Hey Lee, I've been planning to start going to more of the MWA meetings, and if I can make the October one I will. Have you been to Kate's yet? Great bookstore.

Come to the POWER PLAY launch at Borders-Back Bay on Tuesday night, the 21st! Starts at 7:00 p.m. ... hope to see you there!

Lee, how are you? i noticed you deleted a reply in the forum--i delete all the time my replies. jsut wanted to say that never be afraid of giving me any sort of advice--i'm developing a very hard exterior! because that's the only way i will grow as a writer! all the best and have a great weekend.

Thanks for looking me up, Lee!

Thanks for accepting :o) Still having a problem with your book's availability? I'll check at B&N today but the last note said 1 1/2 to 3 weeks...I consider myself SO lucky!

Lee--You do look like a party animal. My kind of guy. Cheers.

Hey Lee--Thanks for the add and it's good to have a new friend. I look forward to getting to know you better.

Understand, kinda. I haven't been to any conventions for years, so experience them for all of us who can't be there. Still think B'con-Anchorage is not going to be the usual, but you'll hear about it, I'm sure. I'm doing those pre-movie ads for all the movie theatres and we're going to animate our bear attacking our snowman and make it into a roped off crime scene. Flash animation can be miraculous!!! The real bears have been unusually active in Anchorage this year and there are reader pics of them posted at the Anchorage Daily News webpage. We have not had a bear at our house. We live in the midst of what was off-base noncommissioned officer housing for Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. 550 houses all built military style with four rooms and mini-bath. No basements. No finished attics. 700-800 sq. feet. But in the midst of our neighborhood in our valley, we usually see moose on a weekly basis. We have moose sleeping in our yard in the winter--they climb over the 6 foot fence and curl up in the snow. Their nuggets show up all around the house and driveway. Our birch trees keep getting ravaged. I stopped planting our vegie garden, cos the moose waited until just before I planned to harvest, and then would completely destroy the garden! The cute ones are the baby moose in the spring. Anyway, enuff on moose!

Ah - the New Hampshire escape! My sister graduated from UNH, so we were around there alot way back then. Will you be at Bouchercon?

Hi Lee - Boston? I worked there for awhile. It's not far from Maine!! Thanks for the invite.

Thanks for the invite, Lee. Enjoyed your website and reading about your Poe connection.

Hi Lee, thanks for inviting me, good to meet you.

LOL - give me an online place and a chance to talk about books and you'd have to hit me with a stick repeatedly to keep me away (a very big stick mind you... )

Howdy, Lee

Hi Lee - thanks for the friend invite - nice to "meet" you :)

Hi Lee,

Thanks for the invite. There are so many talented writers on this site. I am honored to be in such good company.

Just read it. Sounds terrific. I love the idea of the anecdotes. Can't wait to get it. Might take between 2 and 4 weeks, even though it's 1st class. probably comes from a warehouse in the states. i know i 'll love it!

Guess what I just did?! I ordered your book from Amazon uk. and I can't wait to get it. I have always carefully avoided anything to do with police (IN WRITING!) because i didn't know what i was talking about. But now! woah! look out crime fiction! thank so much for the offer of help for questions. that's so kind. all the best. ALRIGHT COPPERS! TOP OF THE WORLD MA! (what film is that from?!)

I have a friend who works for the Hudson Cty NJ Prosecutor's office crime lab. He just rolls his eyes as the CSI stuff.
I never watch that stuff out of respect for him.
cmr