this blog, I didn’t know this would be the title of one. Especially so quickly. I may still be in shock, needing one of those tin foil EMS blankets wrapped around me. Lightening has struck. I sold my book! Shortly after my first blog post, I got an email from my agent […]

I’ve been asked several times recently about how I came up with the idea for BROKEN BAYOU. Thought I’d share a few blurbs from the articles that sparked that very first moment I thought, “This could make an interesting book.” The original article was in USA Today. Back when the papers I read were actually, […]

When I was a querying writer, I found myself wondering what in the world those elusive literary agents were thinking. So many questions, but no one to ask them to. I did try though. One time during a face-to-face pitch session at a writers conference, I asked the agent so many questions she finally said, […]