Derringer Awards

I received notice that my story "Automat" in the collection Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave from Level Best Books, was submitted for consideration for a Derringer Award from the Short Mystery Fiction Society.

So I checked it out, and sure enough, there it is on the list. Tres cool!

A little further down the list is also named the story Smudge, by Ray Daniel, in the same collection as mine. It's so good, it reminds you of a Lawrence Block story- very high praise.

Not too long ago, Ray released his debut novel Terminated, a cracking-good mystery thriller.
And we've interviewed him- to see that, click here.

I Got Sunshine...

Debbi Mack, NY Times Best-selling author (Least Wanted, Identity Crisis, and the new Riptide), is one of those writers who gives back to others.

And now she's nominated me for a Sunshine Blogger Award: http://midlistlife.wordpress.com/

It's a fun thing where you answer the questions below-- and then pass on the good vibrations by nominating ten blogs that bring a ray of sunshine into your world.
So … here goes:

1. What is your favourite Christmas/festive movie?
It's A Wonderful Life (Still gets me every time at the end, where Harry toasts "To my brother George-- the richest man in town!")

2. What is your favourite flower?
Sunflower

3. What is your favourite non-alcoholic beverage?
Coffee in the morning- smells like victory...

4. What is your passion?
Life. Think I've gone through several allotments already, and could use ten more lifetimes to do all I want.

5. What is your favourite time of year?
A perfect, crisp Fall day...

6. What is your favourite time of day?
Early mornings, with the mist still blanketing the world. All is still, peaceful.

7. What is your favourite physical activity?
Ahem!!! The G-rated answer is fencing.

8. What is your favourite vacation?
Last year, we finally got to take our daughters to London and Paris.

10 Blogs I like

Catherine Dougherty, author- The Life of a Middle-Aged Novelist
http://catherinedougherty.com/

Kattomic Energy
http://kattomic-energy.blogspot.com/

Mysteries and Margaritas
http://www.mysteriesandmargaritasblogspot.com/

Side Dish
http://ellenmeister.blogspot.com/

Patti Roberts - Authors book reviews and interviews
http://paradox-theangelsarehere.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Pelland
http://jenwrites.livejournal.com/

Chuck Wendig-
http://terribleminds.com/

Do Some Damage
http://dosomedamage.blogspot.com/

The Passive Guy
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/

Jane Haddam- Hildegarde
http://blog.janehaddam.com/