"Forrest Gump of Literature" as the author calls himself, quickly finds out what a new book on Southern Humor title "Sex, Dead Dogs, and Me-The Paperback!" can do to him!

NEWS RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --

DATE:      December 11, 2000

CONTACT:   Kathy Williams   
1-888-281-9393 (phone)
      770-946-5220 (fax)
      Kathy@southerncharmpress.com

AUTHORS DEEPLY-SOUTHERN MEMOIRS NOW IN PAPERBACK

Macon, GA – Ed Williamss uproarious account of growing up during the 1960s in small town Juliette, Georgia, is available in paperback December 1. First published in Sex, Dead Dogs & Me: The Juliette Journals," quickly became a hot seller, garnering media interest across the country. Williamss highly-readable vignettes about his own teenage angst, his lively, irascible father (referred to by the author as Ed Junior"), and other colorful characters of Juliette, leave little doubt in the minds of the reading public that Southerners are just inherently funnier than the rest of the world.

With his heavy, drenched-in-honey accent, Williams, 44, a human resources manager for a Georgia kaolin (clay) company, still seems incredulous about his new-found success, expressing surprise that even one person might consider buying or reading his book.
One perk realized from his unlikely success was an introduction to, and subsequent friendship with, his musical mentors, members of the heavy metal band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive. (The best damn band EVER!") A family man who lives today in Macon, Georgia, Williams occasionally escapes the middle-class suburbs to travel with the
BTO band.

Williams is a riveting storyteller who claims he penned his tales to dispel the veranda-sitting, mint julep-sipping" image of charmed Southern life. His accounts of pulling stupid pranks, spying on others in their most private moments, and participating in other

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antics with his best friends (The Brotherhood – the most elite social organization in the Western world,") will take readers back to their errant youth, until you realize that this particular trio might still be capable of the same romping behavior. But thats part of the charm of the book.

Says Williams, I consider this whole writing thing to be a kind of ‘happy accident.
My experience proves that publication is possible for anyone, if you have entertaining stories to tell and you tell them authentically. Im just an average, good-natured guy who has a certain take on life that may -- or may not -- reflect my Southern upbringing. I dont think of myself as particularly profound. Im just riding the wave here as a kind of ‘Forrest Gump of literature. "

Read more about this book at www. ed-williams.com

Sex, Dead Dogs & Me -- The Paperback!" (ISBN –0970219016) is published by Southern Charm Press, 1-888-281-9393 and distributed by Baker & Taylor & Ingram. It is available at bookstores across the country, including Borders and Barnes & Noble. 224 pages. $16.95

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