Austin S. Camacho's Blog – December 2008 Archive (23)

Another Cool Review

I often like to use this blog to point you to an interesting website, even if it is my own. Today I’d like to introduce you to Kayla Williams.

I met Kayla at one of my many Mall store book signings. She is a military veteran and author of “Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army.” The book is her very honest account of her Iraq service. Her personal memoir recounts the fear, bad weather, intermittent supplies, inedible meals and crushing boredom of life in the… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on December 2, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Traveling season

This is the time of year when we all travel more to visit with distant friends and family. It is also a chance to ponder some of life’s biggest mysteries, like:

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

And why do they lock gas stations bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will sneak in there and clean them?

Added by Austin S. Camacho on December 1, 2008 at 10:45pm — No Comments

The Latest

Black Friday was not a dark day for me. I greeted quite a crowd of shoppers at the Borders Express in Dulles Town Center Mall, along with two of my favorite authors, Candice Poarch and Rique Johnson. I saw no signs of an economic downturn for mystery fiction that day.

And the Books-A-Million in Alexandria VA WAS able to get copies of Blood and Bone for my signing Saturday. I was scheduled to sign them until 6 pm but had to leave nearly an hour early when I ran out of books to sign.… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on December 1, 2008 at 7:02am — No Comments