Written at the request of Zoe, She Who Must Be Obeyed at Head of Zeus’ promotional department. For one thing, the parallels between that time and this are inescapable. I just read a book by a Stanford professor named Richard White who posits that the robber barons then weren’t all that smart or attractive and…
ICYMI, HoZ/Bloomsbury gave The Harvey Girl her own video. *squee* Launching at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale onSaturday, February 28th, at 4pm. Available also in e:Kindle.USKindle.UK
Two thousand year-old druid Atticus O’Sullivan has relocated to present day Tempe, Arizona, in an attempt to avoid a centuries-in-the-making throw-down with his ancient enemy, Aenghus Óg, who wants Atticus’ sword and Atticus’ head, pretty much in that order. Smart dialogue, good action scenes, a series made for Jim Butcher fans. Of which I am…
Love this story. (h/t my feed, mirabile dictu–something good showed up there for a change!) Man, it just goes on forever, with miraculously no deaths. (And the writer in me cannot resist a shoutout to John D. MacDonald’s Cry Hard, Cry Fast) What really happened at Davos. Quote: “First, the Europeans were finally pushed to…
What’s wrong with this picture? A question I asked my editor, but only after I had made a thermal mug on Zazzle with it. Sigh…However, FYI, I will be giving that away to some lucky fan at the Poisoned Pen on February 28, 2026. It is definitely and will forever be unique. The promotional “asset”…
Oh hell yeah.
From Zoe, Marketing Manager at Head of Zeus– “Attaching some exciting photos of a proof of mailing we did in the office today!” [First of all: “Proof of mailing.” Heh.] That’s the ARC (advanced reading copy) going out to a select few book reviewers and bloggers (“few” because ARCs are even more expensive to print…
The Castañeda Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico, another still-standing Harvey House hotel and restaurant, almost fully restored thanks to the efforts of Allan Affeldt. Two interior shots of the Castañeda. There were even Harvey Girl dolls. The one at left is dressed in the uniform of one of the Harvey Girl Couriers, who guided…
