No, Sponge Bob isn't an author (not as far as I know), but he remains a rock star with most every red-blooded kid out there. So while there were scads…

I grew up in Starkville, Mississippi and have many old friends there. Long ago, when I was a slacker college student at Mississippi State and dreamed of being the next…

As you've probably picked up, I'm an old radio guy and enjoy throwing in song lyrics now and then. The title of this entry is from the great Beatles song, Paperback…

One of the most rewarding aspects of my book trips is seeing friends I haven't been around in ages. It was great to visit with Karen Powell, a radio colleague…

I spoke Thursday evening at 5 p.m. at the Robinson Memorial Library in Raleigh, Mississippi and called librarian Sherri Harris a few minutes before start time to give her an…

Polly Hammett, Joe Lee, Sheri Krause, Donna Biggert, Johnny Biggert at Lemuria - Jackson MS (10/4/11)Funny how the months leading up to the publication of a book seem to take…