When Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards announced that three of my books were finalists in their 2017 competition back in March, I was mighty pleased. Today, they’ve announced the final results, and all three of my books got extra pats on the back! GETTING OFF ON FRANK SINATRA received (more…)
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Benjamin Franklin Book Awards 2018
I am thrilled to announce that three of my books were honored by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) with Benjamin Franklin Book Awards. Strings: A Love Story won gold in the Romance category, Full Service Blonde won gold in the Mystery & Suspense category, and Getting off on Frank Sinatra won the Bill Fisher Award for best first book by a new publisher (Imbrifex Books). Aaron Reed, whose book Fly Fishing Austin and Central Texas is due out in 2019, was kind enough to be on hand to accept the awards on my behalf, and he also took the picture above.
An Evening of Strings to Celebrate a Book Called Strings
Strings: A Love Story got a kickoff like few others last Wednesday. Violinist Ethan Lee and cellist Marcus Lee filled the beautiful, two-story atrium at the Viewpointe Executive Suites in Las Vegas with music so lovely I swear I saw a tear or two. Oh, wait. Those were mine.
And there was more. Juan Soto, who is a luthier by trade, brought several of his most beautiful (and expensive) violins for everyone to see. He also brought a violin in pieces, so we could get a glimpse what it takes to craft one of these amazing instruments.
And The Goodwich, that wonderful restaurant downtown that fortunately will travel, provided (more…)
Strings: The Story Behind the Story—and an invitation!
My new novel, Strings: A Love Story, will be released September 12th. That date is fast approaching, so I thought I’d write a little about what this book is about and how it came to be.
Strings is about Ted and Olivia, a pair of soul mates who meet when they are both students at a California boarding school back in the 1960s. Life gets in the way of their youthful plans to be together, but neither one ever forgets the connection they shared as teenagers.
Ted goes on to be a noted violinist, and Olivia finds success as an actor. When the unexpected appearance of (more…)