ramblings from an arkansas farm girl
Five years ago if someone asked me where I’d be today, I don’t know what I would have said. But I wouldn’t have said writing in the woods. The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow might have been my answer if I played a game of eenie-meenie-miney-moe with multiple choice answers. In my mind, any place with “colony” attached to it was highly sketchy. A colony involved hippie living, pot growing, and Kum Ba Yah singing.
Or lepers.
Lepers lived in colonies, didn’t they?Continue Reading
Eureka Springs to Dallas may sound like a railroad line, but it’s the most recent route on my book signing adventure. Yesterday, I drove it without benefit of a dining car. Just a quick post to let you know I’m alive and well and waking up in North Texas this morning. I had a blast on Sunday at Books in Bloom in Eureka Springs. I was a speaker at the event, which was a fun thing for me. A few folks even told me, “I only came to hear what you have to say.”
Gulp.
Really?
Yikes.
It all worked out because I chatted about what I think and know and believe to be true about writing. Although my experience is new and very limited, it’s fresh on mind, that’s for sure. There were other author-speakers who’ve written a jillion books. I can’t imagine. I would have liked to sit at their feet and hear their secrets, but I had a booth to man.Continue Reading
While I do book signings right here in Arkansas, Gracie Lee travels the world. She’s free as a bird, a regular globetrotter who apparently has friends in high places. I’m thrilled that folks have tucked The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee into their precious limited carry-on space, taken a part of me on their fabulous jaunts, and shared pictures. And OhTheCoolPlaces my friends (and friends of friends) go!
I mean, really cool places.
Places Gracie didn’t travel to via 1973 bicycle.
Places I had to google to make sure I identified them correctly.
There were certain things I imagined when I imagined being an author, but seeing my book at the foothills of the Pyrenees was not one of them.
Note to self and everyone else… my book cover has magical chameleon qualities! That delta cotton field and clear southern sky pairs well with sea, sand and a bold red Spanish wine.
Thank you to everyone who’s shared pictures of Gracie Lee in the wild. These are but a small sample!
