Back In Birmingham & Book Signing Dates

You know how there are some days when it seems like you catch up on every phone conversation you've been meaning to have for pretty much forever? THAT WAS MY MONDAY. It wasn't even intentional. But by 9 o'clock tonight I realized that I had at … [Continue reading]

Big Mama Has Some Prizes

Hey everybody - I'm still in Mississippi, but I wanted to let you know that Melanie is giving away three copies of Home is Where My People Are on her blog. The giveaway closes at 5pm central today (Monday), so I wanted to pass along the info in … [Continue reading]

In The Interest Of Overexplaining

So if you'd asked me a couple of weeks ago if I was ready for the launch of Home is Where My People Are, I would have said, "YES MA'AM." The book page was almost finished, the pre-order stuff was ready to go, and I'd lined up three book signings for … [Continue reading]

What We Have Here Are Some Special Offers

So today was the day that the book page for Home is Where My People Are went live (is that the right terminology? should I say that it dropped? that it made its debut? I have no idea.), and now that it's up and running, I am just as tickled as I can … [Continue reading]

Sometimes Old School Is The Best School

As a general rule I'm a huge fan of three specific things when it comes to music: 1) bands that go to the trouble to choreograph their performances 2) bands where the vocalists and musicians seem to be having as much fun the folks in the … [Continue reading]

The Big Boo Cast, Episode 42

Well, we spent part of this one thinking that maybe Travis was going to be able to join us before it was all said and done, but alas, he had Skype issues and could not. It's a real shame he missed hearing MelanieĀ and me talk about cheese, my issues … [Continue reading]