The Adventures Of Journal #47

From the cover of my lost (and found) journal: PASSION: Dream it. Dare it. Define it. Do it. Get into it!     I once was lost, but now I’m found. The adventures of journal #47.     Pictured is Books a Million associate Anna with my journal. Bonehead Iles left it at the Lake Charles store last week. Anna found it and kept it for me. She commented, “I really liked...

Thoughts On Being Spiritually Dry

Thoughts on being spiritually dry. I’m part of a wonderful writers group called “Ripplers.” Our founder and mentor is Houston-area novelist Diann Mills. Our question for the day came from Diann, “What do you do when you’re spiritually dry?” Here is my short list. I guess because I’ve been spiritually dry plenty of times, I have a good list. -Take a walk...

Jesus Was A Walker…

I’m planning an October Appalachian Trail hike. (I don’t want to hear any jokes about that South Carolina governor. He gave all of us A.T. hikers a bad name!)     I pulled out this poem from Stories from the Creekbank. It’s always been a favorite of mine when I get the wandering fever.           Jesus was a walker. . .       You ask me why I’m a...

"A Good Place" Preview

Draft copy of front cover of A Good Place Current draft copy of back cover copy. Your input is always appreciated.       “Deep in the Louisiana piney woods is a good place.”   It’s called “No Man’s Land” and is where Mayo Moore begins his story of growing up during the turbulent years of the Civil War. Through the inspiration of his parents—the Irishman Joe Moore and...

"A Good Place" In The Making

Our cover is being designed by Chad Smith of The Touch Studios. The painting is by my uncle, Bill Iles. A Good Place tentative release date November 2009 Below is a draft of our Back Cover Text. It is still “too wordy.” All suggestions and input are appreciated. What would you take out? What would you refuse to remove? Deep in the Louisiana piney woods is a good place called “No...