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Hidden Mississippi Novels

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 28, 2022. Posted in Featured, General, Writing. 6 Comments on Hidden Mississippi Novels

Ok. These Mississippi novels aren’t exactly hidden. But I didn’t know them. I do now, thanks to the confluence of two things. One, I’ve been intentionally reading African American writers for almost two years now. Second, I thought to myself, Ellen, you’re hoping to publish a Mississippi novel. You need to know the canon...

Arts Alive

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 21, 2022. Posted in Featured, General, Writing. 10 Comments on Arts Alive

Oh, man. Sometimes you just need to do something to remind yourself how much you love it. Arts Alive reminded me of that truth today. My kind, wonderful, incredibly talented friend Emma Connolly invited me to participate in Bay St. Louis’s Arts Alive as an artist in its MakerSpace. In the morning, the schedule had me talking about my...

I Feel to Believe

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 22, 2022. Posted in Featured, General, Writing. 4 Comments on I Feel to Believe

When we took an apartment in New Orleans, I began reading the Times-Picayune newspaper. I would spy a column by Jarvis DeBerry and feel as if I’d found an Easter egg. Back then, we were in the city part-time. I didn’t know DeBerry’s publishing schedule. So each column was a surprise and delight. A collection of those columns, each so...

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on January 29, 2022. Posted in General, Writing. 12 Comments on The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Life is circuitous. I follow a list serve put out by Jackson State University professor C. Liegh McInnis who wrote about an interview between Kiese Laymon (Heavy; Long Division) and Robert Jones, Jr. (The Prophets) wherein they recommended, among other titles, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES. And just like that, I have a new favorite...

Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on January 21, 2022. Posted in General, Writing. 2 Comments on Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda

This is a gorgeous book. I understand I’m probably not supposed to lead with that. I can’t help it. It’s a beautiful cover on a hefty book that promises—actually shouts—adventure ahead! The book, a collection of short stories, doesn’t lie. Don’t shy away from Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda if you’re not a...

Another Mother Mary Publication

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on January 8, 2022. Posted in Featured, General, GOD, Writing. 2 Comments on Another Mother Mary Publication

I know, I know. I said I was starting a new blog schedule in 2022. And I am, I promise. But I want y’all to know about my latest publication: “The Three Mary’s Birth Hope…or Not” It appears in EAP the Magazine’s Winter issue. You can read it here. The story is an excerpt from my unpublished...

New Blog Features 2022

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on January 4, 2022. Posted in General, LAWYER, Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. 4 Comments on New Blog Features 2022

Good and happy 2022. In this new year, I’m making some blog changes. I actually intend to have regular features, which I’ve never done before (I’m an associative person; I follow ideas laterally; I’m very productive but hardly linear.) My news: I’m adding new blog features! New Blog Features The first of the...

A Game of Inches

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 13, 2021. Posted in Featured, General, Writing. 6 Comments on A Game of Inches

It’s a game of inches. Or at least it has been for me. Other writers, they decide to write a novel and voila! It’s published before I can get my first cup of tea in the morning. My latest endeavor began in 2004. I don’t know how many inches that is in days, but I think an inchworm could have circled the globe with how long...

A Different Way to Write Book Club Questions

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 15, 2021. Posted in Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. 8 Comments on A Different Way to Write Book Club Questions

I am nearing the end of my Beta reader feedback on In the Name of Mississippi. Thus, in complete blind faith that I will find an agent for this manuscript and, unlike my last three agents, they will sell this novel about a groundbreaking civil rights lawsuit, I’m moving on to the next step. In the Name of Mississippi is contemporary...

Wiping the Slate Clean

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 17, 2021. Posted in General, Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. 18 Comments on Wiping the Slate Clean

You know when you’ve solved a complex calculus equation, and you take the eraser and literally wipe the slate clean? I did that last week with my writing career. Three acceptances triggered the erasure: First, I was accepted into the Community Writers Workshop in the Virtual Valley for July of this year. This fabulous writers...