More Happenings- Books, Features, New Groups

Hello Campers! Many more writerly events happening.

With print books not being easy to sell face-to-face these days, have not needed to order many. But some bookstores, like Letterpress Books up in Portland, Maine, are selling online, and so requested some of my latest. I've been busy since the shutdown in March, publishing one novel and two story collections (while working on two other novels and a big non-fiction book)!

Recently, I got my first sellable print copies for all three of the latest in one batch!
Neptune City
Deadly Encounters
The Return of Fear

They look great! Both story collections are in audiobook production, and should be available soon.

To top off the latest highs of a great interview with Linda McHenry and a terrific review of A Sharp Medicine from Big Al's Books and Pals site, I was also featured on the blog of the New England chapter of Sisters in Crime.

More coming up- the Tewksbury Library is sponsoring a new Writer's Group, which I'll be facilitating. Our first online event is Tuesday, Sept. 15th, at 7.

Registration is required. Register by calling 978-640-4490,
emailing rhayes@tewksburypl.org or visiting the online
calendar of events at www.tewksburypl.org.

Great Review- and Video Trailer for Interview- and a Mystery Making Panel- and a new audiobook

Lots of news---

Wahoo!
Great review for A Sharp Medicine (#5 in the Zack Taylor series) from one of the popular reviewing bloggers!
http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2020/08/review-sharp-medicine-by-dale-t-phillips.html



And here's a wicked cool video trailer for my upcoming interview with Linda McHenry's writer's podcast:
https://youtu.be/dfGpavuB82E

Air date for the full interview is Wednesday, August 26th.
https://lindamchenry.com/the-writers-voice-podcast



We had a great time at the Wilmington Library-and Sisters in Crime- sponsored Mystery Making Panel, with fellow authors Connie Johnson Hambley, Edith Maxwell, and Lorraine Nelson.
There's a recording of that available. Contact the library for more information.

And my audio book for Deadly Encounters- 3 Zack Taylor Stories should be available this coming week.
Narrated by Daniel Fagan.

Two new books out!

The way I deal with this plague is to get more books out for you to read.

So here are the latest- and each is about the price of a coffee! Enjoy!

(Print coming soon, and audiobooks are up for narrator auditions!)

Deadly Encounters: 3 Zack Taylor Short Stories

Grieving over a past tragedy, troubled ex-con Zack Taylor has spent a lifetime in the shadows. He has finally found a measure of peace in Maine, helping others as a way of dealing with his grief, guilt, and rage. But he finds even simple problems have unintended consequences, and danger lurks in the most unlikely places. 

In these three tales, Zack encounters murderous individuals who hide below a surface of normality. He uncovers more than he bargained for at every turn, and must deal with the fallout of taking on deadly people willing to kill. 

And The Return of Fear: A 5 Story Collection  (scary stories)

Here are five scary stories about different types of terrors that haunt us. Some are deserved, some come from pits of evil for the innocent. These tales come together for the first time to keep you up at night. Enjoy the ride on the scary rollercoaster. 

Mystery Making Panels!

This Summer, I'll be taking part in two Mystery Making online panels.

These fun events are hosted by the Sisters in Crime, and we have a panel of authors taking suggestions from the audience to build a mystery on the spot! Improv time!

Held via Zoom, the audience logs in and contributes as we cobble together character names, plots, ideas, and scenarios for a group effort on a new mystery. Listeners get to see how different concepts shape the mystery type and tone, and how one idea can spark a whole new direction.

We usually come up with some good stuff- I wrote a killer story based on a character name from one of these, and usually get ideas for a few more things.

We used to do these in person, but now it's more convenient for folks to log on and take part, even from far away. So come join the fun!


Saturday, July 25, 2020, 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM
Zoom event given by A Freethinker's Corner
652 Central Ave, ste. 1 Dover, NH  03820

In this fun, fast-paced improv game, a virtual event on Zoom, authors Coralie Jensen, Linda Shenton Matchett, Maureen Milliken, and Dale T. Phillips, will brainstorm to construct a brand new mystery using suggestions from the audience.
Link



Thursday, August 20, 2020, 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM
Wilmington Memorial Library (virtual event, link given upon request to lesliewheeler@comcast.net)
175 Middlesex Ave. Wilmington, MA  01887

In the fun, fast-paced improv virtual event, authors, Connie Hambley, Edith Maxwell, Dale T. Phillips, and Lorraine Sharma Nelson, will brainstorm to create a brand new mystery, using suggestions from the audience.
Link

Bruce Coffin at the NE Mobile Book Fair

Terrific Maine mystery author Bruce Robert Coffin drove down from Portland to give a talk and sign books at the NE Mobile Book Fair.

To see an interview with Bruce, click here.

Bruce with supportive spouse Karen

Great turnout, including some of his friends from the local branches of the Mystery Writers of America and the Sisters in Crime.

Owner Tom Lyons, glad to provide copies for happy book buyers. 

This is Bruce's fourth Byron book, Within Plain Sight.

Bruce always gives an engaging reading and talk

Bruce has lots of friends in the writing community. 

Here he is with superstar author Hank Phillippi Ryan

And Hank with spouse Jonathan

Thriller author Joanna Schaffhausen dropped by, with daughter Eleanor

To see an interview with Joanna, click here

More stars: Hallie Ephron and Edwin Hill

And Dandy Don Kaplan

To see an interview with Don, click here

Jay Roberts, reviewer of good books and music, also was present

Edwin and Hank

After his talk and reading, Bruce signed books for his fans before heading back to Maine.

Rhode Island Author Show

We had a good time at the Rhode Island Author Show last week, at the Cumberland Library.
Thanks to Aaron Coutu and all the staff who made it possible.

Lots of authors old and new, with the public coming in to browse and buy.

We had a good showing from the NE chapter of Sisters in Crime, with a few members.

Debut author Nicole Asselin, with her mom on the right and Barbara Struna behind in the middle.

Arlene Kay

Barbara again

Leslie Wheeler

Judy Copek

Eliza Carter, second from right

My display

For those interested, Wayne Barber has a show where he features authors. Contact him for more info.

Debut Author Nicole Asselin Book Signing at New Nashua Toadstool Bookstore

We have a new bookstore in Nashua, NH, a Toadstool Bookshop (affiliated with the other ones of that name).

They have not been open long, but are already doing signings for local authors. And they had a good one for debut author Nicole Asselin, a fellow member of Sisters in Crime.
(We'll soon have an interview with Nicole here on the blog, when she gets time from her busy appearance schedule!)

Lovely store, with a nice selection.

And a great opportunity for authors to meet new fans and sign books (in time for the holidays!)

A good crowd came out.

Let's hope Nicole gets lots of fans for her mystery Murder at First Pitch. 

And that the new bookstore is a rousing success!

Sisters in Crime Holiday Event 2019

Despite the impending Snowpocalypse, we held the Sisters in Crime Holiday Event at the Chelmsford Center For the Arts.
Thanks to Susan Gates and the Center for the community support.

It was a lovely get-together with food, drinks, and good conversation.

Lisa Jackson, here with Chapter President Connie Johnson Hambley, received special thanks for putting this event together, as she has for so many functions in the past number of years.

To see an interview with Connie, click here.

Despite the weather, we had folks come from far and wide across New England.
Here's a group from Maine, including Bruce Robert Coffin and Ed Hunt.
To see an interview with Bruce, click here.

And Arlene Kay, coming in from the Cape.

To see an interview with Arlene, click here. 

Joanna Schaffhausen brought the family.

To see an interview with Joanna, click here.

Toni (Leigh Perry) Kelner gets a new throne for Sid the Skeleton!

To see an interview with Toni/Leigh, click here.

Tilia Klebenov-Jacobs

To see an interview with Tilia, click here.

Mo Walsh and Stephen Kelner bravely sing a holiday ditty penned by one of our attendees.

Julie Hennrikus, Edith Maxwell, and Susan Oleksiw

To see an interview with Edith, click here.

A nice time was had by all.