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As I’ve mentioned, my new novel, Die and Stay Dead, the sequel to Dying Is My Business, is being released on September 30. I will be doing several readings and signings around the New York City area in celebration, and I hope you’ll be able to join me. Here are the details:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, WORD, 7 PM

This will be the official launch! Copies of Die and Stay Dead will be available for purchase. I’ll be reading and signing, of course…but wait, there’s more! Joining me will be two special guests: Shirley Jackson Award-winning horror author Laird Barron and critically acclaimed mystery author L.A. Kornetsky (a.k.a. Nebula Award-nominee Laura Ann Gilman), both of whom will be reading from and signing their own latest works! You definitely don’t want to miss this one!

WORD
126 Franklin Street
Brooklyn

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, WRITERS READ NYC, 6 PM

I’ll be reading with several other authors — I don’t know who yet — at this venerable literary reading series held at the Sidewalk Cafe. I plan to have some copies of Die and Stay Dead with me for purchase. A full menu of food and drink will be available. There is a $5 cover charge.

The Sidewalk Cafe
94 Avenue A (corner of 6th St.)
Manhattan

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION READING SERIES, 7 PM

Join me and Bram Stoker Award-nominated horror author John Langan for an evening of readings and book signings in a hip SoHo art gallery! Copies of Die and Stay Dead will be available for purchase. There is a $7 suggested donation at the door.

SoHo Gallery for Digital Art
138 Sullivan Street (between W. Houston and Prince)
Manhattan

I hope to see you at one of these events, or even all three! In the meantime, don’t forget that you can preorder Die and Stay Dead from Amazon or your favorite bookseller.

Hey, folks, here’s a reminder that I’ll be taking part in an Urban Fantasy discussion tonight on Twitter. Joining me will be authors Mia Marshall, Linda Poitevin, and Alexander Kosoris, along with special guest Kate from the popular website All Things Urban Fantasy. Leading the discussion will be Beverly Bambury, a professional book publicist from Toronto.

You can join the discussion by following the hashtag #GenreLitChat starting at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST tonight. If you’re not on Twitter, don’t worry, you can still join us by going to this special TWUBS page, which will follow the hashtag for you.

Hope you can join us!

Circle the wagons! This time, three of my brother and sister-in-law’s cats have surrounded their copy of Dying Is My Business. Four if you count my brother, whose legs are visible in the upper right, as another of my sister-in-law’s cats, which you should feel free to do.

(If your cats would also like to sit on a copy of Dying Is My Business, why not order one today?)

It’s finally September, folks, and that means it’s Die and Stay Dead month! This sequel to Dying Is My Business is due on bookstore shelves on September 30, so you can expect to see lots of links here to interviews, essays, and reviews from all around the Web this month and next. There will also be several readings and signings around the New York City area, which I’ll let you know about soon. In the meantime, I have two exciting bits of news to share with you!

First I will be taking part in a Twitter discussion on the topic of Urban Fantasy on Thursday, September 4th, starting at 8 PM. Joining me will be authors Linda Poitevin, Mia Marshall, Alexander Kosoris, and the woman who runs the popular book website All Things Urban Fantasy. The discussion will be led by book publicist Beverly Bambury. Click here for the TWUBS website where you can follow the #GenreLitChat hashtag Thursday night if you’re not on Twitter or if you just don’t want to bother with Twitter.

Second, Die and Stay Dead is featured in the September issue of the International Thriller Writers’ newsletter, The Big Thrill, where I am interviewed by international bestselling author Ethan Cross. Here’s a snippet of me mouthing off about a pet peeve:

[T]hese days I can always spot when an author is reaching for low-hanging fruit, or clearly hasn’t thought a scene through properly. Lazy writing drives me crazy in a way that I think it only drives other writers crazy. I think generally readers may not be as attuned to that kind of stuff. Characters acting out of character also trips me up, or when a character I’m supposed to like or think of as heroic does things off the cuff that I find repugnant, like fat-shaming someone or being blatantly sexist. It makes me wonder what the author was thinking, or if they were even thinking at all.

Stay tuned for lots more to come as we count down to Die and Stay Dead‘s publication. In the meantime, don’t forget that you can pre-order the novel from Amazon or your favorite bookseller!