Another round for Bob White and friends

I just realized I didn’t post any blog for July! My excuse is that I was wrapped up with Birder Murder books – finishing the first draft of the third book in the series and beginning the marketing for the second book, “Murder on Warbler Weekend,” which debuts September 1. If you take a look at my events column, you’ll see some of the fruit of my work: I’ve got some big book events coming up this fall. Marketing, I’ve discovered in the past year, is one of the biggest tasks for a new author. It takes a lot of phone and email time, patience and perseverance. The payoff, though, is well worth it, since it ultimately connects me with you, my readers. I hope to see many of you at my Launch Party at Once Upon a Crime on September 10. Pat and Gary, the store owners, are not only savvy booksellers, but also knowledgable guides to the Twin Cities mystery-writing community. Getting to know them in the last year has been one of those author perks I didn’t expect! I always have a great time when I’m in their store, and I’m thrilled to have them host my first Launch Party. Maybe we can make it an annual event!

Tags: Birder Murder, book signing, Murder on Warbler Weekend

Trust Me!

I always get a laugh from bloopers – the mistakes people make in using the English language. And, believe me, as a college English teacher, I see plenty of them every term in my students’ papers. Here’s a short collection of them from this past school year for your own reading enjoyment.

Blooper: “Every year on The Day of the Dead, families go to cemeteries to visit their diseased relatives.”

My comment on the student’s paper: I think you mean ‘deceased’ relatives. Typically, ‘diseased’ relatives are either in the hospital, a nursing facility, or at home. Cemetaries are places you bury bodies, not a place to host get-well parties. That would be pretty depressing for the patient, don’t you think? ‘Hey, Uncle Stu, let’s get everyone together at the local graveyard to ...more...

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