Ipswich Language Festival

Had a great time at the Ipswich Language Festival- was there both Saturday and Sunday.

Had a few fellow authors selling books

Made some new friends- here's some from Vines Publishing- L to R:

Gina Troisi, Ian M. Rogers, Carolyn Russell

Jill Regensburg and Annabelle

Carla Panciera

Heather McConley

Linda S. Davis

M. G. Barlow

Brittany Jacobs

EA Neeves

Some folks went up for a reading. Here's Annabelle

Carolyn

Ian

Gina

EA

M. G.

And that was just Saturday! Sunday brought a new crop of authors- including my fellow Mainer Matt Cost

And another conference buddy, B.J. Magnani

Met some new folks, like Tim Gager

And Jack Holder

Many thanks to Katherine of Pumpkin Vines for setting this up! 

 

Haunted Trail Night

Townsend had a great Haunted Trail Night for the town, and it was a smash success. Lots of vendors, with food trucks, artisans, scary folks roaming, and even booksellers (me)! 

Here's the rows of booths

I had great neighbors, like Jeanne Leary: 

And Nicole:

Other booths, like Dragon's Layr:

I got into the spirit (ha-ha) and posed with a new fan:

We even had a great dance troupe, who put on a show to Thriller and other songs:

Thanks to Amy Harrington, who coordinated the event for the vendors.

Busy Month

Well, we've kicked off Autumn! 

Going to be a busy month. Lots of shows for those of us who write stuff that's spooky and scary.

So today I dropped off a pile of books at Tatnuck Booksellers in Westborough, MA.

Gave them all the spooky/scary for Halloween season:

Drop by there and find some good reads!

Braintree Library Panel

We had a great panel presentation at the Braintree Library yesterday, a self-publishing talk to a good-sized, enthusiastic group of listeners.

Thanks to emcee Laurie Cavanaugh of the library staff for setting this up and doing all the work of prep and cleanup.

We even had it recorded, so will post that when it's up.

Our panel was Willie Wideman-Pleasants, me, and MaryBeth McCarthy, who writes as Mdalto.

Our crowd was in-person and virtual, with people asking great questions. 

Author Nicole Asselin is in the front left here, who has her fun baseball mystery series. 

In the back center is author Rich Feitelberg, who writes an epic fantasy series. In front is another writer, Mo Walsh. 

MaryBeth playing to the crowd and camera

Me doing my thing- talking about publishing...

Had a great time and gave out good information to an interested audience. Looking forward to some of these budding writers getting their own works out. 

Latest news- updated with more new stuff!

Well, things move fast in our writing world. Even more news to report, since just a few days ago! 

I've got another story selected, for the next Fungi anthology, out later this year. 

October will be busy! 

I'll be a vendor at Townsend’s Haunted Trail 

Saturday, October 7th. 5-9

Noir at the Bar- readings by regional mystery writers

Sunday, Oct 22, 2023, 4-6:30 PM event at Portsmouth's Book and Bar- at 40 Pleasant Street

And a Halloween panel of authors at Tatnuck Booksellers in Westborough.

A 3:30 show on Saturday, Oct 28th.

With fellow authors David Daniel, Kameryn James and JM Taylor.

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Hello again. Been wicked busy, so haven't been posting much, but lots of news to share!

Many of my writing friends just attended the Killer Nashville conference, and a number of them won awards for their books! Congrats to all!

Would have liked to have been there. 

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Tonight, Monday, August 21, I'm moderating a Zoom chat with author Adelene Ellenberg, courtesy of the Tewksbury Library Writer's Night Out. We start at 7- come on by! 

We had a terrific one last month, with literary agent Doug Grad.

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Together with other good, successful writers, I'm putting together the book 87 Ways to Sell More Books. 

We have some great input, and a killer blurb- look for that to be out next month!

And by popular demand (fans repeatedly asking), I'm working on another Zack Taylor novel, the 7th in the series, A Great Reckoning.

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I recorded my first Shortcast interview with Carol Goodman Kaufman, for the Murder We Wrote site.  

Had a blog appearance- with Lisa Haselton 

Will be on the Miss Demeanors site on Aug. 30th with a guest post- Going Indie: Sustaining a Long Career and Making Money

I'll be signing and selling books at the Auburn NH Duck Day event on Saturday Sept 9th.

And be a guest on the podcast Five Compelling Questions with Shawn Reilly on Wed. Sept 20th. 

AND- I'm on a panel at the Thayer Library in Braintree on Sat. Sept. 23, 10:30 -1. 
Becoming an Indie Author: Self-Publishing Workshop 

More of me out there today!

 Two new places for promotion today! 

There's a new fun game app called Evidoozle, and my book cover for A Memory of Grief is being featured today as the card back! 

My podcast interview with Carol Goodman Kaufman is now out on Shortcast!

Look for the Murder We Write podcast (Episode 13)

Can be found wherever people get their podcasts (Apple, Iheartradio, Stitcher, ivoox)

Link on her site as well- 

New Bookstore!

Dropped by a new bookstore yesterday, Booktenders, up in York, Maine. 

Lovely spot, alongside Route 1, with much to do up there. 

Met Michelle, one of the proprietors, and after a short discussion, they'll be stocking some of my books!

Love working with indie bookstores. If you're up north, between Portsmouth and Portland, stop by and shop local!