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Today, February 11, 2014,  at 1:30pm  MST, 2:30pm Central

I will be discussing The Burying Man, The Cleudis Robbins

Memorial Storytelling Contest and much more—

Hope you can listen in!

June 1-9, 2013—Kentucky Book Tour

June 5, 2013— Interview on History Conversation onWCPM-am in Cumberland and on Appalshop Radio in Whitesburg. The program is also podcast from the Appalshop website. More details to follow.

June 6-8, 2013—Genealogy Jamboree, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, and Wilderness Trail State Park. Invited guest of Bell County Historical Museum. Will be selling and signing The Burying Man—See you there!

July 2013—YaYa Book Club’s reading list. North Richland Hills, Texas.

September 28, 2013—Noe Town Reunion, Middlesboro, Kentucky.

October 4, 2013—Cleudis Robbins Memorial Storytelling Contest. Bell County High School, Pineville,  Kentucky.

October 4-5, 2013—Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival. Middlesboro, Kentucky.

November 9, 2013—Author’s Fair, 1-3pm. Lewisville Public Library. Lewisville, Texas.

February 11, 2014—Interview on the Kim Power Stilson Radio Show, Talkworthy at 1:30pm MST, 2:30pm Central I hope you can tune in!http://kimpowerstilson.com/radio/

April 4-5, 2014— Eighth Annual North Texas Book Festival Book Awards. Denton, Texas. 

April  2014—To address Friends of the Middlesboro Library, 7pm. Middlesboro, Kentucky. LMU TV will be filming this event. Check their schedule for air dates.

April 12, 2014—Writers Row/Redbud Festival, April 8, 2014. Barbourville, Kentucky.

May 22-25, 2014—Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival. Pineville, Kentucky.

Early June, 2014— Poke Sallet Festival. Gainesboro, Tennessee.

June 12-14, 2014—Genealogy Jamboree. Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

June 13-15, 2014—Mountain Heritage Literary Festival. Harrogate, Tennessee.

October 3-4, 2014—Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival. Middlesboro, Kentucky.

My first stop out west promoting The Burying Man was a visit with Greg Stroud, Director of Sales and Marketing for Altus Fine Art— www.altusfineart.com.  An old friend from my college days, Greg took me on a tour of his kingdom, a fascinating look into the promotion of artists and the production of fine art.  We sat and talked about The Burying Man with Greg, a brilliant salesman, mapping out a campaign strategy and offering various forms of assistance. There are no friends like old friends! Take a look at the Altus website to see all of the beautiful artwork available. It is well worth the time!

Thanks to the Southlake Women’s Book and Brunch Bunch for a lovely afternoon of lilacs and “little boys.” (“Little Boys” references the 6 inch coke bottles in The Burying Man which moonshiners repurposed to bottle their product. In Southlake, we settled for non-alcohlic coca-cola!) 

The lovely ladies of Southlake, true to their southern roots of hospitality, made me feel right at home and very welcome. I was prepared to give a lecture-style presentation—but was pleasantly surprised by the excitement over The Burying Man. The members of this club came full of questions and comments with their book copies under their arms. I was delighted to discuss my book with them and amazed by their insights. I have found writing and publishing a book to be a lot like raising a child. After  pouring my heart and soul into my “baby”, I have to finally let it go and make its way in the world. It’s amazing to me to see my little book interacting with people and taking on a life of its own.

The Southlake Women’s Book and Brunch Bunch paid me a great compliment by decorating their luncheon table with an Appalachian theme and providing a fun menu based on their interpretation of life in 1930’s Appalachia.

My only regret is that I don’t live in Southlake and can’t join this wonderful club!