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The Kindness of Strangers

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 10, 2026. Posted in Featured, General, When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women. 4 Comments on The Kindness of Strangers

This authoring business is a Blanche DuBois undertaking. Like the heroine in A Streetcar Named Desire, authors must depend on the kindness of strangers. First, an author asks people to come to their event. Then, when the guests arrive, you want them to buy a book. After that, you’re hoping they crack open the book and read it. Once...

This and That

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 2, 2026. Posted in Featured, General. 4 Comments on This and That

I was talking about this and that to the woman who’s been helping me with publicity for the book, and I told her how much fun I was having with this rollout. On a deeper level, I told her, I’ve realized that I have friends. I have loving family. People who support me. I even have unknown readers who are showing up at the book...

It’s Official!

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 1, 2026. Posted in General, Racism to Reconciliation. 17 Comments on It’s Official!

It’s official! The Mississippi Press Association will induct Ida B. Wells into its Hall of Fame. Mrs. Wells is by many accounts the greatest journalist Mississippi has ever produced. Born in Holly Springs, she moved to Memphis to teach school. In 1892, when a white mob lynched Mrs. Wells’ friend and successful grocery man Thomas...

The White Egret

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 19, 2026. Posted in Featured, General. 9 Comments on The White Egret

The white egret slowly steps the brushy perimeter of the island’s desolate wash. I clomp down the boardwalk, my dorky water shoes slapping the planks. The egret, who had been grazing, lifts her head. I halt, listening to what she has to say: “Why this barren mud in the center of a lush Island?” she asks. “All around...

Infestation

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 13, 2026. Posted in Featured, General. 14 Comments on Infestation

I am about to cry uncle. We have had a black fly infestation on our back porch. Rotted wood on our steps. Something wafty growing in our hot tub. Something dead under the porch (see above reference to flies). Trim pulling away from the house. Fire ants mounding in the rain-soaked yard. Water dripping from our HVAC register. Termites swarming...

Lies of History

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 8, 2026. Posted in Featured, General, Racism to Reconciliation. 18 Comments on Lies of History

Rarely do I write a book review mid-book. But W. E.B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction in America: 1860-1880, has so fascinated me, I need to share. Of course, lies of history are gonna rivet me. Besides, the book is over 700 pages, so I might actually need three posts to cover it. Here’s a primary premise of the book: Americans of...

Ellenpalooza!!!

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 5, 2026. Posted in Featured, General, When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women. 6 Comments on Ellenpalooza!!!

Life in the South

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 23, 2026. Posted in Featured, General, LOVE. 6 Comments on Life in the South

I thought my second piercing had become infected, or at the least irritated. Turns out, a mosquito bit me on the ear lobe. Such is life in the South. Caterpillars are cute little things, right? Not in New Orleans. They’re swarming, stinging, five-alarm dangers. Soon enough, they turn into buck moths, which can do great damage to the...

A Delightfully Rambunctious Novel

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 20, 2026. Posted in Featured, When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women. 4 Comments on A Delightfully Rambunctious Novel

I’m so pleased with this review, y’all, I have to share it–thank you to Chapter 16 and reviewer Bradley Sides for the extremely kind and enthusiastic review of WHEN WE WERE MURDEROUS TIME-TRAVELING WOMEN. Calling it a “rambunctious novel” packed with “action, humor, and heart,” he found it...

Dead Body Removal

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 7, 2026. Posted in Featured, General. 4 Comments on Dead Body Removal

Can we go from the sacred business of writing to the profane business of living? The past two days, the folks at my house have been taken up with dead body removal. Yep, it is exactly what it sounds like. We’ve had my sister visiting us for the week around the launch. During her stay, we introduced her to the phenomenon of British...