I’ve never met one fellow writer who enjoyed the marketing process as much as writing. Maybe they’re out there, but I haven’t met them. Most of us do it on one level or another. Some are pretty good at it. Some fight the process at every turn, saying they are a writer, not a sales person; they don’t have the knack, time, money or contacts.
Fortunately/unfortunately, marketing it is a major part of being an author, because it attracts readers. And what are… Read more
As part of Mystery Writers of America, I was one of eight authors doing readings for Noir at the Bar for the Bay Area Book Festival, at the Cornerstone Brewhouse in Berkeley over the weekend. I actually followed Walter Mosley, author of the fabulous Easy Rawlins Series. He read from the first of the series, Devil in a Blue Dress. I followed with a reading from The CEO Came DOA . How cool is that? I want that in my epitaph and on my tombstone!
Coming soon!
The Culinary Art of Murder, Book 6 of the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, will become a reality in September of 2017!
Blurb: Lee’s Uncle Tío is smitten with the lady guest chef at a Silicon Valley culinary art institute. When the lady is arrested for two murders, a fellow chef and the dishwasher, Lee agrees to help find the real killer. But undercover work at the institute proves to be more dangerous than whipping up a chocolate soufflé. If it turns out to be the ambitious southern belle chef, will Tío ever forgive Lee for sending his new lady love to jail?
Honeymoons Can Be Murder is now available for download only at Amazon!
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New spin-off series: A Lee Alvarez Mystery Novelette.
When PI Lee Alvarez goes on her honeymoon with bridegroom, Gurn Hanson, they find a dead woman practically on their doorstep. Kauai breezes may be soft, but there are gale force winds of accusation against Gurn. Will Lee find the real killer before her new hubby gets sent to a Hawaiian hoosegow?