I got my issue of Suspense Magazine the other day ... and guess what? I'm featured in it!A CRAFTY KILLING was deemed one of the best novels of 2011.
To say I'm thrilled is putting it mildly. I'm ecstatic! This novel has a special place in my heart. It was a Malice Domestic finalist that sat on the shelf for way too long a time. It was only because the Booktown Mysteries did so well that it sold, for it had been rejected by everybody -- not because of the writing, but because it was set in an antiques arcade. All I had to do was change the venue and BINGO! It sold.
I've watched the sales and am sad to say they don't come anywhere near the Booktown sales. That's because nobody knows who Lorraine Bartlett is. I'm hoping the mention in Suspense Magazine will help that. Because now I'm thinking about the sequel, THE WALLED FLOWER, which will be out in two months. (And right now two months seems like a l-o-n-g time from now, but I know before I know it, it'll be summer again, and then fall and winter and ... holy smoke! Where does the time go?)
Anyway, it feels really good for my work to be acknowledged by one of the mystery magazines. (If you get the magazine, it's in the December issue, Page 32.)
Wheeeeee!!!! Congratulations! You go, girl!! Many hugs and don't worry, your name will get known. Can't keep a terrific new series down and yours is certainly terrific. This article is sure to raise people's awareness. Yay!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! This is totally well deserved. I loved A Crafty Killing (not as much as the Booktown series - sorry but I just love the idea of a town of bookstores and Miss Marple melts my heart) and I'm definitely going to buy The Walled Flower on release day.
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