Letter to My Daughter is now listed with the Accelerate Reader Program. This means that students at high schools who use this service can get 7 (seven!) AR points for reading my book.
I recently submitted the manuscript for my next novel to Random House. Like Letter to My Daughter, it’s set in south Louisiana in the 1970s, but this one is more of a father-son story. More on it later . . .
I’ll be signing books at the New Orleans Jazz Fest tomorrow, May 5, from 12:00 til 1:00. Drop by the book tent if you’re around.
If you’re in Baton Rouge this weekend, I’ll be signing books at the Author’s Row event at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Bluebonnet Branch. Saturday, 10:00 – 2:00.
Just received this: the cover of the Taiwan edition of Letter to My Daughter, to be published in May. Nice, isn’t it?
With Josh Russell and Skip Horack–two-thirds of the panel on “New Southern Voices” at the Tennessee Williams Festival.
Tomorrow, Friday, March 24th, I’ll be moderating a panel on “New Southern Voices” at the Tennessee Williams Festival here in New Orleans. On the panel will be three terrific Southern writers, Minrose Gwin, Skip Horack, and Josh Russell.
If you’re in New Orleans this Saturday, come join me at Garden District Books for the paperback release of Letter to My Daughter, 11:30-1:00. Krispy Kreme Donuts for the first dozen people!
Here’s a piece on the Random House Reader’s Circle site, for the release of the paperback edition of my book today: Writing from a Woman’s Point of View.
