ESCAPE

I'm sure you remember the old Calgon TV ads with that unforgettable tag line: CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY! A good book also provides a wonderful escape from the grim realities…

LET’S GO!

Like a lot of us, I suppose, I spent the spring of 2020 thinking the pandemic would last several weeks, maybe a couple of months. I still felt that way…

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY

Wanting to support Lemuria Books in March 2020 as the shutdowns began, I ordered a couple of books through their website and drove to pick them up. Following their instructions,…

ROCKIN’ THE CRADLE

Happy February! It's so good to leave 2020 behind, and it's great to be just weeks away from the arrival of Cradle in the Oak, the debut novel by new Dogwood…

MAKING LEMONADE

MAKING LEMONADE Nobody I know wants to go through another 2020, but I remain blessed to work with some wonderful, resourceful people. Case in point: a Randy Pierce in-person book…

IT’S HERE!

IT'S HERE! I'm normally not a fan of unloading and breaking down palettes of books (it makes my back hurt). But I've never been as glad to see a delivery…

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…