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Bennett Place this weekend

Tweet I will be appearing at the Bennett Place this weekend for their annual “Authors of NC” weekend, August 11 & 12.  I am scheduled to speak at 12:00 noon on Saturday in the main theater there.  Come on out … Continue reading

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Interview with Seth Harwood

Tweet Over the last couple of years I have had the pleasure of having an ongoing correspondence with Seth Harwood master Crime Noir author and one of the hardest working people in modern day literature. Like his contemporaries from the … Continue reading

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Short Story in Thunder Sandwich

Tweet My short story, “Cabbages, Kings and Telemarketers” appears in the current issue (#27) of the journal, Thunder Sandwich. Be sure to click on the link and read it for free. Thunder Sandwich is a fine old online journal that … Continue reading

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Diamond Hill Nominated for National Award

Tweet “The Boys of Diamond Hill” Nominated for best book in the Non-Fiction / History category by the Military Writers Society of America This morning bore the great news of the nomination of “The Boys of Diamond Hill” for a … Continue reading

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Murfreesboro – Thomas Boyd

Tweet While visiting Murfreesboro, Tennessee, I had the opportunity to take a tour that took me to the Confederate Circle in the Evergreen Cemetery. Here lie over 2,000 Confederate soldiers whose remains had been taken up from the battlefields around … Continue reading

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July 6, 1862 – Pressley Boyd

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On July 6, 1862, Pressley Boyd wrote his father from where the 7th SC was camped on the edge of the … Continue reading

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Power of Professional Reviews

Tweet I talked in an earlier piece about the power of feedback from readers. While reader feedback is often positive and can infuse a writer with boundless energy; “professional” reviews often do the opposite. Almost every actor is asked at … Continue reading

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Thomas Boyd, July 3, 1862

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On July 3, 1862, Thomas Boyd wrote Fenton and Mary Jane Hall from his camp in Tupelo, Mississippi. He discusses getting … Continue reading

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July 2, 1862 on Diamond Hill

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. Daniel Boyd wrote his father on July 2, 1862 from Fairfax, Virginia. In this letter he talks about the actions of … Continue reading

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William Boyd – July 1, 1862

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On July 1, 1862, William Boyd — the eldest of the Boyd brothers of Diamond Hill — succumbed to his wounds … Continue reading

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