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Settling In and Hunkering Down
So you're getting out a newsletter, eh? Not gonna let a little thing like a pandemic rein you in? I won't pretend it's what I'm in the mood for. But, self-quarantined or not, I'm fortunate enough to be able to go on doing what I do, and activity seems to suit me...
A little of this and a little of that…
Well, that's vague. I suppose it is. But I'd rather think of it as inclusive. I have a batch of topics to expound upon, and their only common denominator is, um, my humble self. So here you have it, a little of this and a little of that, numbered to provide the...
1—Preorder DEAD GIRL BLUES! 2—Sign Up for a Free Home Seminar! 3—Read/Listen Past the Pandemic!
All those exclamation points. I know. I've been reading too many comic books. But I'm excited, and it's hard for me to contain myself. The big news is that my new novel, Dead Girl Blues, is now available for preorder. I thought I'd have to wait until 90 days before...
Of short stories, short attention spans, & a magic word—FREE!
A while back, I shared a reading list I'd prepared for a Newberry College course in mystery fiction. It was a pretty decent list, I'd say, but a couple of weeks into the course, I tossed it. My class was supposed to be Reading Crime Fiction for Pleasure, and it became...