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 31, 2014 | Dancers and Dances I Love
Susana Miller is coming to Seattle in July. The Buenos Aires daily newspaper, Clarin, calls her one of the top four most important influences on contemporary tango (the other three, in case you were wondering, are Miguel Angel Zotto, Gustavo Naveira, and Gerardo...
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. ...