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Weekly
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November 30 - December 6, 2013
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XX"Before
she became ill, David's mother would often
tell him that stories were alive. They
weren't alive in the way that people were
alive, or even dogs or cats. People were
alive whether you chose to notice them
or not, while dogs tended to make you
notice them if they decided that you weren't
paying them enough attention. Cats, meanwhile,
were very good at pretending people didn't
exist at all when it suited them, but
that was another matter entirely.
XXStories
were different, though: they came alive
in the telling. Without a human voice
to read them aloud, or a pair of wide
eyes following them by flashlight beneath
a blanket, they had no real existence
in our world. They were like seeds in
the beak of a bird, waiting to fall to
earth, or the notes of a song laid out
on a sheet, yearning for an instrument
to bring their music into being. They
lay dormant, hoping for the chance to
emerge. Once someone started to read them,
they could begin to change. They could
take root in the imagination, and transform
the reader. Stories wanted to be
read, David's mother would whisper. They
needed it. It was the reason they forced
themselves from their world into ours.
They wanted us to give them life."
~John Connolly in The Book of Lost
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What's
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Check out the Half-Hour Show I'm on Called
"Back Page" |
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Seay, the amazing interviewer at Oregon
PBS's "Back Page" program, sat
down and talked to me for her weekly TV
program with Pacific NW writers. CLICK
HERE to watch it! |
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11/17/13
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Yet Another New Interview! |
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I've been so lucky to be interviewed
lately by several great people, and
Jae is the latest. I remember back when
I read her novel, Backwards to Oregon,
and I knew Germany had a great new writer.
I thought it especially amazing that
Jae was from Germany and had written
an Old West type of adventure.
Anyway, CLICK
HERE to read all the questions
Jae asked me!
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11/7/13
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Rainbow Awards Finalists! |
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I am honored to have my two latest
books, JUMP THE GUN and A VERY PUBLIC
EYE as finalists for Elisa Rolle's Rainbow
Awards. CLICK
HERE to see all the great books
that are shortlisted!
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Updated
10/6/13
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Another New Interview! |
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The wonderful people at Ylva Publishing
have started a new interview feature
at their blog, and I'm honored that
they picked me to go first. As they
explain it: "From time to time
we’ll have guests on our blog;
authors from other publishing houses
and/or self publishers that are willing
and maybe even happy to answer some
of our nosy questions."
CLICK
HERE to read it. They asked
me some unusual questions, which made
this an extremely fun interview.
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Updated
9/15/13
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New Interview! |
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Michaelsen did an interview and got a
lot of information out of me about my
guilty pleasures, the new novel, mentors
who inspired me, how I write a book, how
to sustain series characters, and much
much more. CLICK
HERE to read it! |
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9/6/13
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Extra-Lengthy JUMP THE GUN Excerpt! |
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an extra-long three-chapter excerpt from
my new book at Gay/Lesbian Fiction. CLICK
HERE to read it! |
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9/2/13
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One of my favorite people on the planet
and a great mystery writer, Ellen Hart,
with me at Once Upon a Crime Mystery Bookstore
in Minneapolis |
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8/18/13
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I finally got to meet Jean Auel! |
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At the annual Oregon Writers Colony
Founders Day at Rockaway Beach's Colonyhouse,
I served up a cup of coffee to a woman
- and it turned out to be Jean Auel!
Later I facilitated a fiction discussion
group, and Jean joined in and was a
wealth of information and humor. Woweeeee---what
a day!
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08/06/13
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Jump The Gun Has Launched!! |
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JUMP THE GUN is officially
released, the launch party happened,
and Jessie Chandler and I visited three
bookstores in Minnesota for signings!
Here we are at Once Upon a Crime in
Minneapolis, reading for the crowd.
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Lori
reading from
Jessie's new book,
Pickle in the Middle Murder...
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Jessie,
waiting to read
from Lori's new book,
Jump The Gun...
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Updated
07/18/13
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Unruly Guides |
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My colleagues at Unruly Guides
provide excellent Self-Publishing Services
including eBook formatting, POD design,
book cover creation, helpful podcasts,
tutorials, and much more. Are you formatting
or marketing your books? Learning all
about self-publishing? Check out all
the stuff you can learn HERE!
I highly recommend signing up for their
newsletter HERE!
I've learned a tremendous amount just
perusing their archives.
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07/04/13
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Golden Crown Literary Conference! |
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I had an amazing time at the GCLS con
in Dallas. My book didn't take home
a Mystery award or the Ann Bannon award,
but my two dear friends' books did!
Jessie Chandler's Hide and Snake
Murder received Best Mystery,
and Chris Paynter's Survived By
Her Longtime Companion got the
Ann Bannon. Both of their books are
terrific and I highly recommend them.
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Here are a couple of my favorite
pix (and you can find LOTS more on Facebook!)
Luca, my editor Nann
Dunne, and me
My Sweetheart and
me at the Awards Ceremony
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07/03/13
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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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03/18/13
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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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Updated
03/13/13
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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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Jump
The Gun
Available
Now!
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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 two of my books. Click below
to see - make sure you turn on your speakers, too. |
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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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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
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E-Books
at
Bella Distribution
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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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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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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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my books in their Nook E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
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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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