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My book officially has a cover! This should be particularly convenient for readers who prefer their pages stay in a somewhat book-like format.

Regular readers may remember that my piece “Running Venice” is coming out later this summer in the anthology “LAndmarked for Murder,” a collection of Los Angeles crime fiction. The book has three fabulous editors, perhaps most notably the award-winning, best-selling writer Harley Jane Kozak.

You’ll find her name mentioned very prominently on the front. You’ll find mine not so prominently on the back along with all the other contributors, which is fine with me particularly if all her fans snatch up copies like they were a long-lost installment of Harry Potter...or at least a new “Da Vinci Code” knock off.

The best thing about the cover – other than the fact my name is on it – is the following blurb from another best-selling author, Robert S. Levinson.

“No place is safe from the imagination of these writers, partners in crime who offer up an entertaining crook’s tour of L.A. landmarks that stretches from the dangerous heights of Eagle Rock to the murky waters of the Venice Beach canal. What a trip!”

Did you see that? Did you? “...murky waters of the Venice Beach canal.” That’s me, that’s my story! Robert S. Levinson read my story with his own best-selling eyes and then he actually mentioned it in a blurb. I’m not going to lie to you. I did a little dance.

For years, my step-dad had a hunting dog that wasn’t allowed in the house because whenever anyone petted her, she got so excited that she’d pee right there on the floor. Now, I’m not saying I actually peed my pants, but I am saying I now understand what was going on in that dog brain of hers. Some things are just that cool.

As soon as I get the okay to share a .jpg of the cover with ya’ll, I’ll post it on my website and write a heads up here. And as soon as I get a firm in-store date, I’ll pass that along as well. And when that other promised blurb from Miss Kozak comes in, I’ll rent one of those sky writing planes, so keep your eyes peeled.

ahream Dispatches from the City of Angels I'm a mystery writer living in and writing about Los Angeles. You can catch my short story, "Running Venice," in the new anthology LAndmarked for Murder. Look for it in bookstores and on Amazon.com now. In the meantime, feel free to poke around. Over at my website you can find even more blog entries than I could fit here, as well as a few other ramblings. Enjoy and come back often.
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