Saturday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting Charlotte Hinger when we ended up on the same Barnes & Noble mystery panel (see yesterday’s post and photos). Charlotte grew up on a farm in Kansas and was a long-time resident there. She has previously been published in short fiction, Kansas history, and a novel about …Read More
Barnes and Noble Centerra Book Signing
I joined four other mystery authors yesterday to participate in a panel and discussion at the Barnes and Noble Centerra in Loveland, Colorado. We managed to attract a few mystery readers to our tables to chat about our own books and mysteries in general, pass out our bookmarks and other promotional materials, and share the …Read More
The Bouchercon 21 — 2009 First Novelists — Part 5
Today I’m featuring the last four debut novels from the 2009 First Novelists speed-dating event at Bouchercon in Indianapolis. If you haven’t found at least one book to add to your reading list, then I’m betting you don’t read mysteries or thrillers. Here are the last four novels in this series: STEPHEN JAY SCHWARTZ Boulevard, …Read More
The Bouchercon 21 — 2009 First Novelists — Part 4
Hang in there, only eight more fantastic mystery/thriller debut novels to go. For those checking in for the first time this week, I’m featuring the 21 First Novelists from the speed-dating event at Bouchercon 2009 in Indianapolis. I’ve given you 13 so far. Today we have: LISA BORK The Broken Vows mystery series begins with …Read More
The Bouchercon 21 — 2009 First Novelists — Part 3
If you haven’t visited earlier this week, you may want to check out the posts for Monday and Tuesday as well. This whole week I’m featuring the 21 first novelists and their debut novels as presented at the Indianapolis Bouchercon’s speed-dating event last week. I have five debut novels for you today. JAMIE FREVELETTI Running …Read More
The Bouchercon 21 — 2009 First Novelists — Part 2
The next four authors to pitch their books at the Bouchercon First Novelists speed-dating event were: GAYLE CARLINE I had become acquainted with Gayle Carline in May when we both took Dani Greer’s online blogbooktour class. We finally met face-to-face when she sat down to pitch her novel, Freezer Burn, to the group. I’ve already …Read More
The Bouchercon 21 — 2009 First Novelists — Part 1
As promised, this week I’ll be introducing debut novels of the new authors I met during the Bouchercon 2009 First Novelists speed-dating event sponsored by Mystery Scene. In an earlier post, I described how the event worked: mystery fans fan out and sit at round tables in a big room. The first-time novelists are sent …Read More
Bouchercon 2009 The Rest of the Story
Friday afternoon I attended a panel called Second (or Third) Acts featuring Sarah Smith, Kate Gallison aka Irene Fleming, Dana Haynes, Bonnie Ramthun, and Ken Wishnia. This discussion involved career changes, the kind that are most often unexpected (such as when your agent retires or your publisher declares bankruptcy), but sometimes simply results from low …Read More
Bouchercon Night One and Morning Two
I wish I could tell you I packed it in after dinner and went to bed Thursday night. Really. But that’s not what happened. At 8:00 PM I attended the Toastmaster Interview with S. J. Rozan and discovered there was one more incredible author I didn’t know about and must read. Then, at 9:00 PM, …Read More
Bouchercon Day One
I’m writing this at 6:30 PM Eastern Time Thursday in Indianapolis as I rest up from today’s activities and get ready for those left to enjoy this evening. Here’s what I did today: 8:30 AM — Grabbed a venti non-fat latte and a slice of pumpkin loaf from Starbucks which is conveniently placed in the …Read More
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