Carter Barnwell, the protagonist in The Home Guard, is twelve years old when his world is turned on its head on November 7, 1861. As the...

Remember a few blogs back when I talked about writers compulsively asking themselves, “What if . . .?” Beaufort’s Civil War history so...

Last week, I blogged about my Aunt Sue, who spoke to me from the grave by way of her memoir, Three Houses, the preface for which...

We had such a great time and great response with our first sweepstakes, that we decided to run a second one. If you are a Pinterest...

Last week I wrote about our move to Mexico in 1993, a move that promised to give me the time to write the next novel at hours later than...

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My writing life began with a short story I wrote in 1990 called The Dare on the Bridge. The bridge, in case you’re curious, is the...

When was the last time you took a journey? A drive across country or a trip to Europe? Journeys can be measured in miles, but also in...

As Easter approaches, I’m reminded of one of my mother’s most enduring gifts. Like most of her generation, she handed down to her...

For a number of years, I've had the great pleasure of regularly lunching with Pat Conroy & Bernie Schein, two of my favorite writers and...