If you’re at Killer Nashville this weekend, please, take a moment to enter my drawing by performing one (or more!) of the actions listed below. We’ll have more fun than a barrel of monkeys. I’ll draw winners early Saturday morning. You must be present at Killer Nashville 8/23-8/25 to claim your prize. I will notify winners by e-mail.
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Category Archives: The Marriage at the Rue Morgue
I went on vacation without my husband. Picked up the kids and took them to the beach. So I was busy getting a sunburn on Wednesday when my husband made my phone ring at a moment when I wasn’t standing hip deep in the Gulf of Mexico.
“Did you know your book is available on Kindle?”
“It is?”
“So you didn’t know.”
“Are you sure.”
A long silence followed. I thought he was annoyed I’d asked. But then, he came back on. “Yup. Double checked.”
“Well, that’s great. How much is it?”
“About three bucks.”
“Well … I guess I better do something about that.”… Read the rest
If you run a bookstore, please don’t be put off by my “Don’t Buy My Book” campaign. It may be tempting to answer “OK, I won’t. Thanks for the tip, weirdo,” and walk the other direction. But I invite you to take a closer look. I can host murderously fun mystery parties in bookstores. Purely aside from the fact that at least some people who come to an author event will buy that author’s book, if I can shift the focus away from myself, I can create an opportunity for bookstore owners to highlight their mystery collections. Those who don’t buy my book then may very well come back and buy it later, and they are liable to buy something on the spot.… Read the rest
The Marriage at the Rue Morgue comes out today, and I couldn’t be more excited. I have magnets, tote bags, shirts, and Webkinz orangutans to mail out to lucky winners who retweet today’s post with the hashtag #don’tbuymybook (I checked, nobody else is using that one). I’ll also give away prizes if you go to your local library’s twitter feed and share with them using the hashtag #pleasedobuythisbook (again, nobody is using it). Finally, I’ll give you prizes if you share the post on Facebook or G+.
I’m using Woobox to track Twitter hashtags, Facebook likes, and Facebook comments and pick winners from among them.… Read the rest
The don’t buy my book tour 2014
Less than thirty days remain between now and The Marriage at the Rue Morgue’s hardback release. July 16th is coming. But I’ve got a problem, and I need your help. The book is expensive. So can you do me a solid? Go out there and don’t buy it. Don’t-do it as loudly as you can.
Let me explain.
The last time I shelled out for a hardback, it was written by Stephen King. The time before that … well, I don’t remember the time before that, because frankly, I balk at the expense.… Read the rest