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Weekly
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May 19 - 25, 2013
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Hurray - Good News!! |
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My Leo Reese novel, A Very Public
Eye, has been shortlisted for
a Golden Crown Literary Award in the
mystery category and is a finalist for
the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award.
Woo hoo! There are so many fine books
shortlisted in all the categories. CLICK
HERE to see the entire list
of Goldie finalists.
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04/13/13
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Saint Patrick's Day Weekend |
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Guess I should
have been
wearing green!
I am Irish,
after all!
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Updated
3/18/13
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An Unexpected Loss... |
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My mom died March 7 after an 18-day
vigil following a stroke she had Feb
17th. Memorial mass is this weekend.
(Email me if you want date, time, and
place.) All 7 of us kids, our significant
others, the 15 grandkids, and Dad will
be there along with many other relatives,
friends, and neighbors.
It's a very sad time . . .
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03/13/13
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At the 2012 Winter Solstice Dance |
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My sweetheart and I got gussied
up and went out for a solstice
event at Oaks Park Dance Pavilion.
We were all so pleased that the
Mayans were wrong about the end
of the world, so a great time
was had by all.
I love my new tuxedo jacket!
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12/23/12
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Good Times at Rain or Shine Coffee House |
| Lisa Alber
and I read Thursday night to a fabulous
audience at the Rain or Shine Coffee House.
It was Lisa's first voyage on the seas
of reading her work, and she did a fantastic
job! She's looking for an agent, and from
what we all heard, I can't believe she
won't be scooped up lickety-split. I read
the opening to A Very Public Eye. Our
audience was SO intelligent -- they asked
tons of intelligent, thoughtful questions.
One of the very best parts of the night
was that my sister Cyndy flew down from
the Spokane area to be with me - her first
time hearing me read. It was so much fun!! |
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12/02/12
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Great Time at Murder By The Book! |
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Jessie Chandler and I did a dual appearance
at Portland's fabulous mystery bookstore,
Murder By The Book. We had a standing-room-only
crowd, and I had a blast. In addition
to reading from her latest book, Jessie
read a passage from mine, and I read
a section from hers. Wouldn't you know
she'd give me a part where one of the
characters is hanging upside down and
I had to affect a nasally accent. Oh,
my! A good time was had by all!
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CLICK
HERE for more information about
Murder By The Book at the bookstore
website.
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11/14/12
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Good Review at Terry's Lesfic Reviews! |
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a very nice review of BUYER'S REMORSE
at Terry's
Lesfic Reviews! Terry reads
and reviews tons of books, so it's very
cool that she made time for my book. Check
it out and let her know what you think. |
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10/26/12
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Lee Lynch talks with me in THE ADVOCATE
on "Lesbian Mystery, Police Raids,
and Fairy Godmothers" |
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I had the great honor of doing an Advocate
conversation with award-winning GCLS
Trailblazer Lee Lynch.
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CLICK
HERE to check it out!
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10/16/12
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Bringing Out Your Backlist & Older
Books |
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writing for years and possess a "secret"
drawer - or hard drive - full of unpublished
manuscripts? Or did you publish some books,
they went out of print, and now you have
the rights back?
There's never been a better time to
resurrect old manuscripts and out-of-print
books and convert them to digital/electronic
books. In the last two years, e-books
for e-readers have become extremely
popular. It's time for you to get with
the new program!
See
more on this topic at:
"Babbling
About Books, And More."
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For excerpts: Click cover or
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Forthcoming:
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Jump
The Gun
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Date: Spring 2013
No
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This is Book #1 in "The Public Eye Mystery Series."
Book #2 is A Very Public Eye.
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Movie
Trailers
for the Books
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Brenda Adcock's wizardry, there are now movie trailers,
complete with music, for my last two books. Click below
to see and turn on your speakers: |
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Shimmer
& Other Stories |
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Snow
Moon Rising |
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Bound/Printed
Books
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| My novels and short story collections
can be purchased through any bookseller or online. If
a store doesn't happen to have copies on hand, they will
order them for you. CLICK
HERE if you want to contact me to get autographed
copies. |
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E-Books
at
Bella Distribution
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| The gals at Bella carry books by an
enormous variety of authors, and they're distributing
my eBooks and print books. CLICK
HERE to get the books in Mobi, Sony, ePub,
and PDF formats. |
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Rainbow
E-Books
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| Rainbow Ebooks also carries a huge
variety of LGBT books by a variety of authors. CLICK
HERE to get my books in Mobi, HTML, and
ePub formats. |
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Kindle
E-Books
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| Amazon.com carries my books in the
Kindle E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Kindle eReader. |
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B&N
E-Books
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| Barnes & Noble - BN.com - carries
my books in their Nook E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Nook eReader. |
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Recent
Online Interviews & Articles
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| A.J. Llewellyn at Dark Diva's Blog did an extensive
interview with me. CLICK
HERE to find out all my deep dark secrets.
The interview shows up on the March 4 entry. |
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Earl Kemp's online 'zine, eI, has featured
a memoir piece I wrote called "There is
No Reason Not To Trust that the Act of Writing
Will Be Enough."
CLICK
HERE if you'd like to read it.
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featured a long interview with me about writing,
creativity, book themes, etc. There are several
great stories featured in this issue as well as
other podcasts and interviews by a variety of terrific
authors. |
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I wrote three lengthy blogs at Lee
Lofland's site, The Graveyard Shift, about
firearms, law enforcement, and weaponry for PIs,
cops, sleuths, and bad guys. Click on the parts
below to read. Check these out:
Part
I - Guns, Guns, Guns
Part
II - Outfitting Your Sleuth(s)
Part
III - Outfitting Your Crooks -
and Yourself
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