MISSISSIPPI BOOK FESTIVAL

During a conversation about six months ago with John Evans, owner of Lemuria Books, he handed me a Mississippi Book Festival bookmark and said to make sure Dogwood Press was…

MISSISSIPPI BOOK FESTIVAL

You've read about it in The Clarion Ledger and many other publications. The Mississippi Book Festival takes place August 20-22 at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson and will include workshops,…

THE HUMOR OF JOHN FLOYD

John has a great sense of humor. As his friend, as well as his publisher, I can attest to that. And so can the good folks at Alfred Hitchcock Mystery…

EDGAR

Yes, that Edgar, as in Edgar Allan Poe ... John Floyd has been nominated for an Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America in the Best Short Fiction category for…

THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS

John Floyd forwarded me an email he received from a Texas man who stopped at the Books A Million in Meridian, Mississippi, while traveling and met John while he was…

LIGHTS…CAMERA…ACTION!

And just like that, the tour for my new novel, Director's Cut, is underway! The excitement never goes away when I launch a new book. It's as much of a thrill…

THE HARDEST-WORKING MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS…

My vote, at least for spring 2014, is Randy Pierce, the sitting Mississippi Supreme Court justice and the author of Magnolia Mud, that can't-put-it-down tale of a fictional governor's race…

I LOVE WHAT I DO!!!

That's the honest truth, and I know I can speak for the authors on the Dogwood Press team, too! Writing is more than just fun...it's a calling. We wake up…