BILL BLOG Friday August 1, 2025 Friday morning and it’s the first weekend of August. With that, I’ve got a guitar and bag packed for a. road trip this morning to Shiloh, Illinois. A little cooler in Nashville today with a high of 82. And even nicer in Shiloh where the high will be 78 degrees. YESTERDAY I wrote with my Italian buddy Lauren Mascitti yesterday. The morning got off to a funny start when Lauren texted that she was running late. I was sitting with my publisher, Joe Dan Cornett , who laughingly told me to text Lauren and tell her that it was “unacceptable” and he would have to downsize our writing room. Then he took this picture, and we sent it to Lauren. And this was Lauren’s funny response. I was running a few minutes late to my write with Bill Whyte this morning, so I texted him to let him know. He said Joe Dan said that was inexcusable, and he was going to downgrade our writing room. I ...