A sign?

Last time I checked, the number of Good Reads members who had signed up for my Great News Town giveaway was 666. What an ominous tally! and on Halloween weekend? Do-do-do-do.

Great Give Away!

Hey, this is fun. I'm giving away five copies of Great News Town on the Good Reads website. Check it out!

Bookin' it!

My Up North friends can now find Great News Town (and Laughing for a Living) in the Traverse Area District Library. That is, if they are quick. Three of the four copies of Great News Town have been checked out already and two of Laughing for a Living are on loan. Don't you just love libraries???

Better than Fair

The Author Fair in Joliet was Awesome. Reconnected with lots of old friends and met lots of new fans, sold a bunch of books and heard wonderful stories from people who remember the summer of 1983 (which inspired the book.)

Write a character!

Well, not only is Duke Dukakis running a cussing contest. Now he's accepting email at dukeyboy44@sbcglobal.net. Try to keep 'em clean. Editor Josie Braun also is taking emails from fans at josiebraun@att.net.  Watch your grammar and spelling. She gets testy about that.

Cussin' Contest!

Ormand "Duke" Dukakis, the crime-fighting reporter in Great News Town, likes creative curse words.  "Peacock Piddle," "Canary Crap," and "Dingo Drizzle" are some of his favorites. Want to join the fun? Use the comment key on this post to suggest a new curse phrase for Duke. If I use your suggested phrase in his next adventure, One Shoe Off, then I'll give you recognition in the credits and send you a free, autographed copy of  One Shoe Off.  

Artsy Smartsy

Whoa! Great News Town will be featured on a self-publishing panel Wednesday between a children's author and a nun's memoir. Talk about contrast. Serial killers are not comic relief.  The panel will be held at Biggby Coffee in St. Joseph, Mi., starting at 7 p.m. I may become a coffee drinker yet!