Do you know the online magazine Kings River Life? You don’t? Check it out! Editor Lorie Ham loves mysteries, and publishes mystery stories regularly. She also reviews mysteries and gives away books. This week, check out the review of Books, Crooks & Counselors, and my essay on writing the book. And if you don’t have a copy yet, enter her drawing for a free book — thanks to the publisher, Quill Driver Books!
On the way to the Malice Domestic Convention last month, I made a woman sick.
Find out what happened–and how I use a bad habit for a good cause–in my essay at the Creatures ‘n Crooks “Buried Under Books” blog.
Visit Friday or Saturday and leave a comment. Two commenters will win a copy of my Agatha-winning book, Books, Crooks & Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law & Courtroom Procedure (Quill Driver Books).
The ALA Midwinter meeting in Dallas wraps up this week, and the PLA annual conference hits Philadelphia in mid March. Most writers started as readers, and we got the book bug in libraries. My essay on libraries I’ve loved is featured on the Sisters in Crime blog this week; it originally appeared on Jenny Milchman’s Suspense Your Disbelief.
And as the bumper sticker says, thank — or hug — a librarian today!
When Books, Crooks & Counselors debuted last fall, my friends at Poe’s Deadly Daughters offered me a chance to rant about why getting it right matters.
PDD is a consistently thoughtful and thought-provoking blog by a terrific and diverse group of writers. Do take a look!
One of the best things about going to a conference is meeting smart, nice people who are experts in things you know nothing about. At Bouchercon, I met Doug Starr, author of The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science. I also met the Siren of Suspense, Chantelle Osman. Today, I’m on her blog, the Sirens of Suspense, talking about his book. And if you leave a comment at the Sirens blog (not here!), you’ll be entered to win a copy of Books, Crooks & Counselors.