Thanks to Michelle Willard at the Murfreesboro Voice for this interview about Sugar Fix, my background in software development and the importance of STEAM, and the upcoming Southern Festival of Books - one of my favorite weekends of the year. Read the interview here on the Murfreesboro Voice. This is a good time to remind you of the Tennessee STEAM Festival, with events related to science, technology, engineering, art, and math, happening Oct. 11-20 across the state. … [Read more...]
A Primer and Picks for the 2009 Southern Festival of Books
October 6, 2009 By 3 Comments
One of Our Lady's favorite events of the year is the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, coming up October 9th - 11th. Admittedly, October is a busy month with hayrides, apple festivals, football games and so forth, but Our Lady is always surprised when friends here in middle Tennessee who enjoy reading confess they've never attended SFOB. She wants to ask them, "WHAT are your priorities?" She holds up as an example her friend Peter and his twin Laura, who plan their birthday celebration … [Read more...]
Come See Me at the Southern Festival of Books!
October 4, 2009 By 3 Comments
As some of you already know, my poetry chapbook, Heaven Was the Moon, is out! It's a little perfect-bound collection of 28 poems, published by March Street Press, and of course I'm very excited about it. My first public event for the book will be at the Southern Festival of Books on Sunday, October 11th, from 2-3 pm, with a signing to follow. I hope to have a big hometown crowd - but those of you who may be in for the festival from other parts of the state or the Southeast, I'll be glad to … [Read more...]
Yay for Humanities Tennessee
August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So, in my inaugural post on August 6th, I said I'd like to promote Tennessee writers on my blog, and on August 10th, this arrives in my inbox: This fall, Humanities Tennessee will launch a new website, to be called Chapter 16: A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers and Passersby. We hope and expect that this site will become a regular stop for readers, a place where you will learn about upcoming Tennessee books and events and discuss those and other topics with one another. We'll cover novels … [Read more...]
