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It was a hot, steamy day in Atlanta. I was excited and nervous. I was going to meet Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. My then husband, the literary agent, was pitching her on becoming the agent for the literary estate of her late husband, Martin Luther King Jr. We met at a hotel … [Read more...] about My Dinner with Mrs. King

I’m not much of one for New Year’s resolutions. Instead, at the start of every new year, I prefer to reflect on what I took away from the past year. Did I learn anything from it? Might it affect the choices I make in the future? How can I use it to become a better person? … [Read more...] about The 5 Things I Learned During the Pandemic

When I was in fourth grade at Woodside Elementary, I was the shy new girl. My teacher’s name was Miss Cherry. The class size was small, around a dozen students. One of my classmates was also my neighbor from down the street, a boy named Tom Mogensen. One of two children, he came … [Read more...] about The Boy Next Door

My son is homeless. I don’t have an address for him. My calls go straight to his voicemail. I hear from him only when he’s someplace where he can get his phone charged. I don’t know how much longer he’ll even have a phone. I don’t know whether he’s hungry or cold or safe. He’s … [Read more...] about If You See My Son Could You Spare Him a Dime?

True story. So, I was vacationing in North Carolina this past summer and I went to visit my friend and critique partner Donna Ball one day (I wrote about Donna in an early post titled “Partners in Crime.”) Donna lives in Rabun County, Georgia, roughly an hour’s drive from where I … [Read more...] about The Story Around the Corner