Hey Y’all: Ricochet & Mell
February 8, 2022
A dear friend, Mell Hulme, recently died. Mel taught and coached at Central Gwinnett and Shiloh High Schools in Gwinnett County.
Local Authors
Your Next Great Adventure
January 26, 2022
Recently I was asked by several people about how I became a writer and got my books published. I didn’t exactly go about things in the normal way.
Hey Y’all: In Communicato
November 10, 2021
There are pros and cons to being without electricity. I realize that having pros may make no sense to some of you, but it is true.
Buchanan named Independent Author of the Year Award for mystery
October 13, 2021
Congratulations to Marlene Ratledge Buchanan! Marlene has been named Georgia Independent Author of the Year for her mystery, A Place with a Past.
Hey Y’all: I’m Back. Maybe. Sort of. Half way and Ticked Off.
February 18, 2021
I am back. Well, OK. I am partially back. Since Covid didn’t kill me, I decided to throw myself down a flight of stairs.
Georgia Independent Author of The Year Award (GIAYA) 2020
October 14, 2020
Congratulations to the finalists and winners of the second annual GIAYA, which was held on September 26, 2020 in Monroe, Georgia. The GIAYA recognizes Georgia authors who are independently or non-traditionally published.
It’s Ta-Ta Time Again
October 14, 2020
I was trying to choose a topic for the October column. Should it concern the centennial anniversary of women’s rights, Halloween, or Covid-19, a nightmare in itself? Then it clicked. October. Pink. Ta-ta month!
Author Katie Hart Smith releases final novel in historical fiction trilogy
July 22, 2019
In High Cotton and Magnolias, the protagonist, Addie Engel, continues her life journey as a nurse-in-training at Atlanta’s Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing, where
The LONA Gallery proudly hosts a book signing event featuring local author Katie Hart Smith and her new book Aspirations of the Heart
July 20, 2016
The public is invited to attend a book signing featuring award winning local author
