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You cannot worship the child in the manger while drowning the child at the border.

The writing life is a bit like herding cats - you have a brilliant idea in mind, but the words seem to have a mind of their own, running in all directions!

Am I too late for Twitter? Is this still a thing?

This bookstore in Nyack NY looks a little like my mess of an office. I managed to while away a couple of hours until my husband followed the bread crumbs and found me.

Getting serious about my writing.

It's scary putting my words out into the world but I'm doing it. Finally doing it. #writing, #literaryfiction, #southernfiction

I may never be published, but I do want to give my words flight.

This is my airport read. It was too big to fit in my overstuffed cases so I carried it across 3 countries and would carry it across 3 more. It was just that good. There were so many sentences to savor but here are a couple I loved. #bookstagram,#lincolnhighway, #amortowles

The opening scene of Chapter 1. #writing #southernlit #literaryfiction

I know these are older books but I find myself picking them up again and again as I would books of poetry. I can open one to any page and fall in love with words that are heavy with meaning and image-rich. I highly recommend this trilogy. #MaryKarr is the queen of memoirs.

Emma Joy contends that stealing can be Biblical under the right circumstances. #writing #southernlit #literary

This is an older book that I've just now gotten around to reading. This book was especially poignant after working closely with a quadriplegic college student for 4 years. Beautifully written. #books #jojomoyes

The brief prologue for my novel. #writing, #southernlit, #literary, #agentneeded

What would you do if your dead mama appeared beside you? #writing, #literary, #agentwanted, #novel

Emma Joy accepts a ride from an old sharecropper on her way to Woodstock. #novel, #writing, #seekingagent, #southernlit