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Writing, it’s a Thompson Family Tradition

The January 2020 edition of Delta Magazine did a cover story, "Thompson Family Tales", on the Thompson family and their penchant for writing.

Thompson family stories start and continue around the table. Stories about shared meals and family gatherings. Stories about life in the Delta and living on the edge of it and trips away. The … [Read more...]

Moon Lake & The Wicked Tree Published in Delta Magazine

My short story "Moon Lake & The Wicked Tree" was published in the March 2020 issue of Delta Magazine.

This article relives memories of driving to Memphis from deep in the Delta back in the summer of 69. It focuses on scenic drives around Moon Lake on Highway 1 … [Read more...]

Plotter, or Pantser? Which Are You?

I’ll begin with a confession. I’m a plotter, sometimes called an outliner. I’m not a pantser. A pantser is a writer who sits down at the computer and writes a book or novel with a premise and little else. Stephen King professes to be a certified pantser.

“I distrust plot[ing] for two reasons,” he wrote in his famous book, On Writing. … [Read more...]

A little spelling humor

I never called you stupid. But when I asked you how you spelled Mississippi, and you asked if I was talking about the river or the state, it just kind of caught me off guard.

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What’s The Story

Southern writers share were they get their bright ideas in Southern Writers Magazine. In the 2018 May/June issue Michael Hicks Thompson shares some thoughts on "The Rector — A Christina Murder Mystery" and the … [Read more...]

Where Writers Write

Michael Hicks Thompson was featured in the the "Where Writers Write" section of the September/October 2017 issue of Southern Writers magazine

"My studio is my writing sanctuary. High, vaulted ceilings with supporting beams, battleship grey wood floors, casement windows that open to soft breezes in the spring … [Read more...]

Bolivar Commercial Gives a Shout Out to The Actress

Bolivar Commercial a division of the Pitsburgh Post-Gazette highlights the release of Michael Thompson's "The Actress" the second novel in the Solo Mystery Series.

Author and Mississippi native … [Read more...]

Thompson book Signing Aug 18

Michael Thompson book signing, storytelling, and discussion for "The Rector"

5:00 P.M. Aug 18th at the Delta Arts Aliance building, 104 S. Court Street, Memphis.

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Murder Mystery With A Message, “The Rector”

"The Rector" makes the"Fold"on The Clarion-Ledger's Faith section. Jana Hoops, provides an in-depth interview, a biography of Michael Hicks Thompson, a Q & A, highlights the book signing (on Monday, May 23 2016, at Lemuria Books in Jackson with A reading to follow at 6 p.m.), and an introduction to "The Rector."

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