SinC into Great Writing

I’ll be on a Sisters in Crime zoom panel along with Rae James and moderator Michelle Richter on Saturday, October 29, at 10:30 AM Pacific time. I’m a sibling in crime and have been a member of SinC for over ten years. Our panel will be discussing alternative ways to make money from our published mystery novels. Specifically, I’ll be speaking about audio books in addition to print and e-book editions.

Date: Saturday, October 29

Whole Event Time: Noon-4pm ET/ 9am-1pm PT

Panel Time: 1:30pm-2:30pm ET/ 10:30am-11:30am PT

Panel Name: Get Paid: Try Different Ways of Making Money

 

You can register here: https://www.sistersincrime.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1663198

Men of Mystery

One of my favorite mystery conferences, Men of Mystery, is being held Saturday November 5 at the Grand in Long Beach, CA. I’ve been attending this event since 2009. Each author is given a minute to describe his latest mystery novel. Over lunch, we have a chance to speak with readers at our table. We sign books and chat with everyone. The headline speakers are Kwei Quartey, Stephen Mack Jones, Chris Hauty, and Connor Sullivan.

What Is Important in Life?

Over the last year I have had surgery three times on one knee. I’ve had my ups and downs: feeling sorry for myself and wondering why me? On the other hand, I’ve pulled myself out of these funks by realizing so much that I’m grateful for: my family, my health other than the knee, and good friends. I would have preferred to have had two of these surgeries to replace my remaining arthritic hip and knee, but that was not to be. As I’m recovering my ability to walk again, my knee is doing great by my arthritic hip is acting up. I don’t relish the thought of another surgery, so I’ll have to see what the future holds. In the meantime, I have the second and third books of the Omnipodge Trilogy, which will be published in April of 2023 and April of 2024. Onward.

 

Our Grandson

Our grandson is now seven and in second grade. He’s the one who kept us going during the pandemic, and I was his Zoom assistant for kindergarten. My wife and I moved back to Southern California in 2015 when he was about to be born. We’ve been delighted to take care of him since his parents work and child care is so expensive. Our routine now is I pick him up after school and he spends the afternoon at our house until Mom or Dad pick him up at the end of the day. My wife does homework and sticker books with him and I oversee the computer homework which includes Jiji (math), core 5 (English) and Raz Kids (reading). He is into Minecraft, and when he gets together with friends, they invent Minecraft related games to play. My day is made when he comes running out of school with a smile on his face and gives me a big hug.