A Hometown Girl Haunts the Genre

Every year around this time, my name has started being invoked in print. I mean, I'm not mad about it, but it's been nine years, so I think I can say "invoked" and be happy about it. I am honored, I am smilingly proud, and I am a hometown girl.

I am the Charlotte ghost lady, such as it is.

Ok. It's true that I have moved on personally -- there is no "Williams" any more, but I've also moved on professionally. I've quit writing so much about the subject of ghosts and moved to the more universal subject of food (we all love food!!), but I remember that time long ago when I wanted to be remembered for something. Well, now it looks like I am remembered for documenting that weird shadow on the stairs ... or that stale scent of cigar smoke.

If that's how it is, ok.

It's that time of year, so I am happy to report my little book, Ghost Stories of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County: Remnants of the Past in a New South is once again in the slick pages. Thanks to Charlotte Magazine for your kind inclusion of three of my stories and multiple quotes. There ARE ghosts afoot to be sure this time o' year -- I just hope they are interested in reading about pickles, cause that's what is hot in 2012. Well, that and pimento cheese. So I hope they're hungry.

Digital Introduction

In this digital age, people talk a lot about losing connections. I hear that, but in reality, that hasn't been my personal experience in the digital world. I have editors who I've never met in person but know. We've corresponded more than pen pals in grade school, commiserated over hard-to-reach people or high res images that are obviously not high res. 

But the Internet has also introduced me to creative people that I would have never heard of otherwise (and I promise not in a stalker-ish way). Haven't you come across someone who quirks seem fun, who likes the things you like, or writes about/sings about/creates art about the things that interest you?

Meet Emily Wallace. Food writer. Folklore collector. Pimento cheese obsessive. And the winner of the best resume I have seen in a long time. It's not just that it's clever; the main goal of a resume format is to get you to read it. And I did, following the whole path.