In two weeks NOTORIOUS will be available. March 25 is the big day. I am very excited and nervous and scared. Most of you who read my blog know about my history. I have
This weekend I was one of 45 authors to participate in the Sacramento Library Foundation’s “Authors on the Move” fundraising event. They raised over
I love speaking to kids. They’re usually attentive, interested, and full of questions. So when the opportunity arose to speak during Writer’s Week at my ol
Please welcome guest blogger Piper Bayard … a terrific writer and friend! I love her Bayard & Holmes newsletter and her mostly fun, but sometimes serious, bl
I was an only child. Wherever my mom went, so did I. My grandparents took me camping often in their trailer, and my grandpa had a cabin in Woodside where I spent many,
Allison here: I met J.T. Ellison first online in 2006, then in person at the first Thrillerfest in Arizona. She’d asked me to blurb her debut novel, All the Pret
I wrote this little story nearly four years ago for BLOOD LITE II: OVERBITE, the Horror Writers Association anthology. I was very pleased with the quality of al
Please welcome Murder She Writes alum Roxanne St. Claire for the day! I am so excited she’s here at the new site. Rocki and I have been friends for yearsR
I’m back from Oregon! I had a wonderful time with my mom and daughter visiting Southern Oregon University. Kelly likes the school. I don’t know if it’
It’s finally here. The new Murder She Writes website. And my new author photo. What do you think? I loved our last site, but because it’s now just me, I wa
In two weeks NOTORIOUS will be available. March 25 is the big day.
I am very excited and nervous and scared. Most of you who read my blog know about my history. I have 21 mass market originals, numerous short stories and novellas, and 2 original indie novellas. But NOTORIOUS is my first hardcover.
Everything has been different.
Even the writing.
This weekend I was one of 45 authors to participate in the Sacramento Library Foundation’s “Authors on the Move” fundraising event. They raised over $110,000 toward their summer reading program for children’s literacy.
This marked the third time I’ve been invited to the event, and each time I’ve enjoyed the festivities. Patrons pay $200 each to have a wonderful 4-course dinner with 3 authors — authors rotate between courses. With 8 people at the table, we have the opportunity to answer any questions they might ask about our book or writing. It’s truly fun, though by the end of the night I’m exhausted! The Avid Reader, a local bookstore, sells books at the event, and nearly all of my Lucy Kincaid #7 COLD SNAP was sold. Yeah! (Too bad NOTORIOUS wasn’t out yet!)
I love speaking to kids. They’re usually attentive, interested, and full of questions. So when the opportunity arose to speak during Writer’s Week at my old alma mater, Menlo School, I jumped.
Menlo School is a college prep high school (with a middle school for grades 6-8) and honestly, one of the best schools I’ve seen. What I learned there in four years was certainly college prep–I read books that most people read in college, I was pushed to perform at an advanced level. All classes were, essentially, AP classes. They didn’t have any separate AP or honors classes, and everyone was expected to take AP tests in the subjects they were good at. I took American History and English Lit and passed with 4s.
This is short and not-so-sweet today … because I want to make sure you read Piper Bayard’s fabulous post about her spy! 
But I need to just get this out there … ALMOST HUMAN. I really like this show and while there’s a few little problems (some of the dialogue pacing is off), it’s original and fun and I love the actors and the setting. My boys, 13 and 10, love this show and we watch it together. The season finale aired Monday (no spoilers! It was a short 13 episode season, but we haven’t seen the finale yet) and there’s still NO WORD as to if it’s renewed. TV Line, my favorite source of info on television, has it as “could go either way.” TV By the Numbers says it’s a “toss up.” NO! That’s not fair!
Please welcome guest blogger Piper Bayard … a terrific writer and friend! I love her Bayard & Holmes newsletter and her mostly fun, but sometimes serious, blog (links all below!) I’m so glad she’s here at MSW today, so please make her feel welcome!
James Bond vs. The Spook
By Piper Bayard
I work with Bond. James Bond. The real one.
Please don’t ask me how a small town author/belly dancer/recovering attorney grew up to be the writing partner of one of the world’s most seasoned covert operatives, because that is a story I can never tell. But I can tell you this . . . It’s nothing like fiction.
“Not Holmes. Holmes avoids suits wherever possible.” Image from Canstock
His name is Holmes. Jay Holmes. And unlike James Bond, that’s not his real name. That’s because when covert operatives reveal their identities – even decades after they are out of deep cover – people die. Assets and loved ones alike become targets. So when a celebrity author shows up in an “I’m a Spook” T-shirt flaunting a “covert” career, it’s a dead giveaway that though she may have done some great and necessary work with an intelligence agency, she has never been a covert operative in the field. Covert operatives must forever keep a Chinese wall around their true identities.
Allison Brennan is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty romantic thrillers and mysteries, including the Lucy Kincaid series and the upcoming Max Revere series. She lives in Northern California with her husband and five children.
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Two years before the events in Notorious, Max travels to Colorado Springs to investigate the disappearance of a college student. Frustrated over the lack of interest from both friends of the victim and campus authorities, Max tags along with the leader of search and rescue and his dog through the beautiful and deadly Rocky Mountains in the hopes of finding answers. Every answer she finds leads to more questions--questions neither the police nor the college want Max asking.
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