WELCOME ABOARD!
It's great to welcome my friend Candace Cox Wheeler to the Dogwood Press team! We'll launch her wonderful debut novel, Cradle in the Oak, next April. Set in the early twentieth…
SILVER LININGS
I hope this new month gets off to a great start for you, and I hope June is a little bit better than May for you and your family and…
KEEPING IT LIGHT
There’s little I can add to the conversation everyone’s having right now about COVID-19, other than echoing those who believe that now is a good time to be as kind…
THE ROARING TWENTIES
Happy new year! Happy new decade! There's a lot for me to be happy about as we open 2020. All of us on the Dogwood Press team are honored that…
MISSY
Here's a big announcement: Randy Pierce has a new novel coming next summer. It's called Missy. I've had the privilege of publishing Magnolia Mud in 2014 and The Peter Bay in 2016 (as well as…
LIGHTEN UP A LITTLE
So you're saying, "What's with the title of your blog post? What did I ever do to you?" Don't misunderstand--I'm not telling you to calm down or take yourself less…
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The Dogwood Press website includes information about our editing services, including exactly what constitutes a conflict of interest regarding what I can and can't publish. Let me see if I…
BRINGER OF RAIN
When author John Floyd had a conflict and couldn't get to Pontotoc, Mississippi, in March as scheduled to speak to the Friends of the Pontotoc County Library, I suggested Janet…
DEADLY VISITS
I'll go way out on a limb and guess that your cell phone is within easy reach. Correct? Okay, indulge me, here ... pick up your phone and take a…
BOOKS UNDER THE TREE
Just a quick note to say thanks for your support in 2018, especially in what we think of as "book-buying season" with the holidays almost over. All of us at…