First copies of the long-anticipated anthology rolled of the presses on May 29. What began as a fun email exchange between writer Elizabeth Searle and me more than four years ago has become the first-ever collection of essays about teen idols by some of America’s most fabulous female writers: Ann Hood, Jill McCorkle, Leslea Newman, B.A. Shapiro, Judy Goldman, Susan Straight, Dolen Perkins …
Workshopping with Jill McCorkle
One of the thrills of living in the “writingest state” is being a member of the North Carolina Writers Network and attending their Fall Conference. This year’s gathering in Cary brought an array of outstanding sessions and speakers: Edith Perlman, Kay Stripling Byer, D. G. Martin, Sheri Castle, Alice Osborne and many more. I was one of the lucky souls …