Edgar Allen Poe & Joyce Kilmer
October 20, 2009
Edgar Allen Poe & Joyce Kilmer
While I was at the Bouchercon, I took part in a panel on Poe with John Lutz and Peter Lovesey, who share my interest in him and had both done a fair amount of background reading on him. Sue Grafton, also on the panel, along with Michael Connelly, read a contemporary obituary of Poe by […]
READ MOREOctober 19, 2009
Home is the Sailor
Or the writer, I guess. I got back late yesterday from the Indianapolis Bouchercon. It was a great chance to reconnect with old friends–especially Liza Cody, from London & Bath, who is showing off Michael Lewin‘s tour of Indianapolis. MWA-Midwest organized breakfast with a group of readers and writers, for which I thank, especially, Michael […]
READ MOREOctober 11, 2009
The Book Pirates
The October 4, New York Times business section offers a disturbing look at book piracy. With e-readers becoming widespread, the electronic piracy business isn’t far behind. For those of us who write for a living, a bleak future has been looking bleaker. The publishing industry, which has been aware of the impending problem for […]
READ MOREOctober 8, 2009
Wrapping Up the Tour
Thanks to everyone who came out to support me on the road. I go to Watermark Books in Wichita on October 9, and Barnes & Noble, Milwaukee on October 12, with a final event–before the Bouchercon–at the Newberry Library in Chicago on October 13. Details on addresses and times are on my events page. My […]
READ MOREOctober 4, 2009
Help Me Celebrate
I’m in San Francisco, nearing the end of the first 2 weeks of Hardball’s publication. I’m having a launch party at 57th Street Books in Chicago on Wednesday, October 7 at 6 p.m. There will be delicious snacks from La Petite Folie, there will be wine, juice, and above all, books–not just mine, but all […]
READ MORESeptember 26, 2009
Day 5 Houston
I was in Kansas City on Thursday, Lawrence yesterday–where I got to see one of my brothers and his wife–and then on to Houston in a tiny spinewrecker airplane. Last night in Lawrence two teen-aged boys came to the event and Ii was thinking, boy am I cool–I even speak to sixteen-year-old boys. Turns out […]
READ MORESeptember 24, 2009
Day 3– DC to KC
Genny from the cyber community came down from Jersey to my signing in Bethesda last night–great to meet in person. I had a brief time in the White House–wasn’t allowed to take pictures, so imagine me getting an apple from the bowl the First Lady keeps in her office. Tuesday night in Chicago–I outsold Dan […]
READ MORESeptember 22, 2009
On the Road
With V I and Hardball. I’m leaving today, September 22, and will be home only briefly between now and October 19. I’m looking forward to meeting some of the cyber team while I’m traveling, and I feel very fortunate that I have the chance to meet so many readers in person. At the same time, […]
READ MORESeptember 20, 2009
Hardball
“Voices like these can ring in your ears for 40 years and more,” writes Marilyn Stasio about Hardball in the New York Times. “Warshawski enabled the creation of contemporary female crimestoppers such as Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter) in the cable TV series Saving Grace,” says Julia Keller in the Chicago Tribune.
READ MORESeptember 19, 2009
Happy New Year
It’s Rosh Hashannah today, the Jewish New Year, and I hope for everyone who reads here that this will be a year of health and happiness. Traditionally, one eats an apple for sweetness. It’s hard to imagine that there’s ever been a month, let alone a year, where the whole planet was at peace at […]
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