D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

A voice like Sheriff Andy

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 5, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Who is going to take the place of Andy Griffith as North Carolina’s modest, aw’shucks, good-old-boy, mountain-accented celebrity? My nominee: Ron Rash. Maybe you don’t know about him yet. But this time next year, when the movie...

Who was that candidate who went to the wrong Rockingham?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 1, 2012 | D.G. Martin

A few years ago I wrote a column about a mythic U.S. Senate candidate who showed up in the city of Rockingham, instead of Rockingham County where he was supposed to be campaigning. Lots of people have asked me, “Who was...

Seven new books every North Carolinian should know about

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 26, 2012 | D.G. Martin

There is no way to read them all. No, and we cannot even know about all of the more than 1,000 books about our state or by authors with North Carolina connections. But every year there are a few books that, for one reason or...

Clyde Edgerton: Translating memories into fiction

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 20, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Is he just writing about himself? The many fans of Wilmington-based author Clyde Edgerton often ask this question when they are reading his books a they come to parts that are just too real to be made up. As Edgerton explains on...

How to save a mountain

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 18, 2012 | D.G. Martin

There were lots of reasons some people in Avery County wanted to stop a rock mining operation on the beautiful Belview mountainside. *Tracy and her Aunt Ollie, because preliminary blasting operations had cracked the foundation...

How To Write A Best-Selling Book: An Expert's Advice

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 15, 2012 | D.G. Martin

How would you like for Nicholas Sparks to teach you how to write a best-selling book? The author of New York Times #1 bestselling books will tell us how it is done on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch this (Sunday) afternoon at...

Back In Time, Jill McCorkle's Timelessness

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 12, 2012 | D.G. Martin

About Jill McCorkle’s upcoming new novel, Lee Smith says it is McCorkle’s “best ever.” Wow! This news will stir up the enthusiastic fans that McCorkle earned with her novels (“The Cheer Leader,” “July 7th,” “Tending to...

Who’s cleaning up for the convention company coming?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 11, 2012 | D.G. Martin

“Working with a bunch of orthopedic surgeons.” This was Dr. Dan Murrey’s answer to my question about why he thought he could handle a task that seems so unmanageable. Murrey is the executive director of Charlotte’s host...

Phillip Manning and Andrea Reusing on Wednesday's Bookwatch

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 5, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Good news for book fans! Two authors, Phillip Manning and Andrea Reusing, will be featured this week on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch. Manning and Reusing will appear Wednesday, June 6, on UNC-TV’s MX channel, which is...

"Aftermathing" the Edwards trial

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 2, 2012 | D.G. Martin

I wish Jimmy Johnson had given, and John Edwards had heeded, the same warning Johnson gave me when I first ran for political office almost 30 years ago. Johnson, a successful businessman, helped Bob Scott win the governor’s...

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