“So, in this next book, are they going to take a roll in the hay?” An old and dear friend pulled me aside the other day and asked me this question, referring to Luke and Christine. I was evasive in answering. He, (yes, it was a he) didn’t like this. “It’s a yes or no […]
From the desk of Estelle Pillow, Owner of the Sweetlife Bakery. Hi, everybody! The Watervalley Benefit Ball was this past week. Lord have mercy, has it seen some changes. The occasion used to be strictly formal with tuxedos and evening gowns. But over time the few blue bloods that did live in Watervalley became blue hairs. […]
Gentle Fiction…What It Is and Why I Write It. Some of my favorite Southern authors, William Faulkner, Flannery O’Conner, Thomas Wolfe, and James Dickey, just to name a few, all have one thing in common: they didn’t write gentle fiction. They wrote Southern gothic. Southern gothic focuses on the depravity of our beloved South and […]
Lester’s Winter of Discontent Lester, who works back on the loading dock, hasn’t had the best of winters. His girlfriend, Sabrina, broke up with him right after Christmas. Apparently, the customized bowling ball he got her didn’t say, “I love you” as much as Lester thought it would. And of all things, she came by […]
Dear Mrs. Thompson, I am writing to complain about my momma. My name is Robert and momma and my two younger brothers and me just moved here from Chicago. My mom grew up in Watervalley so she move us here because she and my dad got divorced. The other day she was getting in my […]
Well…I’m back! And so is life in Watervalley! The challenges of being a full time RN and writing great American literature (okay, maybe pretty darn decent American literature) proved to be overwhelming this last six months. But, book three is done! (Phew! More on that later.) Meanwhile, there is a lot of catching up […]
The fourth book in the Watervalley Book series! After a turbulent eighteen months, Luke Bradford is finally at peace with his new life as the sole physician in rural Watervalley. [...]
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“The Splendor of Ordinary Days” Is #1 Best Seller
The Splendor of Ordinary Days makes it to #1 on The Tennessean Best Seller List! On October 18th, the BookMan BookWoman bookstore in Hillsboro Village hosted a standing-room only book signing and author event to celebrate the latest novel in the Watervalley Books series, and that week the The Splendor of Ordinary Days rose to #4 on the […]
Kindle Fire HD 6 Giveaway Complete
Congratulations to Amanda Morris for winning the The Splendor of Ordinary Days Kindle Fire HD 6 Giveaway! With more than 1800 entries, Amanda was randomly selected and will receive a Kindle Fire HD 6 and signed copies of all three novels in the Watervalley Series. Special thanks to everyone who participated in the contest and the blog […]
Facts and Fiction: (I don’t just make this stuff up.)
In my late teens I remember driving a country road out of Water Valley, Tennessee (the real one) up to Franklin, Tennessee in the next county. For a Middle Tennessee backroad, it bordered on bizarre. Around here we have rolling hills and ridges. Old backroads are rambling affairs; typically following the point of least resistance […]
The Fullness of Time, the fourth and best written book (that is…until book five is done) in the Watervalley Series will finally be available on Tuesday, March 26. Hot Dog! (Pre-order info below!) After three years of laboring non-stop at the keyboard, (yes, that’s a big lie) and finding ever new ways to provide vague […]
