Favorite authors in no particular order: Sue Grafton, Tess Gerritsen, Jane K. Cleland, Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson, Mary Higgins Clark, Troy Cook, Steve Rigolosi, Carol Higgins Clark, E. J. Rand, Robin Hathaway, Selma Eichler,...all mystery genres.
Hi Deb, wow! That's terrific. Many thanks and I hope you enjoy CAPABLE OF MURDER as much as I did writing it. It was intended as a one off originally but Belinda and the other characters keep at me to continue with more - so I did!
Thanks again, and enjoy.
Cheers,
Brian
Hi Deb,
I'm so pleased to meet you. I have wanted to go to the Deadly Ink conference but it never worked out. I hear it's an excellent one. I lived for several years between Philadelphia and Bethlehem, so New Jersey was next door. Certainly I've never seen a river more beautiful than the Delaware. Of course any river in New Mexico, where I live now, is regarded as a state treasure.
I went to Malice the last 2 years but not this year because I did LCC instead. I've only been doing one con a year cuz of 2 kids in college, but next year I'm doing Malice and Bcon.
Hi Deb,
As to the landscape, I think it was one of New Mexico Territory's early governors who wrote to the federal government requesting assistance, "Send me some men to match my mountains!" I have to admit that once in a while I do miss being close to New York and DC, not to mention the Delaware River. But New Mexico, at least Albuquerque and points north, is anything but hot. Rarely much over 90 mid summer, and some snow every winter. Last year, 4 ft of snow and twice we were snowed-in 3 days. (That's not typical.)
Well, the winters usually are milder than the last one. It always snows, but there's so much sunshine it melts the next day. The weather is due to the altitude, which is about the same as Denver---a mile high. We try to keep the climate a secret.
Thanks for adding me to your friend's list. Hope you will find the time, if you already haven't to look at my profile page and see what I'm doing. Have three mystery/suspense novels published and working on the fourth now.
Hi, Deb. Thanks for the invitation. I, too, like your list of authors -- particularly Troy Cook. I met Troy at Bucheron in 2006 and was so impressed with his willingness to help an unpublished (at that time) author.
Thanks for the invite to be your friend. It would be an honour to accept. Being Scottish, some of the names on the list of your favourite authors are unknown to me as yet, as I don't believe they are published on this side of the pond. But I'll certainly look out for them. It's always nice to be given new talent that you can seek out.
Deb, thanks for your interest. Writing this work was really cathartic as I left law school after a year and a half to pursue visual art and writing.
My best, Betty
At 6:28am on March 11th, 2008, Douglas Quinn said…
There's more to Amanda than meets the eye. In fact, the whole book has that theme going for it. Re my novel, The Catalan Gambit, published in 2004, I was pleasently surprised when someone did a review of it over 3 1/2 years after it was published. If you have time, check it out at www.bookreviewsbycrystal.blogspot.com. What is the publishing house you're affilated with doing these days?
Thankd Deb, glad you liked Chapter one. I enjoyed browsing around your website, particularly checking out your contests. I think I have a short story laying around that I may be able to clean up & submit before Saturday's deadline. Better go look for it.
Jeff Markowitz
Apr 13, 2007
Dennis Leppanen
I've had Deadly Ink Bookmarked for a long time. I'm going to peruse it some more...
May 12, 2007
Brian Kavanagh
Cheers,
Brian
May 18, 2007
Brian Kavanagh
Thanks again, and enjoy.
Cheers,
Brian
May 19, 2007
Pat Mullan
Nice to meet. Thanks for dropping by.
Slan, Pat.
May 22, 2007
Lois Reibach
May 22, 2007
Penny Rudolph
I'm so pleased to meet you. I have wanted to go to the Deadly Ink conference but it never worked out. I hear it's an excellent one. I lived for several years between Philadelphia and Bethlehem, so New Jersey was next door. Certainly I've never seen a river more beautiful than the Delaware. Of course any river in New Mexico, where I live now, is regarded as a state treasure.
May 22, 2007
Norm Cowie
Thanks for the invite. Glad to be your friend.
Norm
(and it's a fun nickname)
May 22, 2007
Lois Reibach
May 22, 2007
Bill Kirton
(The abbreviation of your name is an acknowledgement of your own sparing use of words in youyr profile. Admirable.) Thanks for the invitation.
May 22, 2007
Penny Rudolph
As to the landscape, I think it was one of New Mexico Territory's early governors who wrote to the federal government requesting assistance, "Send me some men to match my mountains!" I have to admit that once in a while I do miss being close to New York and DC, not to mention the Delaware River. But New Mexico, at least Albuquerque and points north, is anything but hot. Rarely much over 90 mid summer, and some snow every winter. Last year, 4 ft of snow and twice we were snowed-in 3 days. (That's not typical.)
May 23, 2007
Penny Rudolph
May 25, 2007
Wilfred Bereswill
Feb 14, 2008
Bill Crowe
Feb 14, 2008
Allan E. Ansorge
Feb 14, 2008
Karen from AustCrime
Feb 14, 2008
Mark Stevens
Best,
Mark
www.writermarkstevens.com
Feb 15, 2008
Jeannie Holmes
Nice to meet you and thanks for the invite. :-)
J. K.
Feb 26, 2008
Teel James Glenn
Love the name--conjures up images of of promdresses and sub machine guns!!:)
Mar 11, 2008
Hank Phillippi Ryan
So nice to see you--and I'm very flattered to be invited to visit. We share the same nightstand reading pile, I see!
Congratulations on your wonderful work--and I'm eager to get involved. Boston is not far from New Jersey, of course. Let me know whatever I can do!
Hope to chat with you soon..
xox Hank
Hank Phillippi Ryan
http://www.hankphillippiryan.com
Mar 11, 2008
Eddie Vincent
—Eddie
Mar 11, 2008
Gayle Wigglesworth
Mar 11, 2008
L.J. Sellers
Mar 11, 2008
Douglas Quinn
Mar 11, 2008
Loretta Wheeler
Loretta
Mar 11, 2008
Candace Irvin
--Candace
Mar 11, 2008
Betty Gordon
The mystery world is full of wonders, isnt' it?
Mar 11, 2008
Jim Gracie
Mar 11, 2008
Chris Ewan
Cheers
Chris
Mar 11, 2008
Betty Gordon
My best, Betty
Mar 11, 2008
Karen Allingham
Mar 11, 2008
Craig McDonald
Mar 11, 2008
Douglas Quinn
There's more to Amanda than meets the eye. In fact, the whole book has that theme going for it. Re my novel, The Catalan Gambit, published in 2004, I was pleasently surprised when someone did a review of it over 3 1/2 years after it was published. If you have time, check it out at www.bookreviewsbycrystal.blogspot.com. What is the publishing house you're affilated with doing these days?
Mar 11, 2008
Neil White
Mar 11, 2008
Patrick Balester
Your website sounds pretty interesting, I'll have to check it out. Pleased to meet you. Any alligators in Jersey?
Mar 11, 2008
Patrick Balester
Mar 12, 2008