The Elaine Viets Book Tour

Mystery writer Elaine Viets, who has recently suffered a stroke (but is expected to recover, thank goodness), will not be able to go on tour for her new book, MURDER WITH RESERVATIONS, which is available soon.

I met Elaine for only about thirty seconds at Bouchercon, but she seemed like a friendly and fun person, and like everyone who has heard about her unexpected ill health, I'd like to do my share to talk up her new book and help it on its way into people's homes.

Click on the link to get some information about Elaine's book tour by proxy! More on this next month.

The Snow Continues

The snow continues here, making a comfy chair and a mug of hot chocolate more appealing than any sort of outdoor activity (although it's lovely to watch from the inside).

My children, a hardier sort, want to march right into the whiteness the moment it begins to descend, although half an hour is usually enough to soak their clothes and lessen their high spirits; then they trudge back up the stairs and inside, where warm dry clothes await.

Today, snowbound as I am, I shall spend some time writing a new book (instead of avoiding it, a behavior at which I've become quite talented).