July 2010 What I Don’t Know by Niles Reddick When I was younger, I thought I knew everything. I was confident about what I knew, I was much more assertive about what I know than now, and I liked myself a lot more. My dear grandmother, who died three years ago, once told me on her front porch, “I wish I loved myself as much as you do.” Of course,…
Q&A with Niles Reddick from A Good Blog is Hard to Find
Monday, April 26, 2010 Q and A With Niles Reddick, author of Lead Me Home What’s the backstory behind Lead Me Home? Lead Me Home was inspired by a moment of anger I had at work when I lived in Tennessee. I was mad because someone had been hired when I thought the money needed to be spent elsewhere. So, I thought this would be a good story—that a…
Hoarding Pays
March 22, 2010 Hoarding Pays by Niles Reddick Instead of writing, I’ve lately been watching old movies and television shows. One reality show (and I have to question how realistic these reality shows are) was about hoarders, and I found myself fascinated with their compulsion to collect and save. They remind me of squirrels gathering nuts for the winter and of some of my family members on my dad’s side….
Moving on up!
January 21, 2010 Moving On Up by Niles Reddick When I was in high school at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, I worked on the yearbook staff and I worked for the newspaper staff. Well, I call it work, but it was more like doing whatever I had to do to get by with a passing grade. I continued to do that a bit when I was in…
Forgetting Rejections
November 18, 2009 Niles Reddick on Forgetting Rejections Man, do I feel honored to follow Sharyn and Joshilyn, and while I won’t write about my old dog Harper Lee who I keep thinking has got to die this year since she’s 16 (and if she don’t maybe I’ll get into the Guinness Book of World Records), and I don’t remember that I’ve ever been on a writing retreat…