Edison-ford-estate.com
This is the home page for the winter home of Thomas Edison in Fort Myers, where my novel, All This Belongs to Me is set. Much of the book includes details of the incredible gardens there, and this website tells what is blooming when. The home has recently been restored and is one of the historic gems of Florida. Definitely worthy of a trip if you're anywhere on the peninsula, Sarasota and south

Idlehourclub.com
This is the historic country club in Macon, Georgia, that provided a great deal of the inspiration for Sugar Day Country Club in my novel, Southern Living. We lived on the edge of this course when my wife was publisher of the newspaper there, though we did not belong to the club, much to the chagrin and disbelief of Macon's old guard. Meander through this site and look at the very cool multi-generational family names.

Fortmyers-Sanibel.com
This is the home page for the region in which I live. Long a retirement mecca for Midwesterners, it has recently become a magnet for southern-hemisphere Latinos and actually is starting to feel more like Miami than Tampa. (I truly believe we have more ethnic grocery stores than some big cities like Atlanta.) I like to kayak and go birding, and this region is perfect for both. The new Calusa Bluway is an intricate system of kayak and canoe trails that take you inland, up the rivers, and then out into the bays and mangrove islands.

Epicurious.com
My novels often include a lot of details about food - I like to cook - and this is one of my favorite recipe sites, the combined databases of recipes for both Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines. It has a nifty, helpful search engine.

Maconga.org
The official visitors' site for greater Macon, Georgia. Explore this site and you'll find plenty of details that you'll recognize from my novel, Southern Living. Macon is a historic, cultural gem and often gets overlooked because it sits in the shadow of Savannah, but Macon actually has more buildings on the national historic register than any other Georgia city. It also has a rich musical heritage, having spawned names like Otis Redding (his wife still has a shoe store downtown), Little Richard and the Allman Brothers. Next time you're zipping south to Florida in the car, pull off of I-75 and explore this wonderful little city.