For those of you who followed my last blog and read my harrowing two weeks of babysitting last month, thank you for your get-well cards and prayers. I survived. Barely. The last weekend with the Grands was, indeed, a tribulation of wills. Rail (the ten-year-old) tried...
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A Crazy-Ass Author’s Christmas & New Year’s Resolutions
Christmas: So, what wild gifts does an anti-terrorism consultant and author get from his beloved family? Here’s a short list of the wild things… (and I’m listing only those wild and crazy things. My family is very generous with this old dude). Night Vision...
The Plot Thickens at Killer Nashville
What can I say about another of my fave book events during the year—Killer Nashville is a killer conference! (Pun intended). It is for all the right reasons, too. First, because my tribe is almost always in residence in full (more on that later). Second, Clay...
Murder As You Like It
Since 2011, one of my favorite bookstores and author events has been the Mechanicsburg (PA) Mystery Bookshop’s Murder As You Like It. Deb Beamer has one of the most fantastic and “author-supporting” indie bookshops in the northeast. Murder As You Like It is a one-day...
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Return To Your Bookstore. . .
Dateline: July 2023.Mission: Surveil location. Identify targets. Sell books. Make millions.Out-briefing: 3 out of 4 ain’t bad Well, anyone who’s an author knows that making big bucks selling your books is a dream. Unless, of course, you’re one of the big names the...
The Hemingway Deception Cometh . . .
And so it begins again. Holy crap on a peanut butter sandwich. It’s finally coming—she’s finally coming. Ana Karras is Ana Montilla. Ana is out of hiding and on a tear. Don’t get in her way. Don’t piss her off. Don’t betray her. Deception is the sword of the cunning....