Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Christy Update
Christy has turned in the manuscript on her second book in the "Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery" series, working title (subject to change), "Murder Takes a Dive."
Also, you can read an "in-character" guest blog post from "Murder Buys a T-Shirt" star Glory Martine at the "Killer Characters" site HERE.
A reminder, Christy will appear next week at the Malice Domestic cozy mystery convention in Bethesda, MD, April 27-29th. When she returns, she's diving right into the third book in the series, but hopefully you'll see a bit more of her here then, including some new southern-cooking posts!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
A Christy-sighting Update!
Husband and #1 Fan Steve Reporting:
If you're a long-time Christy Evans fan checking in, or a newly arrived Christy Fifield fan, you may be wondering, "Where's Christy What's-her-name?"
Well, the reason you haven't seen more of her is that she's crunching very hard right now to finish the second "Haunted Souvenir Shop" mystery, and closing in on the end! Hopefully she'll be checking in here real soon, but new pages come first!
Her next public appearance will be at the Malice Domestic cozy mystery convention in Bethesda, MD, April 27-29th. She's scheduled to be on several programming items, so if you're there, be sure to look her up!
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| Have you seen this writer? |
Well, the reason you haven't seen more of her is that she's crunching very hard right now to finish the second "Haunted Souvenir Shop" mystery, and closing in on the end! Hopefully she'll be checking in here real soon, but new pages come first!
Her next public appearance will be at the Malice Domestic cozy mystery convention in Bethesda, MD, April 27-29th. She's scheduled to be on several programming items, so if you're there, be sure to look her up!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Happy Release Day!!
MURDER BUYS A T-SHIRT officially releases today! I'm delighted for you all to meet Glory, Karen, Jake, Linda and Guy, Sly, Bobo, and all the other people that inhabit Keyhole Bay! And especially Bluebeard, the foul-mouthed parrot.
Available online at Amazon, and Barnes & Noble, and at bookstores everywhere.
I don't know how many books it takes before you stop wanting to celebrate Release Day. All I know is that I'm not there yet!
Available online at Amazon, and Barnes & Noble, and at bookstores everywhere.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Free Fiction! - God Speed
"Godspeed, John Glenn."
With those words, a true American hero rocketed into space fifty years ago, aboard Friendship 7. A decorated Marine pilot, he became the first American to orbit the earth, and gained a permanent place in the minds and hearts of his country.
Years later, after a lifetime spent serving his country, he returned to space in 1998 at the age of 77, the oldest man to ever fly in space. When the shuttle Discovery lifted off the pad, we once again heard the iconic words, "Godspeed, John Glenn."
Today we offer the story "Godspeed" for free, in honor of a real hero, a man who has lived a life of service and honor, and who has served his country with grace and dignity for more than half a century. This is my tribute to a man I greatly admire.
Hero worship? You bet!
Godspeed, John Glenn.
(Sorry, but you missed out on this free, limited-time posting. You can purchase "Godspeed" for your electronic reader instead of reading it here, it is available for Kindle, Nook, iPad, through most other major ebook outlets, and downloadable in all formats directly through Smashwords.)
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| President John Glenn has Only Seconds to Change History... His Own! |
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
A Cover, At Last! (Plus, Romance for Valentine's Day!)
There it is, in all its glory! OK, bad pun. My heroine - the owner of the gift shop, and the parrot - is Gloryanna Martine, Glory to her friends.
Sorry it took so long. There were a couple changes, and tweaks along the way, but I am delighted to have a real, final, gorgeous cover to share with you.
The book is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and bookstores everywhere. It's also available in ebook. And if you want a signed copy, I'll be at Malice Domestic the end of April, or you can order a copy from my local bookseller pal, Sheldon McArthur at North by Northwest Books.
Number-one Fan and husband Steve jumping in here...
The post above was supposed to go out Sunday, but got stuck in the pipes somehow, so Christy asked me to play tech support and knock it loose for y'all. While I'm at it, I'm going to remind you good folks that Christy (writing under her real name of Christina F. York) has written three contemporary romance novels, Loaves and Kisses, Dream House, and Dory Cove. And given that it's Valentine's Day, it seemed like a good excuse to give them a quick plug. All are available in ebook form, from Amazon (links below) and all other major ebook vendors, including Nook, iBooks, Sony, Kobo, etc. There are also still a few copies of the Five Star print edition of "Dream House" out there too, if you're quick about it!
Enjoy!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday Morning Musing
Number One Fan, AKA husband J. Steven York, has been on my case to get back on here and talk to y'all. Being MIA is understandable and all, but at some point you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back to the business at hand.
To quote Morgan Freeman, "Get busy living, or get busy dying." I choose living.
So I'm going to try and be here more often.
For starters, I want to share some good books with you. One thing I have discovered is that I tend to read more nonfiction when I'm writing, and I just finished a really interesting book, THE WAVE, by Susan Casey.
I live close enough to the ocean to fall asleep to the sound of the surf. I love being near the beach. More than that, I need to be near the ocean. The flat Midwestern plains? They make me jumpy-there's no water nearby. My West Coast roots go deep, I grew up in Southern California is the surfer-60s, and I now live in a tsunami evacuation zone. (We watched - from a safe distance at the top of our hill - the surge from the Japanese earthquake last year.) Of course I read this book!
My husband read it first and recommended it to me, and I'm passing along that recommendation. Here's what he had to say about it:
"As it happens, I just recently finished reading an excellent book about big waves, dealing alternately with big-wave science, big-wave surfers, and the history of giant waves and their impact on people and ships. Amazingly little is known about the huge waves our planet is capable or producing. We don't even know how big they can get, and in fact, scientists are having trouble explaining the biggest waves that have already been reliably been observed. Waves seem simple, but it may actually require quantum physics to decode the mysterious behaviors and energies of giant waves."
And if you're a mystery fan (if you're here, you probably are!) and you haven't yet read any of Julie Hyzy's books, you should. Her latest White House chef book, AFFAIRS OF STEAK, recently hit the NY Times list. It's book 5 in the series, and she just keeps getting better! But start with #1-STATE OF THE ONION. You won't want to miss a single adventure in our nation's capital.
That's it for now. I still have some books to write, and some cooking to do, you know. I'll try to be back more often with bits and pieces from the life of a crazy writer!
To quote Morgan Freeman, "Get busy living, or get busy dying." I choose living.
So I'm going to try and be here more often.
For starters, I want to share some good books with you. One thing I have discovered is that I tend to read more nonfiction when I'm writing, and I just finished a really interesting book, THE WAVE, by Susan Casey.
I live close enough to the ocean to fall asleep to the sound of the surf. I love being near the beach. More than that, I need to be near the ocean. The flat Midwestern plains? They make me jumpy-there's no water nearby. My West Coast roots go deep, I grew up in Southern California is the surfer-60s, and I now live in a tsunami evacuation zone. (We watched - from a safe distance at the top of our hill - the surge from the Japanese earthquake last year.) Of course I read this book!
My husband read it first and recommended it to me, and I'm passing along that recommendation. Here's what he had to say about it:
"As it happens, I just recently finished reading an excellent book about big waves, dealing alternately with big-wave science, big-wave surfers, and the history of giant waves and their impact on people and ships. Amazingly little is known about the huge waves our planet is capable or producing. We don't even know how big they can get, and in fact, scientists are having trouble explaining the biggest waves that have already been reliably been observed. Waves seem simple, but it may actually require quantum physics to decode the mysterious behaviors and energies of giant waves."
And if you're a mystery fan (if you're here, you probably are!) and you haven't yet read any of Julie Hyzy's books, you should. Her latest White House chef book, AFFAIRS OF STEAK, recently hit the NY Times list. It's book 5 in the series, and she just keeps getting better! But start with #1-STATE OF THE ONION. You won't want to miss a single adventure in our nation's capital.
That's it for now. I still have some books to write, and some cooking to do, you know. I'll try to be back more often with bits and pieces from the life of a crazy writer!
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