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“Sexy Vegan” My First Radio Interview Thanks to FB
Racine Hiet of Sexy Vegan Party934 on her Facebook page. I did my first radio interview for Murder at the P&Z on Sexy Vegan with its wonderful host and founder, Racine Hiet, along with her...
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Why Bother Blogging (Tweeting, FBooking, Pinning), She Wrote
Professor Cuddlesworth requests you ignore his adorableness until after the science lecture.. The question was inspired by an e-mail exchange with a pal who, in truth, didn’t ask it. However, I...
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The Art of the Con: Shut Up And Listen
Years ago, I began attending writers conferences. The first one I went to was while I was living in St. Louis, the second when I was living out in East Hampton. In both places I was fairly isolated,...
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Jodi Arias Trial: Subtext as a Motive for Murder
Okay, it’s time for me to weigh in on this “mystery.” For the unaware, there is a death penalty case currently being tried in Maricopa County, Arizona, which is being aired on HLN (Headline News/CNN)....
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Sproutkin: A “Netflix for Children’s Books”
Sproutkin (“Read. Dream. Grow.”) is a newly launched subscription service for children’s books that has been dubbed a “Netflix for Children’s Books.” It is a monthly educational subscription service...
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Community, Community, Community
Over at my blog last week, I was talking about things authors sometimes pay for that they shouldn’t pay for, or at least that they should investigate carefully before paying for. (What Are You Paying...
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Another Writer’s Overnight Success: Installment #532
Take it from a Caesar, Erwin is The Man!! Did you hear about the guy who wrote a blog post over his lunch hour, which spread like thumbs-up wildfire across user-voted Reddit.com, netting him instant...
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Women of Mystery at Bouchercon 2013: A New York State of Crime
The capacity of Albany’s 1899 New York State Capitol building was expanded by the mid-20th century Empire State Plaza. Rumors that the associated modernist theater, called The Egg, was presciently...
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Impromptu Capture of Women
From the Twisted book party, L to R: Kathleen Ryan, Cathi Stoler, Clare Toohey, Terrie Farley Moran, Anita Page, Lois Karlin, and Laura K. Curtis (our hostess). I’m not sure the last time all of us...
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Ranting, Passion, and Social Media
Last summer, I met Molly O’Keefe at the RWA national conference. I love Molly’s books, so it was a squee moment for me. But also, it was a frankly hilarious moment because she said something to me no...
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Social media overwhelm? Oh wait. . . there’s Twitter’s Fiction Festival!
When you’ve got a book to promote or better yet, more than one; or you’re trying to brand yourself as a writer or help readers find your book, there’s no better way to do it than social media...
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“Branding” Yourself Shows Respect for Readers
Author branding is the current buzzphrase for a collection of activities that, I think, ought to boil down to one thing: creating accurate reader expectations. Sure, there may also be romancing,...
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True Detective Withdrawal
With the exception of Seinfeld, I’m not a huge TV-watcher, but I’m currently experiencing withdrawal since HBO’s riveting anthology crime drama series True Detective (created and written by Nic...
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Simple Measure of Gobbledygook
Time magazine recently applied the SMOG (Simple Measure of Gobbledygook) Readability Formula to one million public tweets (“Gobbledygook” is defined as a word with three or more syllables). The...
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How to Moderate an Author Panel (well, one way)
There is, actually, NO single, right way to moderate an author panel, so I’m offering my own thoughts only. Many outstanding moderators and panelists view it differently, but here’s my take on both...
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Maya Angelou Forever Stamp
Today, during National Poetry Month (celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture), the United States Postal Service issues the Maya Angelou Forever stamp. On April 7, 2015, Postmaster General Megan...
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