First: this coming Sunday is my first online literary talk, reading, chat, and end-of-2020 celebration, hosted on Zoom by the Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California. At 5 PM on Dec. 6 we’ll kick off a new series called Uncommon Alums, Uncommon Career Paths. Want to join the fun? Email …
This past Friday I ran a one-day promotional giveaway of my end-of-summer novel Zapped: an Edgar Rowdey Cape Cod Mystery. I’ve described my reasons and strategy in my previous two posts. Here are the basics: Publisher: Boom-Books. Publicity platform: The Fussy Librarian. Sales platforms: Kindle/Amazon (direct via the publisher), and …
Goal: run a simultaneous book giveaway on all 5 major e-distribution sites — Kindle/Amazon, Apple/iBooks, Nook/B&N, Google Play, and Kobo. As described in my previous post, I’ve wanted to do this for ages — WITHOUT enrolling the book in KDP Select, as Amazon requires for Kindle giveaways, OR switching its …
Here comes Labor Day, but what happened to summer? I can’t be the only reader missing those long lazy afternoons on a beach or deck with a good book. So I decided to run a one-day giveaway for my novel Zapped: an Edgar Rowdey Cape Cod Mystery, set in a …
This has been a year for stories! Left Coast Crime, a favorite conference of Sisters In Crime’s Northern California chapter, took us north across the border this year to Vancouver. I met some amazing writers and discovered some amazing novels, and I brought home a suitcase full of story collections. …
It’s here! Sisters in Crime’s NorCal branch has published their (our) first-ever anthology — Fault Lines: Stories by Northern California Crime Writers — and I’m delighted that my story “Birdbrain” is in it. Brilliantly edited by Margaret Lucke, this short-fiction collection by 19 outstanding writers from all over the mystery-crime-thriller …
On this bright cold morning after a night of firecrackers (and a dusting of snow!), warm wishes to you for a happy Year of the Pig. So far I’m liking 2019. February is the month when I first moved to San Francisco, and it’s still one of my favorites: the …
by CJ Verburg Rosa Mutabilis (Chinensis): one of my favorite flowers, from the SF Botanical Garden’s wonderful plant shop. Yesterday, after weeks, two green teardrops swelled into tight yellow buds. This morning I woke to these pale yellow flowers. Over the course of today they’ll blush toward peach, then turn …
Beware tech-company claims of respect for privacy! I was staggered to learn from a Goodreads e-mail that I’m reading a book called Mona Lisa Eyes. NOT!!! I spotted the title in my Kindle library during a clean-out last week, clicked to investigate, and deleted it. Apparently Kindle reported that click …
Tired of nor’easters? Fed up with snow, downed trees, and power failures? One click and you’re on your way to a short suspenseful summer sleuthing adventure! “Disarmed: an Edgar Rowdey Cape Cod Mystery Story” is FREE on iTunes, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, and most other e-outlets. (Amazon insists on …
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