Songbird Politics
As may be true for many of you, the news lately has got me down. Even logging onto the computer has become a daily exercise in dodging stories I don’t want to see. To help me cope, I’ve been taking … Continue reading →
Free eBook! And a Signing Event!
Today, and for five more days, the ebook version of Iced Tee is available free to anyone on all the usual ebook outlets. Please share this with your reader friends, and get them hooked on Estela Nogales! Over 8,000 mystery … Continue reading →
Mystery Writers and Readers
I’m home from the 2018 Left Coast Crime conference, held this year in a casino in Sparks, Nevada. I had a good time despite the pervasive cigarette smoke, and enjoyed meeting lots of mystery writers and readers. Also came home … Continue reading →
The Boy Who Bought It
Although March 1st is the official release day for The Boy Who Bought It, fifth book in the Estela Nogales Mystery series, I am letting you loyal subscribers know that it is available today. After the chaos and confusion on … Continue reading →
A Valentines Love Affair
For Valentine’s Day, a love affair and a gift … How many of you can remember how your love affair with books began? Someone from the old ’hood posted recently that the retired grammar school building that once housed our … Continue reading →
Settings Real and Imagined
The Estela Nogales Mystery series is set in one of the most beautiful parts of California, the central coast near Morro Rock. The fifth book in the series, The Boy Who Bought It, will soon be released, so I thought … Continue reading →
The Boy Who Bought It
The good news is, a fifth installment of the Estela Nogales/Arroyo Loco mystery series should be appearing, if not soon, at least before March 1st. I can hardly wait for you to see it! In a previous post I wrote … Continue reading →
A Few Good Books
A new year is upon us. Being the sort of person who would rather celebrate past achievements than wish for a metaphysical future of happiness, let me just say, we survived the past year, so yay for that. One of … Continue reading →
Event Update
Dear Friends, I am having way too much summer fun, and not so much writing this month. Three quick items to share with you: You will find me signing books, Friday, August 18, from 6:30-8:00 at our favorite independent bookstore, … Continue reading →
To Outline, or Not to Outline?
Dear Friends, To outline or not to outline, that is often the question for mystery writers. Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the surprises as your characters take over and write their own sometimes outrageous fortunes, or outline the whole story … Continue reading →