by Andi | Mar 12, 2014 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
Last night, I had dinner with two talented folks – Billy Wayson and Kristin Hicks – so we could talk about our upcoming presentation at the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Annual Conference. We were talking about our work – how to get our books into... by Andi | Mar 10, 2014 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I’m standing in the parlor of the big house. The windows hang almost to my ankles, and I can see the chicken coop and the fence line and what must have been fields – tobacco fields – then. Out front, the boxwoods and magnolias separate – the... by Andi | Mar 5, 2014 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
The entire panel was dressed in black or charcoal, except for the owner of Queen Anne Book Company – she wore eggplant. All of these booksellers gathered to explain to us writers how to work well with independent bookstores. I both wanted to know these people... by Andi | Feb 27, 2014 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I brought exactly one copy of The Slaves Have Names with me to AWP. Just one copy to donate to my alma mater’s alumni publications collection. I will be dropping off that copy as soon as I can today that I’m done, and I can get rid of that weight –... by Andi | Feb 19, 2014 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
Yesterday, my friend Brenda – whose forthcoming memoir Ebb from the Shoreline is something you should really read – asked a bunch of us on Twitter yesterday about our LCCNs. I promptly replied and showed my ignorance – “What’s an LCCN?...