“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
-
Book Recommendation and Writing Encouragement
I learned of Where to Next? by Jane Danielson from her daughter, who is one of my girl camper friends. Jane is 91; she had already written the book and was in the publication process before she told her children. That fact right there intrigued me. Who do you know that’s 91 and written a
-
Seeking Reviewers
I am building an Advance Reviewer Team for According to Carley Love. Books sell by word of mouth, and I need fans who enjoy my books to spread the word and create interest in the book for it’s launch. Please consider applying to be on my Review Team, if you have read and enjoyed my
-
New Book to Release in September, and A word about Self-Doubt
From bestselling author Curtiss Ann Matlock comes a funny and heartwarming look at a woman facing midlife, marriage, and moving on. When her husband of thirty-five years runs off to find himself and her mother dies, sheltered Southern belle Carley Love Wells is left a broken hot mess and on her own for the first
-
Setting Myself Free of Fitted Sheet Folding, and New Book Cover Reveal!
I did it. I set myself free this morning from the annoying and time-consuming and frustrating folding of fitted bed sheets. I am suddenly made to wonder if I have for all my life been taking great pains with neatly folding fitted sheets because of the examples, the requirements, of my mother and grandmother. I
-
There Are No Ugly Babies
Originally posted on Curtiss Ann Matlock: Some people like me. Some people don’t. You can never get everyone to like you, so why knock yourself out trying? — Claudette Colbert, great American actress. You wrote something. You conceived your baby and brought it forth with all of your talent, skill, and passion, and some undefinable…
-
Currently Reading and Writer Encouragement
Devotions for Writers, by Martha Rogers I met Martha Rogers’ writing several years ago, when I finally joined a writer loop within American Christian Fiction Writers organization. Every week, she posted an encouraging essay for we writers. She spotlighted a Bible verse and expounded on how it spoke to God working in a writer’s life.
“Matlock writes about generous people striving to live and love well. She does it beautifully.
~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 