In 2020, Cherith Glover Fluker started blogging about her travels across Alabama.
There was Gulf Shores, Muscle Shoals and Huntsville.
But as her travels expanded across the South, so did her vision for storytelling. Fluker realized that she was missing out on writing about Birmingham, which is where she did public service through her sorority, the Birmingham Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; and she served on the board of directors for the Greater Birmingham Auburn Club. She pitched an idea to a publisher and settled on the concept of writing about the hidden gems in Birmingham. What would she call it? “Secret Birmingham: A Guide to The Weird, Wonderful and Obscure.’’…