When Rachel Dunaway invited me to spend an hour with her creative writing class at Nashville’s Donelson Christian Academy, I was ecstatic. I read her email while shuffling through Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, and I know I scared my fellow travelers.

I squealed.

It echoed through cavernous Concourse A.

People stared.Continue Reading

You know you want to show your friends you’re part of the in-crowd. Whether you’re an advance reader or launch day buyer, everyone can get into the Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace Make a Memory spirit RIGHT NOW.

The book’s chapter titles are songs, and together, I hope they make a rocking playlist of road music. I’ve created the entire Not Without My Father playlist on iTunes. Buy the whole thing. Pick-and-choose.Continue Reading