Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched.

There's this false notion that this is a regional phenomenon, when in fact every state in the union has hardcore rednecks. No exceptions.

Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity.

I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly good sentence or passage.

Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.

I'd love to see a good script of one of my books, in these years of animations and comic book sequels, and had so many written over the years, but none quite clicked.

The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning sun made her believe He wasn't.