April Coker, Author

Category: writing

  • Small Town, Big Impact

    “Everybody dies famous in a small town,” sings Miranda Lambert in her hit tune.  Small towns dot the landscape of Texas and every other state, and rarely get the attention they deserve.  You won’t hear names like Van, Lindale, Mineola, Gladewater, Big Sandy, Mabank, etc. as often as you hear Dallas, Houston, and Austin, but…

  • Argh! Christmas is upon us!

    Yes, the Christmas season is upon us, and with it the mad frenzy to get everything done, shopping included. I’ve been working almost every day at the little business where I do gift wrapping so I haven’t been blogging, as you can tell.   But I did want to tell you about a couple of…

  • A Gathering of Writers

    Last weekend we met at a local hotel, about fifteen writers:  novelists, technical writers, poets, songwriters, magazine writers, and newspaper columnists.  It was a motley crew of people from various backgrounds, short, tall, young, younger, African-American, Latino, skinny, not-so-skinny, hairy, and not-so-hairy!     We brought our books to peddle and our experience to share.…

  • THRIFTY THURSDAY: It’s 10,000 and all is well

    My blog counter shows 10,000 page loads! I’m not sure if that is significant in Blogland, but it is significant to me. It means 10,000 times someone has opted to look at my blog post.  Maybe it is meaningless drivel, or maybe it is words of wisdom, but it is my baby, my blog with…

  • FOLK Magazine 2013 Journal Challenge: The Most Exciting Moment of My Life So Far?

    This week’s Journal Challenge from FOLK Magazine asks us to describe the most exciting moment of our lives thus far.  I could talk about my first date, my first prom, graduating from college, my wedding day, the day I had my first child, then my second child, etc., etc., but you already know those are…