cj Sez: So many books to read, so little time.
“The Agatha Awards, named in honor of Agatha Christie, are
nominated and voted on by Malice
Domestic fans. The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery—books best
typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The genre is loosely defined as
mysteries which contain no explicit sex or excessive gore or violence; and
usually (but not limited to) featuring an amateur detective, a confined
setting, and characters who know one another. Agatha Awards are awarded in five
categories for works first published in the United States by a living author
during a calendar year. The winners for 2019 publications will be announced at
the Agatha Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 2 in Bethesda, Maryland during
Malice Domestic 32.”
The Malice Domestic Agatha Award Nominees can be found here: http://malicedomestic.org/agathas.html
From the Mystery Writers of America press release on their website
on January 22:
“Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce, as we
celebrate the 211th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the Nominees
for the 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction,
non-fiction and television published or produced in 2019. The Edgar® Awards
will be presented to the winners at our 74th Gala Banquet, April 30, 2020, in
New York City.”
Find out if your favorite author is a nominee here: https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2020-edgar-nominations/
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Mark your calendar! There’s a book signing coming up, and some
of the authors whose stories are in these anthologies will be there to sign
your copies. For sure, I'll be there, looking forward to meeting you!
Plan to stop by The Mobile
Bookseller on Friday, February 7th from 3 to 6 p.m.
The Mobile Bookseller is located at 3990 Government Blvd.,
Mobile, AL, in the Skyland Shopping Center, at the intersection of Hwy. 90 and
Azalea Road.
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On the personal front…
I have new and exciting covers and titles ready to re-issue
my novels. I can hardly wait to reveal them, but I have to revise the front
matter and tweak the stories before I’m ready to publish. Hopefully, that won’t
take too long.
I finished a short story Saturday afternoon (thanks, I’m
sure, to your wishes for good luck), and it is now with a copy editor. The
deadline for submission is looming, and I’m hoping for a fairly clean manuscript
diagnosis so I don’t have to do a crash and burn to incorporate all the
necessary edits in time to submit.
I’ve also started an extensive revision of another short
story to see if I can get it ready for submission to an anthology in two weeks.
My granddaughter, Maggie Rose Johnston, made her debut on
Friday as the "Good Godly Woman" (which she really is in her daily life) in a
country music YouTube video. Like author reviews, the more the video is seen
and commented on, the better….so I’ve been sharing this information all over
Facebook and thought you might enjoy it as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSQgU62j95o&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3cH2-UjfuMnTahwZT6BibUhbUoBuKMQ7bN8NLWHo1sYlY0RJjEbPFDfao
That’s all for this week’s post. You-all guys keep on
keeping on, and I’ll try to do the same.
cj
Autographed print copies of CHOOSING CARTER, DEADLY STAR,
and THE POSSE are still available at the Haunted Bookshop. TO ORDER (and
support an indie bookstore) contact The Haunted Bookshop here: The Haunted Bookshop Angela Trigg, the awesome owner and an
award-winning author in her own right (writing as Angela Quarles) will be happy
to ship you the book(s) of your choice. If you’re in Mobile area, do stop in at
the book store; it’s a neat place to browse. These friendly people make a point
to shelve the books of local authors, and VALENTINE’S DAY PIECES anthology will
be available there soon. If they don’t happen to have any copies of any book
you want, they’ll order it for you.
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