Cappy, an award winning short story writer, is the author of five successful columns, ALIVE AND WELL IN HOLLYWOOD, TIDINGS, SIMPLY SOUTHERN, SIMPLY SENIOR and "PUTTIN' ON THE GRITZ. The SIMPLY SENIOR column can currently be found each month in Lowcountry Sun Newspaper in Charleston, SC. Most recently, she has begun to write an e-column called SIMPLY SOMETHING.

Cappy is past president of the Southeastern Writers Association. Her first novel, SELDOM SEEN, is finished and looking for a home while she juggles time to work on a second novel, AYNNIE'S TEARS, as well as a short story collection, ROCKY BOTTOM. Two years after the book Simply Southern came out, her second book, SIMPLY CHRISTMAS was published. In November, 2006, a collaboration with St. Simons Island restauranteur, Barbara Jean Barter, was successfully launched. Scattered throughout BARBARA JEAN'S COOKBOOK are delightfully humorous stories written by Cappy Hall Rearick and are guaranteed to make you laugh while you're slaving away over a hot stove. The third book in the SIMPLY series, SIMPLY SOUTHERN EASE was published in June, 2006, and is available for purchase at this site (PayPal), amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, borders.com, iuniverse.com, and also from American Public Media Group: Public Radio BookSource at http://www.booksite.com. The SIMPLY SOUTHERN SERIES is bound to make you laugh and maybe even tear up a little bit, especially if you enjoy remembering the good old days. With every page you turn, however, Cappy Hall Rearick will bring the South alive for you.

In addition to writing, Cappy is a popular public speaker and can breathe new life into those good old days for your conference attendees. She is a dynamic creative writing instructor and is available to teach classes in column writing, Southern fiction, humor and short story writing. She brings forth fresh ideas to match her imaginative ways of turning a phrase. Book her now ... and breathe new life into your next writer's conference. Attendees will learn a lot, laugh a lot and go away with itching to write better than ever.

If you would like to receive a monthly column of SIMPLY SOMETHING via email, send your request along with your email address to Cappy at: cappyhall@comcast.net. She will be delighted to add your name to the preferred column list.

Read what Robert Haught NSNC Newsletter Editor (columnist for The Daily Oklahoman) has to say about the Simply Southern website:

"A wonderful Web site to visit on a cold winter day is www.simplysoutherncappy.com. Cappy Hall Rearick welcomes you with beautiful pictorials and music. An NSNC member and past president of the Southeastern Writers Association, she is the author of three successful columns: "Alive and Well in Hollywood," "Tidings" and "Simply Southern." She writes from St. Simons Island, GA.

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