On Sunday, March 8, I participated in a panel discussion with other authors at Leaves Bakery and Books. I’ve appeared there before and blogged about my visits here, here, and here. They haven’t had enough of me yet, I guess.
Ashlee G. Rosales
I hadn’t met Ashlee before this event. She’s written a romance book called Let Me Protect You: A Granite Falls Romance. In the novel, a woman hires a bodyguard, but that protector turns out to be her ex-boyfriend.
Susan Ayres
The lone poet on our panel, Susan was another new acquaintance for me. She’s titled her newest chapbook of poetry Red Cardinal, White Snow. One reviewer wrote, “These poems are a master class in the art of becoming human.”
Scott Finley
I’d met Scott at a previous visit to Leaves, so was familiar with his Voyages of the Queen series. Each novel involves a ship’s nurse aboard an ocean liner in 1929 who ends up solving murders.
Me
I babbled some answers to the questions put to us by Tina, our moderator. I also read from my short story, “Weathervane Wally,” which appears in Ain’t Our First Rodeo.
A small audience showed up for this event. (A larger audience wouldn’t have fit in the available space.) Perhaps out of courtesy, they didn’t fall asleep during the blathering of—
Poseidon’s Scribe
