For those of you who are just discovering my blog, a little up front information: I’m currently rereading the entire Cork O’Connor series, something I’ve never done. This as a kind of celebration of the fine-looking trade paperback editions of my backlist released this summer. I’ve been waylaid for a while by other concerns, but … Read more
I’m about to embark on another book tour. This will be my tenth. Let me tell you about a book tour. When I began publishing nearly a dozen years ago, the prevailing wisdom was that book tours were an essential part of the promotion of a new work. The idea, not a bad one, was … Read more
I graduated from high school just over forty years ago. (Please don’t do the age calculation.) This past weekend, I attended the 40th reunion of the 1969 graduating class of Hood River High School in Hood River, Oregon. It was, all things considered, a pretty remarkable experience. At some point in your lives, most of … Read more