With writers conferences, bookshop appearances, and the publishing industry grinding to a standstill the last few months, I feel very fortunate to have any events to announce. On July 3, at 5 p.m. (Pacific Time), I will be reading with other Santa Cruz Women of Mystery at a Bookshop Santa Cruz Zoom Forward event. You … Read more
The Big Day, the launch of SANTA CRUZ NOIR, was a resounding success! Santa Cruz showed up in force for a SRO audience at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Editor Susie Bright kept the evening whirling along with her wit. Check out her marvelous gloves. You can win these black leather beauties by writing a review … Read more
After months of anticipation, SANTA CRUZ NOIR will finally launch at Bookshop Santa Cruz, Tuesday, June 19th, at 7pm. Or, buy it now. Kirkus Review gave this nice shout out to my story in SANTA CRUZ NOIR: “Though many of these stories are more interested in evoking a voice or mood than pursuing a plot … Read more
Opportunity rained down on me like manna from heaven! A few months ago, Moon Travel Guides contacted me about being part of a promotional program. The seed idea was to pair Moon’s travel guides with books set in the guides’ destinations. For example, they recently paired their Colorado travel guides with the wonderful historical mysteries … Read more
Whew! What a fabulous, exhausting whirlwind! I was interviewed by our local treasure Wallace Baine for the local Sentinel newspaper. Little did I know that the article about me and Lostart Street would wind up on the front page on June 5, 2017! Mystery novelist shares her story. Wow! On June 3, I participated in … Read more
I’ve written something new and different, a cross-genre novel titled Lostart Street. The year is 1982. Twenty-eight-year-old would-be writer Cecile abandons her life in San Francisco to accept a teaching position in a small California coast town. Forced to move quickly, she rents a unit in a complex meant for the elderly and handicapped. Wounded … Read more
December enters with a bang! Vinnie has two events on December first. Her Goodreads giveaway of Murder, Honey starts as a promotion for the rapidly approaching release of the seventh Carol Sabala mystery, Black Beans & Venom. (January 8th, Bookshop Santa Cruz) Also, her short story Disappearance has been published in phren-Z literary magazine. The other authors … Read more