by Lisa Fernow | Jul 3, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love, Books
Lynne Heitman has been my writing mentor and friend ever since I met her in Seattle back in 2000 through a business school classmate. If I remember correctly, I told him I was writing a mystery and he started laughing. I thought he was laughing at me, but no, he was...
by Lisa Fernow | Jun 21, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love
This week I wrote to the staff at The Mysterious Bookshop to see whether they would be interested in carrying Dead on Her Feet. I have a special appreciation for this book store. I was living in NYC in the early ’90’s and at the time was very interested...
by Lisa Fernow | May 24, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love, Publishing
I am so disappointed to read about Amazon’s latest tactics – delaying shipments, raising prices, removing “buy” buttons, marking books as “unavailable” – making it harder and sometimes impossible for us to buy books from...
by Lisa Fernow | May 17, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love, Books
Another mystery writer I got to meet at Malice Domestic was J.J. Murphy, who is a member of the Dorothy Parker Society and (in his words) an award winning health care writer. That should tell you all you need to know about his sense of humor and why he writes. ...
by Lisa Fernow | May 12, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love, Books, Events
I had the pleasure to meet Annamaria Alfieri, author of the historical mystery Blood Tango, at Malice Domestic last weekend. I’d previously downloaded her e-book but when I saw her at the conference I just had to buy a hard copy for her to sign, too. Her book...
by Lisa Fernow | Mar 31, 2014 | Accomplices, Book Stores and Writers I Love, Books
I happened to be reading Publishers Marketplace, the industry rag that lets you know what books are being sold to publishers by various agents, and I came across a book that made me laugh so hard I nearly wet my pants. Here is the description: Les Edgerton’s...