I survived; yesterday was my first day as a system-wide substitute teacher in my local school district. I worked at a middle school in a somewhat-remote portion of the county. Use this link to learn more about my experiences!

One of the many things I’ve discovered during the pandemic lockdown is the importance of celebrating. No event is too small. And for a writer, milestones are especially significant. As such, I’d like to take a moment and share with you my first published poem, “MEMORANDUM: To Whom It May Concern.” Please use this blog entry to watch a reading of the poem.

As the American South continued to bake this summer, I evacuated north for a couple weeks to Canada. Check out this blog post if you’d like to travel back in time with me to Quebec City...and to learn about Nancy McCabe’s new young adult novel Vaulting through Time.

Poet, Writer Maggie Smith will be at Parnassus Books in a couple of days! The is a ticketed event, happening IN STORE on Wednesday, April 12th at 6:30pm Central Time.  I first met Maggie last summer on a plane from Nashville to London. No, that’s wrong. I first met Maggie’s words on that plane, somewhere high above the Atlantic…

On Christmas Day, 2022—after 22 years—a rewritten, polished draft of my novel (the e-postle) is complete. Three hundred pages, 86,669 words. I’m calling the pages “agent ready,” knowing that I would rewrite this thing forever…if given the chance. At this point in my creative writing life, the words, plot, catalyst, transformations, climax, and conclusion are the best I know how to write. Therefore, it’s time to search for a literary agent! :-)

Middle Tennessee Writer & Author Suzanne Craig Robertson will celebrate the launch of her new book, He Called Me Sister: A True Story of Finding Humanity on Death Row, at Parnassus Books on February 21.