Saturday, May 28 – Mosaic Books set me up at a small, round bar table near their store entrance. Fresh breezes blew in through the open door and I had a good view of people strolling down Kelowna’s main street. A man stopped by the table as I was putting up my signs. He was [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Calgary Herald article on the Bloody Words conference
May 29th, 2011
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In Sunday’s Herald, Deadly Fall is # 8 on the Fiction Bestsellers List. In Saturday’s Herald, Susan is included in an article about Calgary writers attending the mystery writers’ conference in Victoria. There’s a picture of her too, although it only appears in the print edition and online version for subscribers. http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Mystery+authors+follow+clues+Victoria/4855494/story.html
On the Road
May 28th, 2011
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Friday morning, May 27th, Will and I set out on our road trip to Victoria. We left at 5:00 am to make sure we got to Bookland, Vernon, in time for my 1:00 pm book signing. I had thought driving into the mountains at sunrise would compensate for lost hours of sleep. Alas, it poured [...]
Fringe Benefits
May 25th, 2011
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When Will and I sent out Deadly Fall book launch invitations to everyone we’d ever met, a surprising result was requests from people I hadn’t known well, or at all, to speak to their group. One invite came from Fran Kimmel, a writer I met in a couple of workshops at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre [...]
Book signing # 2
May 23rd, 2011
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Sunday, May 15th, I had my second book signing – at Indigo Signal Hill in Calgary. The 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM stint being longer than my three hours at Indigo TD square, I approached this signing in a more relaxed manner and dressed comfortably in capris and my “Ask me about my book” T-shirt. [...]
Deadly Fall # 4 on the charts
May 22nd, 2011
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Deadly Fall jumped to # 4 on this week’s Calgary Herald Fiction Bestseller list. That’s 8 weeks on the charts since its release.
Oprah and James Frey
May 17th, 2011
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Yesterday, I caught part one of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with James Frey. This is a follow-up to her 2006 interview with the notorious author and his publisher. Oprah had chosen his memoir “A Million Little Pieces” as a book club selection and later felt betrayed when it was revealed many of the book’s details were [...]
Back on the charts
May 16th, 2011
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Deadly Fall crawled back onto the Calgary Bestseller’s list this Sunday – # 9.
Spine-Chilling Mystery
May 9th, 2011
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My publisher, TouchWood Editions is trying out some online ads. Click http://this.org/ and scroll down the right-hand side to see Deadly Fall under Spine-Chillling Mysteries.
