Blue Moon Gardens and Comfort Songs
Mary and Sharon built a destination garden center in the sweet spot of a country road in East Texas. I was one of their earliest customers 20 years ago, and have returned year after year to soak up the herb and perennial plants they specialize in at their shop. I stopped by there a few […]
Bonus Special for Comfort Songs–EXCLUSIVE to Newsletter Subscribers
It’s been a week since it’s debut, and already I’m hearing from readers about how much they enjoyed Comfort Songs! This author’s heart is overflowing with humility and joy. As a reward for those faithful subscribers to my newsletter (the folks who’ve been with me from The Big Inch to now, and hopefully will stay […]
A fun photo just because.
A friend sent this photo from the KETK interview today, and it was so sweet I wanted to save it for its thoughtfulness—and I thought my hair looked really good. Talking about Comfort Songs in the week it first debuted in the world!
Comfort Songs makes a TV debut!
I had the great pleasure of being on the KETK Morning Show today talking about the new novel, Comfort Songs. Though I stumble through, we had a great conversation about the inspiration and background for the story. Hope this loads so you can watch. \https://www.easttexasmatters.com/video/fishtales-publishing-stops-in-to-chat-about-her-new-book-she-just-put-on-store-shelves/
Blow out the candles, it’s a birthday for Comfort Songs!
We’ve been celebrating the book birthday of Comfort Songs, my 4th novel. It’s a surreal thing to write a book, see it published, and hold it before it’s released into the world of readers. Thanks to the wonder of technology, it’s getting easier to experience, too. I took the leap into publishing 4 years ago, […]
Comfort Songs–A New Novel
Did you know lavender grew in Texas? I discovered fragrant acres of lavender plants in the Texas Hill Country and that immediately fed my desire to become a lavender grower. I too wanted to walk through aromatic lavender fields every day and live the life I imagined was just one glorious experience after another. After […]
Summer Edits and Ideas
Friends, I’m working on the last mile self-editing of a new novel and I’m at the stage where I’m questioning if I’ve put in too much or not enough to make the story entertaining for readers. At some point, I will have to take my fingers off the keyboard and kiss the manuscript goodbye. It’s […]
A surprise revealed—not unlike my garden after winter.
Are You Spring Cleaning Too?
Gone With The Wind is still worth your reading time today
I’d recently been reading Pat Conroy’s memoir about his reading/writing life, and stumbled upon a beautiful tribute to the novel, Gone With The Wind. The words caught me up short because the book is well over 80-years old and, brutally, a southern novel about a lifestyle and mindset long since faded. But, as one who […]
