Monthly Archives: March 2009

News for Kindle fans Cezanne’s Quarry goes wireless

After a number of unexplained technological hiccups, Cezanne’s Quarry has finally made it into what Amazon calls the “earth’s biggest electronic book selection”, Kindle!
I’m very excited, although I have never seen Kindle in action. I have friends who swear by it, who say it is the wave of the future, especially because there are iPhone and iPod [...]

MARCH BLOODY THURSDAY – Portland Event

 
 
I will be visiting the Portland Friends of Mystery Bloody Thursday meeting. The event is open and free to the public. I hope to meet a lot of you mystery fans there.  
I’ll be discussing Cezanne’s Quarry, and the influences of French law and history. Be sure and bring your questions!
Here are the details:
Date: March [...]

Bernard Martin Mystery Revisions

I am about to start what my friend, the novelist Cai Emmons, calls “page one revisions,” going through the manuscript of the second Bernard Martin mystery from top to bottom. I know that I have some “filling in” to do and some tweaking and cleaning up, but writing on until the epilogue has been a [...]

Cezanne’s Quarry receives editor’s choice award and hits best mysteries of 2008 lists

More inspiring news.  These are so gratifying and I am truly honored to have my work include in each of these awards and best of 2008 lists.
 
 In August Cezanne’s Quarry  was selected as an editor’s choice by the Historical Novels Review.
 In January 2009, Betty of Mystery Book News chose it as one of the best mysteries [...]