Laurie R. King

Kerry on the LRK Virtual Book Club recently brought up the question of standalone versus series novels: “I have a question for Laurie about standalones vs. series. I hope I’ll be able to express this properly. The question was sparked by reading Touchstone and being mesmerized by its depth and complexity. Then I got to…

Last weekend I linked to a poll on the question of to F or not to F, the restults of which were overwhelming (well, consider your audience…) However, one of the comments noted that LRK is not a writer who tosses in four letter words, er, willy nilly. (Sorry–although the Brits are the only ones…

My friends Ruth and Jon Jordan over at Central Crime Zone, the blog for Crimespree magazine, are hosting LRK today.

You can check out my visit to the Seattle Mystery Bookstore’s blog.

I’m told there’s a LRK podcast here. Let me know what you think. And if you can find it…

Six days: one 7:30 a.m. pickup, two 6:00s, and one 4 a.m.; nine full-fledged events of sixty to ninety minutes; two television and one radio spot; twenty drop-in chats with booksellers; four states; six cities; four plane flights; four escorts; four limo drivers; hundreds of greetings and handshakes; a few thousand autographs (my signature used…

The virtual: My buddy Rick Kleffel has recorded a quickie (an interview, that is) podcast over at his agony column, made just before the inaugural event for Touchstone at the Capitola Bookcafe on Monday night. The real: Wednesday was Portland, with escort Elizabeth driving me to drop-ins all over the city, including one of my…

Tuesday was Bay Area, with a 7:30 pickup by a limo and a transfer of LRK to the gentle ministrations of escort Dolores at the Books Inc in the West Portal area. Dolores is a long-time San Francisco escort, who knows all the streets, all the odd corners of parking, the best dim sun place…

1993: 2008: Same great place: Capitola Bookcafe hosted my first-ever signing, back when St. Martin’s Press was taking a gamble on a new author. The four great ladies of the Bookcafe recently stepped down, but the new owners are every bit as enthusiastic and knowledgeable as you could want. And, as they have every year…

Let me just quietly curse WordPress for the day, and we’ll be back tomorrow.