So, I got the email pasted below. I want so badly to be flattered, but I’m reasonably certain it’s an AI-generated scam. It’s not the first; I’ve gotten several similar ones lately, for other books, but this is the best … Continue reading →
Another small publisher is folding. Down and Out Books, which published two Carolina Crimes anthologies that included stories of mine, has announced they are going out of the publishing business. This is the fifth small-press publisher of some of my … Continue reading →
To celebrate the season, the ebook of my Fall- and Halloween-themed story, Guardian of the Grimoire, will be on sale for only $.99 during the month of October. That’s less than half the usual price! Order from Amazon here. Order … Continue reading →
Unleashed for Murder is coming soon! The story has been critiqued, beta read, edited twice, and is now being copy-edited. The cover isn’t quite ready but should be finished soon. All systems appear to be a go for an early … Continue reading →
The first draft of Unleashed for Murder, the fourth book in the Market Center Mysteries series, is finished and an initial editing pass completed. Some of the feedback has come in from my beta readers, and itβs mostly positive, with … Continue reading →
Iβm getting close! After a couple of breaks, for the holidays and then to figure out the wrong turn I made in the plot, Iβm finally on course and rolling. I just passed 60,000 words of a projected 70- to … Continue reading →
A teaser from my story in the forthcoming anthology: π·ππ‘πππ‘ππ£ππ , ππππ’π‘βπ , & πππ π¦ ππππβππππ : π·π¦πππ πππ ππ π΄ππ π€ππ! The People in the Neighborhood Elle almost dropped the crumpled piece of paper in the trash. What impulse stopped her, she had … Continue reading →
I wrote βThe People in the Neighborhoodβ a 5000-word gentle mystery/thriller short story, a couple of years ago specifically for an anthology of mysteries involving neighbors. It eventually was turned down for that one, but the editor took the time … Continue reading →
At the end of November, Iβll have stories published in two different anthologies and those two stories are about as different as they could possibly be. One is very short (42 words) and is included in the βMysteryβ section of … Continue reading →
(I don’t have final cover designs or order links for either yet) Holiday Hijinks Series Haunted Holidays 42 Squared 42 Categories with 42-word Stories “A Little Christmas Spirit” “Being in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time” * * * … Continue reading →