Protag interview and some upcoming events

cj Sez: Today, I’m interviewing Dr. Mirabel Campbell, the protagonist in the novel, THE DAWGSTAR.

Lyrical Pens: Dr. Campbell, tell us a little bit about yourself. What do you do for a living? Any hobbies?
 
Mirabel Campbell, PhD.: Call me Mirabel, please. I’m a botanist, and I’ve just finished working on the international genome project. Before you ask, I was studying the genomes of plants, not people. Finishing the project allowed me to spend more time with my new hobby, astronomy. The skies around Mendocito, California, where I live are super dark and perfect for star-gazing.
 

LP: So, you traded a microscope for a telescope. 

MC: When you say it that way, my life sounds pretty boring. Neither activity by itself is exciting by any stretch of the imagination, but let me tell you, the two of them together? You know how people say, ‘What you don’t know can’t hurt you?’ I found out what I didn’t know could kill me.
 
LP: Oh wow. What happened?
 
MC: One night I was out with my brand-new telescope and spotted what I thought was a new comet. That chance sighting was nearly the death of me. I became the target of a sociopathic assassin and got dragged into the middle of an international crisis—we’re talking foreign intrigue, DARPA, and the CIA. Obviously I survived. but two people close to me didn’t. That’s all I can tell you because of national security issues. The things that can be made public are revealed in cj petterson’s tell-all book, THE DAWGSTAR.
 
Lyrical Pens says: THE DAWGSTAR is a suspenseful thriller with a touch of rekindled romance when Mirabel’s ex-husband is the CIA agent assigned to keep what she saw from going public and to provide 24/7 protection.

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More Author and Reader Notes

  Congratulations to P.M. Raymond, the winner of the Sisters in Crime 2024 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Crime Writers of Color! 

  From the SinC announcement: “Raymond’s winning submission, ‘A Nasty Business’ is set on a Louisiana farm where a family tradition forces the heirs to compete in a series of grueling tasks.”

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  This year’s annual Alabama Writers Cooperative (AWC) conference for writers, readers, and literary community.is happening September 6-8, 2024, in Orange Beach, AL.

 For more info, click on the following link:  2024 Conference — Alabama Writers Cooperative

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  CALLAHAN IN ACTION, Book 6 in the Cat Callahan Mystery Series, is scheduled to launch August 8, and it's available for preorder. Click on the link below so you can put your name on a copy now:  https://books2read.com/CatCallahan6  I got mine ordered.

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  LOYALTY, book 3 in author Carrie Dalby’s Washington Square Secrets series, releases August 27, 2024. And it’s available for pre-order now!

“In the autumn of 1920, a murder-suicide shakes the residents of Washington Square. Officer Jim Abbott doesn’t realize the return of his shellshock is only the beginning of his concerns.”

  Original watercolor featured on the cover is by Mobile Bay area artist Amanda Manley. 

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  Okay, that’s it for today. You-all guys keep on keeping on, and I’ll try to do the same. Raising prayers for a happy and safe you and yours. (P.S.A.: Counting August, there are five monthly paydays until Christmas.)

cj

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