Wiley Cash's Blog

Join New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash and special musical guests Chatham Rabbits, Hunter Holmes, and Shannon Whitworth to learn the stories and hear the music behind Wiley’s novel The Last Ballad. In the summer of 1929, Gastonia, North Carolina, was the site of a violent textile strike and an incubator for some of the most influential music ever written. Join us live this evening at 8:00 pm to hear the stories and music that inspired a movement. 

You’ve never heard a novel like this before.

TICKET LINK: https://www.wileycash.com/live/the-st...

Link to live event will arrive in purchaser's email inbox at approximately 7:00 pm DST this evening.

featuring: Chatham Rabbits, Hunter Holmes & Shannon Whitworth

No matter your stance on gun ownership and/or gun control, I know we all agree that, from gang violence in Chicago to terrorism in San Bernadino to mass shootings in movie theaters and schools, our nation is facing an epidemic of gun violence. Meanwhile, our elected officials of both parties, whose primary charge is to protect the nation, are standing by and watching it happen. We sent them to Washington. They work for us. They must listen to us, and they must act accordingly.

1. You should put your book on Oprah�s Book Club.
2. You should turn your book into a movie.
3. You should turn your book into a TV show.
4. It must be nice to work from home.
5. I�ve always wanted to write a book, but I just don�t have free time like you do.

Dear fellow writers, collectors, and booksellers... I'll cut right to it.

My friend Sean has a pretty bad case of cancer... two young boys... a wonderful wife... a career working with adults with special needs... a desperate financial situation... an incredibly high (I'd say 'criminal') deductible... and very few options.

I'm asking if you'd be willing to donate a signed copy of a 1st edition of any one (or more!) of your traditionally published books to help in a fundraiser I'm organizing.

The weather these past two weeks - how can I say this - sucks. I mean, it really, really sucks.

My wife and I were married in mid-February in 2010 in Wilmington, North Carolina, a coastal city. We chose Wilmington because it�s where she�s from and it�s where we met, and we chose February because we thought it would be an ideal time to get married weather-wise.

Typically, mid-February is a really mild time in Wilmington � not too hot and not too cold � and that�s exactly what we wanted. We�d chosen to get married in an old, deconsecrated Catholic church, one of the oldest buildings in the city, and we hoped that mild weather would keep it comfortable inside � not too hot and not too cold.

My wife�s grandmother, who apparently has all the powers of a soothsayer, said, �I bet it�s gonna snow.�

If you�re reading this, then good for you, because a lot of people won�t. So what? you may be thinking. Who needs to read another blog post by another author with another book? True. It�s not dire that you read my blog or my book or anything else that I may ever write. But it is dire that you read prescription labels, contractual terms on legal and financial documents, and your children�s homework. You may be surprised by the number of Americans who aren�t able to do the things that all of us who are reading this take for granted.

Here's my own Cyber Monday Deal for patrons of independent bookstores: pre-order This Dark Road to Mercy from an independent bookstore and email a photo or scan of your receipt to wileycashauthor@gmail.com, and I'll send you a deleted scene from A Land More Kind Than Home and a full chapter of This Dark to Road to Mercy. The first three folks will receive signed review copies, bookmarks, and postcards of This Dark to Road to Mercy. Happy Cyber Indie Free Book-Stuff Monday, y'all!

It dawned on me late last night that tonight�s event at Barnes and Noble in Wilmington, North Carolina, will be my last event in support of A Land More Kind Than Home before This Dark Road to Mercy is released on January 28, 2014.

The Advanced Reader's Editions of This Dark Road to Mercy are in! I never thought I'd publish one book, much less a second, and a second one this beautifully done is even more of a surprise.