Make Your Mark Publishing will soon release my next book titled:Stress-free Marketing: Practical Advice for the Newly Published Author. …

It's planting time: Click these links to read about the happening's in Billy's garden.

http://blogthefarm.wordpress.com

Botanical Interests, known as The place to order the best organic seeds around, has agreed to sponsor my free tomato seed give away. Post a comment on any blog post at http://blogthefarm.wordpress.com and be registered to win a free pack of…

I've just learned that Remembering, a true-story about "Decoration Day" has won the Denny Plattner Award. Thank you Appalachian Heritage, Berea, and everyone who enjoyed my contribution.

http://http://community.berea.edu/appalachianheritage/plattnerawards/2010.htm

As news about my book, In The Garden With Billy: Lessons About Life, Love & Tomatoes spreads outside the south, I'm reminded of the importance of our local, brick and mortar bookstores. I'm pleased to announce that City Lights has in stock copies of In The Garden With Billy. Chris reminds customers that City Lights offers shipping year-round which comes in handy during the winter months when we're snowed in and dreaming of a beautiful garden. You may order copies from…

This morning I had a lovely surprise. Fellow Swain County High School Alumni, Chad Killebrew, sent a link to an article he wrote about In The Garden With Billy: Lessons About Life, Love & Tomatoes. I am honored, especially since I consider Chad the "real writer." Thank you Chad, and everyone who has read this book.…

Hi friends, please click the below link to read my posting to Grit Magazine's family of bloggers. I am honored to be selected. Let me know your thoughts.

Thank you,

Renea Winchester

http://www.grit.com/city-life-country-garden/produce-stand-book-launch.aspx

Looking back it seems so easy; befriend a stranger…change your life. That’s how true change begins you know, when you step outside yourself and reach out to another never once expecting anything in return.

Many of us want a better job, more money, a nicer home. I didn’t want any of that; I wanted peace. Somewhere along my life-path, I had sectioned each day into compartmentalized appointments. Each morning I awoke, gathered the “To-do” list I had written down the night before,…