I hate reporting this, but I’ve made little actual progress on Emmett’s manuscript since January. My life has been mostly on hold because I’ve had to take several trips to my hometown in Mississippi to get my Dad’s affairs in order. He’s been in rehab after his fall in January, so […]
Of course, I’d love to have had everything available about Emmett Wilson to be accessible via the Internet. It would have certainly made my life easier as I dug around for primary sources in a variety of libraries and archives, both near and far, over the past five years! But […]
“People who want to believe something will do so despite any and all evidence to the contrary.” Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post, February 3, 2018 “Everything happens on God’s schedule, not mine.” A.A. meeting, Washington, D.C. These are two quotes I’ve come to appreciate over the past two weeks. […]
Here’s something that finally answered one of my big Emmett Wilson puzzles over the past five years of research: Check this out: The line drawing (above) is a screen shot of the duplex 211 West Cervantes, as it appeared in 1907. Note that this one structure had TWO numbers (211 […]
Remember this post? Someone on Zillow used my research to write up this house sales pitch. In April 2017, a gentleman from a real estate office in Pensacola contacted me about this property, telling me it was going on the market in about a year, thought the information I’d gathered on […]
The essay on the Wilson-Myers House was published in Wanderlust Journal, for December 15, 2017! A great way to end the year!
When I’m not writing or conducting research for Emmett’s book, I’m sewing. Sewing is like writing, in that it is creating something unique out of fluid, occasionally hard-to-manipulate content. Sewing is not just about manipulating fabric and thread, but it is a hands-on exercise in creative problem solving using pre-determined […]
I think my Writing Mojo is hiding somewhere on my desk, because I can’t find it. Last time I saw it, it was in the mess of red-inked, half-written rough drafts adorned with coffee cup rings and post-it notes to myself, somewhere near the applications for grants and fellowships that […]
I’ve been writing, editing, and submitting essays on Emmett and my research to several literary journals. Also, my writing partner and I have been submitting proposals to speak about our work at writing conferences. I’m not anywhere near an official publication date for Emmett’s book, but a longitudinal academic research […]
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. ~ Lawrence Kasdan
Tell my story. 