Two New Reviews by T.L. Cooper
T.L. Cooper, a writer friend living in Oregon, has posted reviews of my two Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery books, A Real Basket Case, and To Hell in a Handbasket, at her website. I found her reviews of both my books and others she has reviewed to be thoughtful and enlightening. At her TL's Picks page, you'll find not only book reviews, including of books about writing, but also reviews of places she has visited. And, while you're at it, take at look at her writing!If you're interested in purchasing A Real Basket

Botany and Homicide, a presentation by Jane Bock
This past Thursday evening, I went to the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America to listen to a very interesting presentation by Jane Bock, Professor emerita at the Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She talked about her work in forensic botany, helping homicide investigators with her expertise in botany and testifying at murder trials.In one example case, Jane examined slides of a victim's stomach contents and identified kidney beans and cabbage, not the fare she would have eaten at McDonald's, her last known

All Quiet on the Home Front
If any of my blog readers are wondering why I haven't posted anything lately, it's because I've been busy writing scenes for my current manuscript, the second in the Mandy Tanner river ranger series that I sold to Midnight Ink. Tentatively titled Evil Eddies, Mandy investigates the murder of a fly fisherman during a fly-fishing tournament on the upper Arkansas river in Colorado. I'm about a third of the way through the rough draft.I'm focusing on getting as much of this rough draft done as possible before the edits arrive on the first manuscript, Wicked Whitewater, sometime in January. To motivate me, I'm participating in

Blogging about Libraries
Today is my day for blogging over at InkSpot, the blog for Midnight Ink authors. I talk about supporting your local libraries and I list some ways in which I think both readers and authors can help. In these tough economic times, libraries are providing essential services to communities that are available nowhere else, and they're having to deal with increased use while their budgets are being decreased. Please took a look at my post and add your ideas to help libraries and experiences in doing so with your local library.

Boo!
In honor of Halloween, here's a photo of me hanging out with some spooky "friends" at Universal Studios last year about this time. :) Enjoy!