It's almost Bouchercon time. How do I know? I have stuff piled up all over ready to load into the truck. This is the first time we'll be driving to the convention so we are taking full advantage. We loaded up on Vitamin Water, five different flavors, and Rockstar...
Packing: I have found in past years it works best to pack one smaller suitcase inside a larger one. I always seem to have more coming back than I do on the way there. I’ve also stopped bringing books to get signed. I just don’t want to blow time standing in lines,...
Every two months, I sit down to do the layout on Crimespree and usually it takes a solid two days. Issue 6 and 7 involved longer than usual periods with out sleep. As I get better with the software, I think the issues look better and better. Well, number 8 is...
With Bouchercon coming up and panel assignments going out, I thought I'd talk about doing panels. I've been to over 250 signing events and I've seen an awful lot of panels. Some things work and some things don't. Some things work at events, but not on panels and...
Watched three flicks last night, all pretty good. First up was 'Hostage' based on the Robert Crais book. Different from the book of course, but not a bad movie. I always enjoy Bruce Willis and he was good in this. Full of the typical hollywood explosions and gun...
So, Labor Day weekend, Boucheron in Chicago. Hot food at Heaven On Seventh seems like a good idea. The Shamus awards are going to be at a cool speakeasy, and at least one party will have live blues. I'm getting pretty excited. I've also heard rumors from people who...
