Happy New Year! I just finished the first draft of my next novel and am getting ready to send it out to my beta readers. New characters and new setting! I'm excited about it. Will be sharing more information soon. I'll be in Amelia Island next month at the Amelia…
Category: Life with Darryl
Pat Conroy
The other night, I started reading Pat Conroy's Death of Santini. His words flow like the tidal creeks in the marshes of the low country, in seemingly random directions but ultimately leading to a larger, more important body of water. I came across a passage so powerful and so beautiful,…
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Relating to readers
Last evening, I was honored to meet with the Thomasville Literary Society, a local book club that had selected my book, A Case of Revenge, for their monthly title. I enjoy talking with readers as much as I do writing. It is invigorating and inspiring, plus it keeps me on…
Harper Lee
I'm conflicted about Go Set a Watchman. It sets on my nightstand at home, as yet untouched. I still believe that Harper Lee, her sister, and her editor never wanted to publish it. They had ample opportunity to do so and chose not to, for reasons we will never completely…