I promise, I don’t know the judges.
The Beverly Hills Book Awards judges just selected The Actress as Best Religion Fiction book of 2017.
The news release explains the award.
Beverly Hills Int Book Awards PR Release.Southern … [Read more...]
Detour –> Cuba
PART I
Once the port-of-call jewel for Magnus Wealthy, Cuba has been a country lost in time for the last half century, plus some.
Never been to Cuba? I recommend it. But do it before it returns to the playground of the filthy rich and the Hemingway admirers.
Yes, I’ve been there twice. But not as Magnus Wealthy. Think … [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...]
Publisher’s Weekly Weighs in on The Rector
I like those folks at Publisher's Weekly (BookLife). Their review was long, but here's the highlight: "An engaging, high-energy Christian murder mystery." The Rector is now on sale for a limited time for Kindle. $0.99. Grab it while you can. Personally, I like to hold the pages in my hand. The paperback is only $17. … [Read more...]
Wisdom or Wonder?
I'm just proud to call you friend. Keep up your good works. But always remember, pray not for wisdom, or talent, or power, or prestige, but pray for God to show you his wonder in the here and now, in this moment. In every moment. For that is His Kingdom. In the here and now. Why not make every moment count. Why live in the past? Why live in the … [Read more...]
“Ode” to God’s Most Beautiful Animal
My nephew, Wright Thompson, is the senior columnist for ESPN. He's won more writing awards than I would have room for in my giant library. He's at the Kentucky Derby this week. And his writing will mesmerize you, have you thinking about and falling in love with the most beautiful animal God created. If you love horses, think of Secretariat, Man … [Read more...]
My Only Non-Fiction Story, So Far.
And I'm almost too embarrassed to post it. DELTA MAGAZINE asked me to write about one experience I had growing up in Mississippi. I chose the Midnight to Dawn Dance, held every year at school's end.
Delta Magazine A Night at the Midnight to Dawn Yazoo City has always been a mysterious dichotomy—part Mississippi hills, part … [Read more...]
Mississippi Humble?
My mother had a needlepointed pillow with this saying: "It's hard to be humble when you're from Mississippi."
While these words might sound like bragging, or arrogance to some people, they were never meant to convey that sentiment. Not at all.
The saying is more about a state of solitary pride than a state of boastfulness. Mississippians … [Read more...]
I Wrote Myself Into Hemingway’s Paris Interview
If you'd like some insight into Hemingway's writing,
read his interview in the PARIS REVIEW from 1958.
Earnest Hemingway, The Art of Fiction No.21
Interviewed by George Plimpton
ISSUE 18, Spring 1958
"When a writer omits things he does not know, they … [Read more...]
Did Most Good Writers Grow Up On A Farm?
I've been to many writing workshops -- held a few of my own -- and I invariably ask for a show of hands, "How many of you grew up on a farm?" More than half usually hold their hands high. And proudly.
Granted, it's a small sample size for any bona fide research project. But, it does seem to me that many writers did grow … [Read more...]
