REASON #1: The Project That Dare Not Speak Its Name is almost finished and will be speaking its name by the end of the month.
REASON #2: My issue of the Phantom:Generations mini-series is inching closer to comic book stores, and colorist extraordinaire Renato Guerra has posted some stunning sneak peeks at Scott Brooks's artwork.
REASON #3: My Big Red/Old Red story "The Devil's Acre" appears in the new anthology Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime & Mystery Stories of the Year. Sayeth Publishers Weekly: "Readers familiar with Steve Hockensmith only from his novels will enjoy 'The Devil's Acre,' a typically amusing story featuring the Amlingmeyer brothers, cowboys inspired by Sherlock Holmes."
REASON #4: It's almost Bouchercon time! If any of you make it to Indianapolis for the convention, here's where you can find me:
Thursday, Oct. 15
1:30-2:15
Hyatt Regency F
Roundtable discussion with Jeremiah Healy, Michelle Gagnon, Tracy Kiely and Michael Kurland
Friday, Oct. 16
4-:4:55
The Eiteljorg Museum
"The Art of the Western Mystery"
Panel with C.J. Box, Blake Crouch, Craig Johnson, and Ann Parker
Friday, Oct. 16
5:30-7
Indianapolis Central Library
Indiana Mystery Author Celebration (I grew up in Indiana, y'know)
Friday, Oct. 16
9-until I pass out
The Vogue
Johnny Socko reunion show (Little-known fact: I am a funk-ska-polka-punk band's official mascot)
Saturday, Oct. 17
11-noon
Bouchercon '10/'11 registration tables
Signing, promoting, shooting the s**t with Daniel Judson and these fab folks
Saturday, Oct. 17
3-4 p.m.
Indiana Convention Center
Giving presentation ("Zoinks! Everything I Know About Mysteries I Learned from Scooby-Doo") as part of Family Day at Bouchercon
REASON #5: After all this, I'll be able to go home and finally get a good night's sleep.
Steve Hockensmith
October 12, 2009
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