Top Ten Twice, Another Story Sale

The first Zack Taylor novel, A Memory of Grief, hit the Kindle free lists Top Ten in two different categories.

 

 

That's #6 in Mystery > Hard Boiled, and #7 in Crime Fiction > Murder.  Woo-hoo!!!
Out of the thousands of books out on Kindle, this one's tops-- on a couple of different lists!
Up for free for a little time more-- if you know anyone who likes mystery novels, send the word along.

And sold my flash story Encounter to Beware the Dark, a British magazine.
Publication date To Be Announced.

Am working on more novel publications.
November's going to be a busy month-- have four scheduled signings, library talks, a mystery convention, a TV interview to film, and jury duty.

Did I say how much I love the new world of writing and publishing?
Mwa-ha-ha-ha...

 

Author Appearances Times Three

Been a busy last few days, with three different author appearances.

First was the Groton Mystery Book Group, who had the pleasure of a visit from Archer Mayor, Vermont writer of the Joe Gunther mysteries. He's an entertaining speaker, with a lot of good stories from his checkered past. Thanks to the Groton Library for hosting and making ths happen.

Book clubs like this are a great resource.

Then came the Boston Book Festival, and we were at the Sisters in Crime booth, meeting the public. Thanks to Sheila Connolly for helping get us scheduled and ready.

Authors Arlene Kay, Edith Maxwell, and Clea Simon

 

Jessie Crockett and Elissa Grodin-- and me, shooting instead of signing

 

Then came the New England Library Association convention in Portland, Maine, with another Sisters in Crime appearance. Thanks to Barbara Ross for taking the chores of scheduling and setup on this one.

 

Authors Coralie Jensen, Sheppard Ferguson, and Leigh Perry. Barbara Ross standing.

 

Marian Lanouette and Dale T. Phillips

 

 

Autumn in New England, More Signings

Am taking advantage of the wonderful weather this weekend. Took three walks today in the fresh air, enjoying the changing colors and the crisp, cool air. Love it! Had to walk off the pumpkin-apple pancakes for breakfast.

In between, was making edits on my next novel, to be released in December.
Super-secret project, will let you know soon, with the cover art.

Got notice of another Sisters in Crime talk I'll be giving, on Nov 5th, down in Barrington, RI. We'll be on a panel explaining how we build a mystery novel, and answering questions.

And this weekend coming up, I'll be at the Boston Book Festival, and then up to Portland, Maine for the New England Library Association conference. Two-fer weekend!

And this Thursday, the Groton Mystery Book Club is hosting writer Archer Mayor, who I missed at Bouchercon.

Busy Time- And Need a Job?

So much going on- have a number of signings and appearances coming up, including the Boston Book Festival and a librarian conference in Portland, Maine (my old stomping grounds).

I've been negotiating for audio versions of a couple of my story collctions: Fables and Fantasies and Apocalypse Tango. The talented Fred Wolinsky is scheduled to do the voices and production, via ACX. Will let you know when they're available.

And speaking of audio, know anyone that needs a job? We've got a couple audio copies of How to Improve Your Interviewing Skills  available. Tells you how to ace that all-important interview, and how not to make a mistake that rules you out!

Been quiet on the blog front because of more book editing. Have a new novel coming out in December. Will show the cover soon!

Catch some leaf colors as they change- so beautiful here in New England. And nice cool weather!

Granite State Comicon

Busy weekend, as I was covering the Granite State Comicon for Jason Harris Promotions.

Had a Media Pass, my trusty camera, and a notepad, and played intrepid reporter.

Fun time at a huge, successful comic convention- for the writeup, with even more cool pictures, go here.

A taste of some of the fun below, in pictures.

Here's some places to check out:

Sci Fi Saturday Night- Great podcast from a talented bunch. News, interviews, all things science fiction

Susan Saunders- illustrator with her first book out, a collaboration with noted author Rob Watts

New England Horror Writers- Those taking part were Rob Smales, Scott Goudsward, Tracy Carbone, and Tony Tremblay

Amy Fletcher, artist and mermaid- extraordinary costumes and artwork

Janella Mele, artist/illustrator

The Ghostbusters of New Hampshire- raising money for charities

MySciFiStories.com

C.Wish Cosplay Photography

Requiem Designs

Bexx Fine- accessories

Unit 5- comic

Epic TV Saga

Silver Circle- movie

Delorean Time Machine

Mhysa Cosplay

Double Midnight Comics



The 501 Legion (Star Wars fans)

 

Batman and (?) friends

 

Batman doing better...

 

 

 Scott Pettis as Casey Jones (From the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

 

Contestants for the costume contest

 

The amazing Nicole Marie Jean, a professional cosplayer

 

 

Pirates!

Spooky Albany

The recent Bouchercon world mystery convention was held last weekend in Albany, NY.

(For a writeup of the convention itself, with pictures and links, go here.)

Albany is an interesting place- hilly, lots of funky architecture and sculpture.

 

 

And a state house that looks like the Dakota in NYC, or a Stephen King movie set.

 

But-- a couple of things. First, they don't like windows.

That's The Egg- a concrete, windowless theater, atop an indoor plaza, with no views to the outside.

Which is weird, because there's a beautiful plaza space up top.

But at 5 at night, people suddenly disappear, and the place becomes the set for a zombie movie- complete with a few shambling forms in the eerie shadowed corners. These open places look like post-apocalyptic landscapes. The streets are deserted, as if humanity has been swallowed up.

Okay- so maybe instead of having a mystery convention there, they should switch to horror. All the filmmakers would just go outside and begin shooting video.

Yeah, I know Vincent Zandri likes it there. But he's tougher than me.

Back From Bouchercon

Well, it was an intense last few days, as I attended Bouchercon, the world's biggest and best conference for mystery writers, editors, publishers, and fans.

Like being on Olympus, hanging out with the success stories of the writing and publishing world.
Even got to be on a panel with some award winners, and felt like one myself.

Will have a major writeup with pics, but it'll take some time to process the immense amounts of data. Have about a hundred people and books to check out, and link to.