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Finally!
1. I think I'm healthy! Am almost afraid to say that out loud. But I think I may truly be myself again, germ free.2. I think I have started another book. This is a surprise to nobody but me, I think, but I'll tell you, for a while I was near despair. I'd come up with...
And so it begins…
A young woman falls from a window during a party. Everyone was drinking. She was apparently having fun. Was it an accident? Was she pushed? Did she jump?I'll tell you in 200 pages or so.
Thank you, Richmond Times-Dispatch
from:Fiction review: five mysteriesJAY STRAFFORD TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERPublished: September 27, 2009You're without a definitive idea for a thesis, you've had to have your beloved cat put down, you're working temporarily in a corporate snakepit, you've discovered...
One more reason to shop an indie bookstore!!
Amazon now says "Shades of Grey" ships in 1 or 2 MONTHS?! That's ridiculous! But you can order a copy today - signed, no less - from Harvard Book Store or Brookline Booksmith. You can order online, just the same as with Amazon. Or call them! Yup, they ship - and...
Friday’s Forgotten Books: “Thank You for Not Reading”
One great thing about getting back out in the blogosphere is that I've reconnected with Patti Abbott, whose blog features weekly "Forgotten Friday books," a great place to discover – or rediscover – great, but not best-selling reads. Maybe it's my mood. Maybe it's the...
Things you’ll do
I found out last night, when a neighbor's pitbull went through my back screen door like it was wet Kleenex, that I am the type of person who will throw herself on a pitbull to save her cat.We are both ok. (Me and Musetta, that is. I do not care about the dog, whose...
The waiting is the hardest part…
(Wrote this for the Sept. Shedunnit, the Sisters in Crime newsletter, and thought I'd share here:) “The first things writers want – and this sounds so basic, but you’d be surprised how unbasic is is in the publishing world – is a quick response. Once they’ve finished...
So you want a signed book…
I wish I could travel everywhere, but small press budgets (and small-writer budgets) don't make that possible. However, even if you can't come to one of my readings, you can buy a signed book from these lovely, indie bookstores. If you buy your book BEFORE my event, I...
“Shades of Grey” September!
Yow, it's September! And Shades of Grey, my first Dulcie Schwartz mystery, is making its US debut (in reality) with a (virtual) tour.Yes, I will be doing some live in-person readings. But this time out, I'm focusing on the online world. That means you can drop by and...
“Cries and Whiskers” in mass market!
Finally! Cries and Whiskers – the third Theda Krakow mystery – is now available in a mass market (read: cheap) paperback edition from Worldwide. Cool new cover, too!