Unknown man shot in
The Jennison & Gallup Co.’s store
while in the act of burglarizing
the safe Oct. 13, 1905.
(Stone bought with money
found on his person.)
My next book, Darned If You Do, has a pub date of February 3 - but my favorite bookstore likes to schedule pub parties on the Saturday after weekday releases. But February 7 is already taken. So I asked my publisher if we could release the books January 31 - and they said yes! So if you want an early copy of Darned If You Do, come to Once Upon A Crime January 31 between noon and 2 pm, for talk and treats. Once Upon A Crime is a wonderful store, and I have an excellent publisher, bless both OUAC and Berkley/Prime Crime, a division of Penguin Random.
This is being put up late because I had an early dental appointment that ran long because during a routine cleaning, they found a broken root under my bridge – and also an abscess. And I had to talk to the dentist and make an appointment to have it fixed. Ugh, I hate serious dental work. And the cost is serious, too.
Last Friday I went to my church to set out the Fontanini Christmas creche. Actually, it’s not just the creche, it’s all of Bethlehem plus a sheepfold on the edge of town with a cascade of angels coming down to scare the shepherds.
I began collecting these pieces thirty years ago and it grew and grew until, when we moved into a smaller place, there was no long any room for it in our new apartment. So I donated it to St. George’s, who were not only pleased to get it, but asked me to come set it up and take it down every year. Which I am exceedingly pleased to do. Sometimes things do work out well.
Fontanini is an Italian company and their pieces, cast in resin, are very detailed and beautiful. Here are some photos I took.
5 comments:
Congrats on getting your pub party scheduled as you wanted it, Monica. And good luck with your dental work!
Your release event sounds very nice. I hope you have a lot of success with it.
Dental work is no fun. I hope yours goes well and doesn't break the bank.
I forgot to put a title on my post today.
According to the receptionist at my doctor's office, it is going to cost just a little over five thousand dollars for the dental work to be done. :(
Once Upon A Crime always does a good job with pub parties.
I agree, Linda -- good luck with your dental work!
Maybe you could feature a creche in your upcoming story.
you know, maybe I could mention a huge creche setup like mine in this book, to set it up for another book - uh-oh, another Christmas book, which would dismay my editor - and have someone murder the woman setting it up . . .
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