I’ve had the rights back to Intent to Sell for a month or so, and now I’ve officially decided to put it out myself for the 4th edition! I hope to have everything in place before Sleuthfest, which takes place in March.
Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel is the only how-to book on [...]

Wow, this has been a great week for my writing. I am always happiest when I’m busy and at the moment, I seem to be busy on all fronts. I’m working on editing the Gardner biography, doing paperwork to prepare for the EQ biography, and running a blog tour for myself. It’s all a lot [...]

It’s that time. It’s the last post on LBofM for 2011, and boy am I glad. It was a tough year for me, starting off in March with the neck issues that stretched until – well, now. The neck is healing nicely, but the hip is still giving me issues. On the bright side, that [...]

Amidst the wreaths, shopping, and Christmas specials, I always take time out at this to read some holiday mysteries. These books are like old friends, books I’ve read on a regular basis since I was a teenager, and now they’re a tradition with me.
First is always, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. Granted it’s a bit bloody, [...]

I’ve been remiss in posting lately. Mea culpa. I actually had scheduled several blog entries to allow me time to recover from my surgery without having to sit too long at the computer, but lo and behold, this week, I noticed that none of them had posted! So my bon mots and witty asides were [...]

I just read about the Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge for 2012.
This is great for me. During my recuperation period, I picked up my old Ellery Queen mysteries and I’ve been having a blast with reading them. The recliner is next to a large bookcase of Queen titles (along with mystery criticism and books by [...]

Ever since I can remember, I’ve associated certain music with events. Typically the music was playing during the event or near that time, and I associate the two in my head forever and always. The first instance I can remember are the songs I learned working at a roller disco in the 1970s. There are [...]

So staring out the window of the hospital at 3am might seem like a scene out of a noir film, but for me, the quiet was just more of the same. I had my surgery last week, which included my first overnight stay in the hospital in 30 years. Even though it’s supposed to be [...]

Well, the surgery is over. I was in the hospital two days and came out a few pounds of bones lighter than I went in with. Two of my cervical vertebrae are now gone and a part of my pelvis has taken its place. So for those of you who have suspected that my head [...]

I met with a surgeon last week, and I will be having surgery on my neck on October 10th. In the meantime, I’m just laying low and trying to manage the pain.
Hopefully, I’ll be back to normal in a few weeks and writing my blog entries again.