Appalachian Thursday–Dialect

When I see that a book is set in Appalachia I tend to get excited. I love when the mountains from Georgia to Maryland get a little attention and I’m often eager to snap up books set ’round these parts. So I was thrilled to get my hands on The Story Keeper...

April is National Poetry Month

When I started writing, my first love was poetry. I wrote poems because I could capture ideas, feelings, and emotions on one page. Books, on the other hand, are really long and take a LOT more work. So, in honor of the days when I could complete an entire first draft...