“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Peach Cobbler Recipe for Non-Cooks, and Weekly Word.
I have not made cobbler in many a year, so I got out my trusty Fannie Farmer Cookbook and adapted their recipe for gluten-free. I know I have many readers who live gluten-free, so here’s the recipe. It is so easy–even for mostly non-cooks like me. Peach CobblerPreheat Oven to 375°. Directions for an 8
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The Girl Camper Cemetery Hunter
Think of it, the stories these old trees, gravestones, monuments, fences could tell. Sometimes I feel the land holds the emotions, the sorrow but also the wonder and respect, too, for the people who were born and lived through their times, having failures and victories, making their mark.
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After the Rain
I’ll put this news out first: The digital Kindle edition of Love in a Small Town goes on sale this Friday, June 23, for one week. It will start out at 99¢ on that day and gradually increase. My goodness, we had a bit of rain on Monday. Our area–Mobile, Alabama–is a the top of
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Refusing Distraction, Focusing on Me
There’s a lot going on all over the world, isn’t there? I am seeing stuff that I never in my life thought I would see, the world brought into my life via the magical internet. Much of it is like seeing the unfolding of a hundred car pile-up on the interstate, in bright technicolor and
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For Writers and Other Creatives: Eyes Up
Sometimes the creative road gets long and tiresome. There will be delays in carefully planned schedules (my writing schedules are in the shape of a knotted ball of yarn), parts of your creative work that you thought would be easily done turn out to take days, and often must be redone more than once. Then
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Finding My Niche–Upmarket Fiction
A few months ago I enjoyed an online writer group webinar. I love the modern era of the internet. We can have a meet-up and never leave home. I can use the video and then cut it off when I want to get up and get a cup of tea, or stuff my face with
“Matlock writes about generous people striving to live and love well. She does it beautifully.
~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 