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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!
Laying back
Got back from vacation this week and haven't done much of anything – nor, for the first time in a long while, do I have a new project on deck. In part, I'm waiting for the page proofs of "Grey Matters," which will pub in the UK in December (and the US soon after). And...
Truth in fiction
We were on the beach in Provincetown when the news broke about the CIA hiring Blackwater to carry out assassinations. Strangely enough, this kind of thing was what I talked about with Joe Finder, author of the great new thriller Vanished, in this week's Boston...
Oline Cogdill likes “Shades of Grey”!
"It's easy to get caught up in the adventures of grad student Dulcie Schwartz." – Oline Cogdill, Sun-SentinelBig sigh of relief - and big thanks out to Sun-Sentinel critic Oline Cogdill!Simon makes her elements of the supernatural work in `Shades of Grey'By OLINE H....