When you finish your novel, after mapping, plotting, typing, and deleting hundreds of sentences, paragraphs, and pages, you finally reach…
querying
que·ry /ˈkwirē/ verb gerund or present participle: querying Querying is hard. You have to boil all your hopes and dreams, huge ideas,…
the magic of blogging for writers
I recently finished a novel I’d been working on daily (for years), and I’m in-between freelance projects, so my usual…
writing: a short series
Last week I sent out 5 queries and 1 submission for a novel, The History of Things, which I’ve worked…
Randolph Cemetery
In 1871 nineteen black businessmen in Columbia met to create a suitable burial ground for the African-American community. They formed…
Massacre vs Riot, and Why Monuments Matter
July 4, 1876 July 4th, 1876 was the centennial celebration of the country’s independence, and in the small town of Hamburg,…
Orangeburg
Do you know what happened in Orangeburg, SC? It was host to one of the most violent episodes of the…
Limestone
The preparation for a Fresco takes years before any paint hits the wall. One major component in this lengthy preparation…
Blessed Are
“For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in…