Bobby MathewsRefuting Alabama Repubican Paul DeMarco’s disinformationFormer Alabama state representative Paul DeMarco wrote a column recently that just … it got under my skin due to the outright…3 min read·Aug 5, 2021----
Bobby Mathews‘Overnight Success’Had lunch with a buddy of mine a while back. I’d just signed my book deal(s), and we’re sitting there talking about how everything had come…4 min read·Jul 15, 2021----
Bobby MathewsSuddenly I’m an Expert? Or, ‘Everything I Know About Publishing (and It Ain’t Much)’Since signing my publishing contracts, I’ve gotten several Twitter DMs and a couple of Facebook messages, essentially offering…5 min read·Jun 29, 2021----
Bobby MathewsMrs. Holland’s Opus, or ‘Why Everything I Write Is Powered by a Deep and Abiding Rage’Don’t blame me for Mrs. Holland’s prematurely gray hair. It was like that when I first entered her classroom at Enterprise Junior High…7 min read·Jun 28, 2021----
Bobby MathewsThe Strange Tale of What Happened to My Book DealI woke up to the best news in the world on January 1, 2021: British publisher Close to the Bone offered me a contract for my novel, Magic…7 min read·Jun 27, 2021----
Bobby Mathews2020 Year in Review from an Indie Crime WriterI don’t know where to start.7 min read·Dec 31, 2020----
Bobby MathewsWriting & Subbing & EditingHere’s a bit of a follow-up to my last post, where I talked about reaching writing goals for the year, hopefully with some important…4 min read·Oct 30, 2020----
Bobby MathewsSmall Victories During a Trash-Fire YearFirst, I want to stipulate that 2020 has been absolute garbage: Wildfires. Worldwide pandemic. Murder hornets. More unarmed Black people…6 min read·Sep 7, 2020----
Bobby MathewsResolutions, 2020 editionThis is a mostly personal post. I made some serious changes in 2019, and I want to keep them going in 2020. So here are a few resolutions…4 min read·Dec 31, 2019----
Bobby MathewsShort Fiction: Hidden HouseEditor’s note: This story is based around true events that happened when I was a child. The house in the story still exists, maybe 100…11 min read·Oct 4, 2019----