Sir, that is the best idea I've heard in a long time. Will begin plotting now.

Thank you for the friend invitation. Yes I live in Bonnie Scotland, but I am not Scottish. However, it is a beautiful country, lots of open space, especially in the Highlands. Depsite the rumours, it isn't always raining. There's a couple of reasons to be going on with.
I have been to the USA once. We did a coach tour of California. I have a picture of me leaning over Arnie's signature in Los Angeles.

Cheers,

Eileen

Yes, Twittering mildly. Look for me when you get a chance.

Hey, B.R., terrific space, and I'm enjoying your comments! Have fun with Twitter, -- guess we have to try everything going to see what works!

BR,

Thanks for the welcome to CrimeSpace, have been reading your comments with interest . Although I am in the throes of finishing my first mystery I will not be giving up the day job.

JR

Cheek! Dean Martin and The Ramones are brilliant - add Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and you have the trifecta of musical genius :o)

Thanks for the friends addition. We certainly share the same opinion of some of the big biz cats.

Economics and family. My wife's brother and his family live in Osborne.

Thanks,B.R.!
You can never have too many friends!
Sandie and Rachelle

Hi..you asked how I found out about this site. I got a google alert on one of my authors, Norm Maher, and it turned out he was listed here! So, I signed up too. Still figuring things out, though.

Hi right back at ya! Been busy trying to work past a hurdle in the novel. Found out ViNoWriMo people picked a winner, but of course, it won't be announced until March 1st, so I'm going nutty till then! My story is great, if I do say so myself. I just hope they think so too! Wish me luck!

No, I am a business newspaper editor hooked on mysteries.

I just noticed you're from Salina KS. I spent a very pleasant afternoon in Salina with my daughter last July, on our way to visit family in Colorado. We eventually drove all the way to yellowstone and back, and I told her if I had to live in any of the tonws and cities we passed throuhg, I'd pick Salina. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there (ate dinner at Martinelli's, near the medical center), and it's about the size city I like: big enough to have some services, small enough to still feel like a town.

Ha! Being an ex-FBI agent shouldn't be scary for YOU guys! :-)

I was just teasing-- though I do admit getting enjoyment out of breaking the 'rules'. =)

LOL! If I actually had a professionally done author photo, that would probably be what I was using, but I don't. This one is actually years out of date, but I don't have anything recent that I would want to post.

Which novels are you referring to? If you like hardboiled, check out Kenzo Kitakata's work, specifically The Cage

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe is another personal favorite.

Dear B.R., Thanks much. Yes, I know Robert Van Gulik's work very well. To some extent, his series inspired me in the 80s to write a Japanese series similar to his. The intention lasted only until my character, Akitada, took on a life of his own. There are probably still similarities, especially in the earlier books, but slowly these are disappearing.

Hey B.R.--thanks for the friending! More conversation sounds like a winner to me! Good luck w/ the new book, agent search, etc.--we're pulling for ya!