About two weeks ago, I got an email from a woman who said she'd picked up an old book of mine, KIDNAP.org. She loved it. She commented on the characters, the unique situation, the humor, and the moral questions the book raises about legality versus morality. She ended by saying she thought book clubs would love it, and she'd like to help me contact them.

I've been around, so I sensed a hook, but I asked what it would cost. Answer: More than I want to invest in what would probably result in a...

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Every days, multiple times a day, I get messages from people who want to help me sell my books. They promise all kinds of success, but in my (admittedly) limited experience with spending money on advertising, they seldom deliver. Yes, they will put my new book (YESTERDAY'S MURDER, in case you're interested) before all their subscribers. But here's what they don't say: dozens of...

August 3rd is Release Day for Yesterday's Murder, so the title of this blog post really does make sense.

I started this story a long time ago, maybe fifteen years back. I loved the premise of a woman waking from a long-term coma, finding that her life is completely changed, and then having to solve a really cold case. I wrote maybe half of my idea down at the time, but I was working with two different publishers on two different series, and it just became too much. I set YM on the shelf (well,...