I apologize for being MIA this week. I was in Las Vegas at the Police Writers’ conference for four days and wasn’t able to post the blogs I had prepared for you. (Not sure if it was the connection, my computer or a glitch with WordPress…)
The conference was presented by the Public Safety Writers Association (PSWA). What a friendly, prolific, interesting group of writers and authors. The sessions were fascinating. I had the opportunity to learn something about the prostitution culture, the mystery of DNA, homeland security as well as writing dialog, the hallmarks of a cozy mystery and so forth.
A large number of the nearly 60 attendees write mysteries and crime/police stories. Since I’m now dabbling in mystery writing, myself, I was quite interested in some of these topics.
My contribution to the conference was a presentation on book promotion–that element of publishing that most authors would like to avoid and that we all need to engage in for as long as we want our books to sell.
Today, I’m inundated with work. I want to post more information about public speaking with you. But let me start the week by sharing an announcement. My little cozy mystery, Catnapped, is finally up at my website. Check it out here: http://www.matilijapress.com/Catnapped There’s a link to the ordering page at Amazon.
It is a Kindle book and sells for $2.99.
Sales have been brisk—staying within four digits. It was down under 6,000 last week. If you like mysteries and cats, you really ought to read this little book.