Mercury's Rise Virtual Tour: Comment and Win a Prize!

I hit the virtual road on Halloween with a tour through the blog-o-sphere. Comment on the post-of-the-day and you'll be eligible to win a prize!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Patricia Stoltey http://patriciastoltey.blogspot.com/

(Host: Patricia Stoltey)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011    ~~Release Day!!~~

The Silver Rush Mysteries http://silverrushmysteries.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Victorian West http://www.thevictorianwest.com/

(Host: Michelle West)

Thursday, November 3, 2011

The LadyKillers http://theladykillers.typepad.com/

Friday, November 4, 2011

My Word, My World, My Work http://andidowning.wordpress.com/

(Host: Andi Downing)

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Blood Red Pencil http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/

(Host: Dani Greer)

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Type M for Murder http://typem4murder.blogspot.com/

(Host: Donis Casey)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Writers of the West http://writersofthewest.blogspot.com/

(Host: Jean Henry Mead)

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Diana Orgain http://dianaorgain.com/blog/

(Host: Diana Orgain)

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Writing Strong Women http://writingstrongwomen.com/

(Host: Sylvia Dickey Smith)

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Roux Morgue http://clairemjohnson.blogspot.com/

(Host: Claire Johnson)

Friday, November 11, 2011

Pens Fatales http://www.pensfatales.com/

(Host: Sophie Littlefield)

Saturday, November 12 – Sunday, November 13, 2011

Poe’s Deadly Daughters http://poesdeadlydaughters.blogspot.com/

(Host: Sandra Parshall)

Tuesday, November 15

Poisoned Pen Press http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/category/blog/

(Host: The PPP Posse)

 

MERCURY'S RISE: Lovely Cover

The lovely cover of Mercury's Rise is beginning to appear here and there throughout the internet.

The cover image is from a photo from Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Department. The description for the photo runs thusly: Well dressed men, women, and children pose in and near a pavilion over the spring at Ute Iron Spring in Manitou (El Paso County), Colorado. The wooden, open air pavilion has decorative wood brackets and sitting benches. Men pose on or beside high-wheel bicycles. An iron fence surrounds the spring, within the pavilion.

The timeframe given in the description is circa 1880 to 1890. Definitely not summer of 1880--the timeframe for Mercury's Rise. This photo shows Manitou as it "would become," the vision that many folks, real and fiction, had for this spa town in my story.

Blog Talk Radio with Red River Writers

I will be on BlogTalk Radio's Red River Writers Live with Peggy and Jon on Monday, May 11, 10 a.m. Pacific and noon Central time. Drop on by the chatroom or dial in and ask questions... you can even listen later, since the shows are recorded, by checking out http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rrradio. Find the listing and the audio will begin.
After I'm done, Peggy Greene and Jon Magee will be interviewing author Nancy E. Turner, so you get two writers of the "Victorian American West" in a single hour!

Mercury's Rise, fourth in the Silver Rush series, up for pre-order

The title says it all: Mercury's Rise, fourth in the Silver Rush historical mystery series, is now available for pre-order in hard cover, tradepaper, and large print. I found it at the following places online:

Amazon: hard cover ... tradepaper ... large print
Chapters/Indigo: hard cover ... tradepaper ... large print

... And, of course, you can always put in a pre-order at your favorite local bookstore! :-)

Release date: November 1 (or so), 2011When Mercury's Rise opens, Inez is on a stagecoach from Leadville to Manitou Springs, where she will see her sister and rejoin her young son at last. But the stagecoach ride turns out to be much more than she bargains for....

Appearing at Book Fair in Denver, May 14

YES!! I will be in Denver, signing books with the other 2010 Colorado Book Award finalists on Friday, May 14, from 2 to 5 p.m.
The Book Fair, hosted by Colorado Humanities, will be at Barnes & Noble at 500 16th Street (The Pavilions), Denver, Colorado. This is all to benefit the Writers in the Schools (WITS) program, which sends professional, published writers to K-12 classrooms to hold writing workshops with students. For more information check out the Colorado Humanities website here.

Bouchercon Bound

Looking forward to Bouchercon, THE big annual mystery con, this coming week. Will be bearing bookmarks and chocolate, and appearing on the following panels:

• Thursday, October 15, 9 a.m. MEN, WOMEN AND MURDER THROUGH THE AGES (Concept Room)
• Friday, October 16, 4 p.m. THE ART OF THE WESTERN MYSTERY (The Eiteljorg Museum: off-site)

Other than that, I'll be at the Librarians' Tea, the SinC breakfast, and just wandering around in general—taking in the panels and events, meeting old friends, and (hopefully) making some new...

Salida's Book Haven Aug. 5; then to Leadville

... Am typing away up here in Salida's very cool Carnegie library. My whereabouts the next few days:

• The Book Haven August 5 (today), 5 - 7 p.m., to sign books and chat with whoever drops in. Hope to see lots of friendly faces!
• August 6, I'll be up in Leadville (at last!) at The Book Mine from 4 p.m. until whenever.
• August 7, noon to 2 p.m. in Leadville, at the Healy House/Dexter Cabin gift shop.... and then...
  
• August 7, 3 - 5 p.m., at the Lake County Public Library.
• August 8, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. (or so) at The Book Mine once more.

After that, it's time for me to say "good-bye" to Colorado (for now) and head on home briefly before tackling Arizona.

Win a signed copy of Silver Lies or Leaden Skies

Library Director/Book Reviewer Lesa Holstine is holding a drawing for a signed copy of Silver Lies (the first of the Silver Rush series) and a signed copy of Leaden Skies (the latest in the series) on her Lesa's Book Critiques blog. To participate, follow her instructions at the "Winners and Leadville Contest" post. The contest ends this Thursday, July 23.

Silver Rush mystery series is Leadville's "One Book, One Community" pick

Leadville, Colorado, has announced that their "One Book, One Community" program this summer will feature the Silver Rush historical mystery series. (Not one book, not two, but all three.)

In Lake County Public Library's press release, Head Librarian Nancy McCain says: "We picked the Silver Rush mystery series because we know everyone who reads Leaden Skies will want to read all the Inez Stannert books. Our history is part of the magic of this place and we can really sense these stories because we live here. Ann Parker blends impeccable research with imagination and rich detail that’s close to home. So let’s read for the fun of it!”

The program runs from July 5 through August 15.

More details will be forthcoming... stay tuned...

Castro Valley Library on Tuesday, May 12, 7:30 p.m.

If you are in the East Bay and close to Castro Valley, come on around for the Mystery Authors Night hosted by Friends of the Castro Valley Public Library. I will be part of the panel appearing with

• Margaret Grace (aka Camille Minichino)
• Dana Fredsti
• Mark Coggins

Hope to see you there!

2009 is the year for Leaden Skies

Just a little bit of good news to share before it's no longer news. . .

The next in my Silver Rush series, Leaden Skies, will be out July 2009 from Poisoned Pen Press. Hurray! (she says as she collapses in relief. . .)

For more on the title and "why Leaden Skies," see my blog entry "What's in a name?" on the Silver Rush Mysteries blog site.