by Kristopher | Sep 23, 2015 | Conference Recap
From The Booking Desk: My Bouchercon Schedule proves that my personality is pretty evenly split between being a plotter and pantser: I have a rigid outline with plenty of room for spontaneity. In just two weeks, I’ll be leaving for Raleigh, North Carolina for...
by Kristopher | Sep 3, 2015 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: Last year, I created a series of four blog posts which offered advice to the attendees of Bouchercon (and really any book conference). I did it as a way of putting my own thoughts down on paper, but by the time Bouchercon 2014 rolled around, it...
by Kristopher | Sep 2, 2015 | Conference Recap
The title of this post alone is enough to transport me back to Sunday afternoon in Washington, DC. Louise Penny is out on a brief tour for her latest Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novel, The Nature of the Beast, and this year’s tour brought her close enough for me to...
by Kristopher | Jun 10, 2015 | Conference Recap
From The Booking Desk: There is another crime fiction festival on the horizon – but this one comes with a twist. BritCrime is an online crime fiction festival, so that means you can attend without leaving the comforts of home. Over 40 of your favorite authors...
by Kristopher | May 19, 2015 | Conference Recap, Interview
From the Booking Desk: At the recent Malice Domestic conference in Bethesda, Maryland, I had the distinct pleasure of sitting with Judy Bobalik at the Malice-Go-Round event. For those that don’t know, this is a type of speed dating for authors in which pairs of...
by Kristopher | May 15, 2015 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: Last night was the Baltimore premiere (and only showing) of Every Secret Thing, the film based on the 2003 Laura Lippman novel. Hosted by The Charles Theatre, the screening was followed by a Q&A session with Laura (with Alafair Burke...
