Books

The Double Life

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Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day…here’s an early peek at the cover of DIAGNOSIS MURDER #7: THE DOUBLE LIFE, which comes out in November (Click on the photo for a larger image).

Monk Envy

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My latest Natalie Blog is now up at the USA Network’s Monk site:

In some ways, I envy Mr. Monk. He has direction in his life. He
knows who he is, what his talents are, what he was put on this earth to do. He’s
known since he was a kid.

Monk was born to be a detective. And he’s brilliant at it.

I’m not sure what I was born to do, what I’m good at, or where my life is
going. I’m sure there are other people like me, but I still feel like the only
one who didn’t arrive with pre-installed software.

The Storm over Quiet Storm

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Yet another print-on-demand press has abruptly folded. The latest casualty appears to be Quiet Storm which, according to several outraged authors, has suddenly stopped delivering pre-paid orders for books, paying royalties and answering inquiries.

This leaves authors with books in the Quiet Storm pipeline in limbo, unsure if or when they will get the rights to their unpublished manuscripts back. This is an awful situation to be in — sadly, I know from personal experience when, twenty years ago, the original incarnation of Pinnacle Books went under, taking my royalties and one unpublished manuscript down with them.

I feel terrible for these authors, many of whom are friends of mine, but their unfortunate plight should be a warning to anyone still considering getting into business with a so-called P.O.D. "publisher" (especially those that began as a vanity enterprise for the  "editor/publisher" which, in the case of Quiet Storm, was author Clint Gaige). Most of these are shaky operations at best, with little or no retail distribution.

If you’re considering signing with a P.O.D. press:  reconsider.

Diagnosis Murder: The Dead Letter

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I’ve received several emails today asking how you can get signed copies of DIAGNOSIS MURDER: THE DEAD LETTER. It’s easy. Simply send an email to Mysteries To Die For, a bookstore in Thousand Oaks, CA and they can give you the details. They will swiftly deliver signed, personalized copies of any of my books (Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Man With the Iron-On Badge) to just about anywhere the world.

Abbott Not Panicking

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The movie adaptation of Jeff Abbott’s PANIC is moving along at a nice clip.  Richard Regen is writing the script  and Richard Shepard, who helmed the Pierce Brosnan movie THE MATADOR, will direct. I thought MATADOR was great, but all I know about Regen is that he worked on the short-lived UPN series SECRET AGENT MAN.