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About Me:: I love to read and I love to write. Well, sometimes I love to write. Like any other job, there are times when writing is like filling in actuarial tables.

Not to knock actuarial tables. They can be fun. But sometimes, they aren't.

Once, authors had to wear tweed, have leather patches on their elbows, and smoke a pipe.

Now they'll dance on the street with a pot for coins and a cardboard sign saying "Will Write for Food.'

I would write for food. But it has to be good food. I'm not writing for a Velveeta and Spam sandwich.

Personal info: seven books published with Penguin, Kensington and Dorchester.

They're out there somewhere.

Say "hi" to them if you see them.

Books And Authors I Like:: Crais, Child, Connelly---all the c's, actually. Andrew Klavan, T. Jefferson Parker, C.J. Box, Craig Johnson, Andrew Lloyd Webber (caught you, you weren't paying attention, were you?), Jeffery Deaver, Stephen King, Joe Hill, James W. Hall, Randy Wayne White, Sue Grafton, J.A. Jance, James Lee Burke, Lori Armstrong, Larry McMurtry, Alison Gaylin, J.M. Hayes, Elizabeth Gunn, Susan Cummins Miller.

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: All-time favorite: This is Spinal Tap.

Movies: LA Confidential, The Postman Always Rings Twice (40's version), Double Indemnity, Chinatown, Casey's Shadow, Lonesome Dove, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, GWTW, and I really like Sunshine Cleaners.

TV - The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, Morning Joe, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, New Adventures of Old Christine

Wish I had HBO.

At 2:04am on July 13, 2010, Copper Smith said…: Check out 'Inseparable' at A Twist of Noir!

At 2:07pm on June 20, 2010, Copper Smith said…: Check out We Can't Dance Together at A Twist of Noir!
Based on that Steely Dan song that's been stuck in everybody's head since 1980.

At 4:59am on June 10, 2010, Copper Smith said…: Thanks for the friendship. I'd love to read your actuarial tables.

At 12:40pm on March 10, 2010, Beth Groundwater said…: Hi M.J.,
Thanks for befriending this fellow author on Crimespace!

At 6:01am on March 1, 2010, M.J. Hawk said…: Hey, back, Carol. And I can't wait to read THE BONE TREE!

I would love to have HBO and see Dexter. (I can rent at the local store, too.) What I really want to watch is Bill Maher. And Curb your Enthusiasm---although it's coming to one of the "free" channels. YAY! Watched the first five seasons on DVD, but the last one wasn't released.

At 2:37am on March 1, 2010, Carol Davis Luce said…: Hey MJ. welcome aboard. Velvetta is not in my budget. Don't like Spam. If you had Showtime you could watch the best show on TV -- Dexter. Although you can rent in on Netflix.

Can't wait to read The Shop.