I am so excited and honored to be chosen to participate in the Authors Alley at the 2023 Mississippi Book Festival. I will be signing my novel Inescapable and will be joined by over 90 of our favorite writers, including John Ryland (The Unkindness of Ravens) from the Tuscaloosa Writers’ and Illustrators’ Guild (TWIG) and…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about sleep lately. If you’re like me, every morning I’ve been woke, by the sun or some internal clock or the pressures of a new day, I’ve never been quite ready to rise to the new day. Call me lazy. Call me unambitious. Call me a night owl. But call…
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In life, as in competition, the details make the difference. My granddaughter Abby Henley rides barrel races. There are so many things that creep up your score. Come in a little too hot on the first barrel and you’ll swing wide. Lean in and you’ll bump it over. Lean too far back and you’ll pull…
Read moreJoin us on Saturday, May 20, 2023, for a delightful afternoon with some of your favorite authors who call Tuscaloosa their hometown. Readings and book signings from 3:00 to 5:00 at the Tuscaloosa Public Library on Jack Warner Boulevard. I’ll be there too with my new novel, Inescapable. More details to follow soon!
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I’ve had a few. If I’m totally honest with myself, I’ve had a lot. But some of the things I’ve done, especially as a stupid kid but even as a stupid adult (which happens way more often than I want it to), are too embarrassing to admit out loud. Well, maybe some are worth mentioning….
Read moreBruce was eager to live up to the expectations of his prominent family. His father, an adventurous world-traveler, founded the company that made them famous, though they were already of considerable wealth by that time. If he wanted to succeed in the eyes of family and friends, Bruce needed more than to meet expectations, he…
Read moreThursday was my youngest grandson’s birthday. He turned 7. Today, on Easter Sunday, we gathered to watch him blow out candles and we sang happy songs. We looked at photos of his first birthday. We played games and searched for Easter eggs. We celebrated and remembered what it was like when it was his time…
Read moreOnce upon a time in the future, next Friday and Saturday to be specific, a not-so-rowdy group of writers, otherwise known as the DCAF Eight, will gather on the Tuscaloosa town green at Government Plaza for the Druid City Arts Festival. Together they will band with tent and tablecloth where they will lay out their…
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There is no more noble creature than the bookseller. For it is she who provides the reader with a lifeboat to escape to a new adventure, a new romance, a new life – if only for a while. It is he who provides the author with the means to tell a story that may enlighten,…
Read moreJoin me online at one of Alabama’s premier bookshops, Ernest & Hadley on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. Register now to attend. E&H [OPEN] Book Club with author W.B. Henley | Ernest & Hadley Booksellers (ernestandhadleybooks.com)
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