I gave a book talk Wednesday afternoon to a great group of folks at Amity Presbyterian Church here in Charlotte. During the Q&A, a woman talked about how she’d tried […]
We got rid of our cable a few months back. We realized that we were just watching Netflix and sports, and I was watching too much sports. With 250 cable […]
There’s an interview with Rhea Seehorn, the actress who plays Kim Wexler on “Better Call Saul,” that has stuck in my mind ever since I read it a few months […]
It’s the first day of fall. Time to start projects. And the project at the top of my list is writing regular posts on this blog. Blogs are the digital […]
This piece won’t be as good as it would have been if Jay Lovinger were around to edit it. Here’s how he worked, at least with me: He would read […]
The last time I saw Frank Barrows, just a few weeks ago, he wanted to talk about journalism and basketball. He always wanted to talk about journalism and basketball. Sometimes […]
My mom, Virginia Tomlinson, died a year ago today. The schedule of my book tour happened to send us down to my home ground in south Georgia over the weekend, […]
Seven years ago, I first spoke to my agent about writing a book on my life as a fat man. Four years ago — after three years of being afraid […]
So, two pieces of good news on a Monday morning. One: We’ve narrowed down a publication time for my memoir, “The Elephant In the Room.” Things could still change — […]