If you Google, oh, say ‘e2’80’9clesbian detective,’e2’80’9d or ‘e2’80’9cSherlock Holmes,’e2’80’9d or ‘e2’80’9cKate Martinelli,’e2’80’9d or a bunch of similar search words, look at what appears on the links to the right. Some of them are just me, but some of them can win you a hardcover copy of The Art of Detection. (I had to have…

Happy ART OF DETECTION day! The publication day for a new book is a time of tension for a writer. (Although come to think of it, when ISN’e2’80’99T a time of tension for a writer?) Yes, the PW, Kirkus, Booklist and Library Journal reviews are in, and positive, but now the newspapers wait in the…

Not a lot of work being done chez King the last few days, although a lot of labor. Memorial Day weekend is one of the two social high points on the family calendar (the other being Thanksgiving) which means friends-and-relations from as far as Portland flying, driving, and crawling in (our driveway is really, really…

There are two audio podcasts out there to do with my recent adventures in the Artist of the Year trade. First, my KUSP radio interview with the always excellent Rick Kleffel, posted on his Agony column (and I’e2’80’99ll just put the address here, since many of you have problems with my links): http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-22-06.htm#KingLaurieR And on…

We’e2’80’99ve done quite a few changes to the web site recently’e2’80’94take a look at it. You might especially enjoy the new Kate Martinelli’e2’80’99s World page. Let us know what you think.

So, children, what have we learned by Saturday’e2’80’99s efforts? I learned that I can write through the panic. It’e2’80’99s nice to know that I still have the skill to zero in on what I’e2’80’99m doing and let the outside world fade. I could do this when I was first starting as a writer, when I…

A note about the time of Saturday’s event. It begins at 11:00 Pacific Time, but yes, we’re on Daylight Savings now. It might be simplest to ring your operator and ask what time it is in CA, but community member Cornelia has recommended http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ as an online resource.  Our sight-impaired readers may prefer to use http://www.thetimenow.com/worldclock.php, which…

As I’m sure you know by now, unless you’ve just stumbled on this site, I am scheduled to do an event as my performance to celebrate being named my county’s Artist of the Year. That event will be a writer’s improv, when online viewers can watch the live writing of a story eventually intended to…

Am I scared? I’e2’80’99m hearing the question almost daily now, and frankly, I wasn’e2’80’99t until people started asking me. On May 20th I go online and write, for all the public to laugh at. Having been named my county’e2’80’99s Artist of the Year, it seemed to me I had to give back, and this is…

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to talk to the local (Northern California) Mystery Writers of America group about, among other things, promotion. Now, as I said to Cara Black when she asked me, I’e2’80’99m probably not the person to talk to for recommendations about promotion. Joe Konrath, sure; Laurie King, not so…