A Book Savor Chat with MommyMaestra.com Founder Monica Olivera
The Book Savor series grew out of my love for good book, great friends and interesting conversations about what we are reading. This week's guest, Monica Olivera, the founder of MommyMaestra.com and...
A Book Savor Chat with Mystery Author Jerold Last
The Book Savor series grew out of my passion for great books, great friends, and conversations about books we love. Join in! This week mystery author Jerold Last talks about the books he savors....
Ebook vs Print: Enough Already and Here’s Why
As both an author and an avid reader I'm often asked what now seems like an age-old question: ebooks or print? The question implies that I find one superior to the other. Often, the person asking...
Huffington Post Premieres Emilia Cruz Short Story
This week the very first Emilia Cruz story, "The Beast," was published by Huffington Post, in the website's Huff/Post 50 showcase of female fiction writers. Acapulco beat cop Emilia Cruz wants to...
Book Review: For Love of a Cause by Elly Michaels
Every once in awhile we come across books that we simply can't put down. FOR LOVE OF A CAUSE by Elly Michaels is one of them. In 1970’s Bolivia a small insurgent group is battling an undefined but...
A Book Savor Chat with Writer Elizabeth A. Martina
The Book Savor series is new to this blog and grew out of my passion for good books, good friends, and great discussions about what we are reading. This week writer Elizabeth A. Martina shares the...
In Memorium: The Unsung Influence of Mystery Author Leighton Gage
Fellow international mystery author Leighton Gage, creator of the Inspector Silva mystery series set in Brazil, passed away last week at his home in Florida. I never met him but he influenced me as...
Illustrating the Release of HAT DANCE with Drama and Dialogue
Great mystery novels need drama and dialogue. HAT DANCE, the latest Emilia Cruz novel, delivers both but sometimes words aren't enough. Sometimes it helps to have images as...
Book cover design: Updating political thriller THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY
This book cover design story starts about seven years ago when I was eating dinner with Sherry, the genius of all things PR, in a swanky Italian restaurant. Red wine, tortellini, and a laptop with...
Book Review: The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo
THE REDEEMER by Jo Nesbo is the midpoint novel in the Harry Hole series set in Norway, picking up where the last left off and priming the reader for another just as fast as Nesbo can write it. I’ve...
A Book Savor Chat with Marketing Expert Bobby McDaniel
The weekly Book Savor series grew out of my passion for good books, good friends, and great discussions about what we are reading. This week marketing expert Bobby McDaniel shares the books he...
3 Compelling Lessons from The Lone Ranger
Were the critics right when they proclaimed The Lone Ranger a flop? I like to judge these things for myself so when the movie came to my local theater (as El Llanero Solitario with Spanish...
A Book Savor Chat with Crime Fiction Author Jason Beech
The weekly Book Savor series grew out of my passion for good books, good friends, and great discussions about what we are reading. And what is the best way to get those great book discussions...
A Book Savor Chat with DifferentOutcomes.net’s Jason Sullivan
The Book Savor series is new to this blog and grew out of my passion for good books, good friends, and great discussions about what we are reading. And what is the best way to get those great book...
A Book Savor Chat with Fiction Author Flora Solomon
The Book Savor series is new to this blog and grew out of my passion for good books, good friends, and great discussions about what we are reading. And what is the best way to get those great book...
A Book Savor Chat with Thriller Author Khaled Talib
The Book Savor series is new to this blog and grew out of my passion for good books, good friends, and great discussions about what we are reading. And what is the best way to get those great book...
Book Review: Inferno by Dan Brown
I wasn't the first to buy much-hyped thriller INFERNO by THE DA VINCI CODE author Dan Brown but I'm glad I eventually did. But you'll be surprised why. The Kindle verson of the book was pricey these...
A Book Savor Chat With Mamiverse.com Editor Lorraine C. Ladish
The Book Savor series is new to this blog and grew out of my passion for good books, good friends, and great discussions about what we are reading. And what is the best way to get those great book...
10 Twitter Voices on Mexico and the Mystery Series that is Listening
Inspiration for the Emilia Cruz mystery series’ sharp edges and complicated plot lines comes from two sources: my own experiences living in Mexico and Central America, and the authentic and...
Finding the Missing in Mexico: New Effort or Whitewash?
In HAT DANCE, the latest Emilia Cruz novel due out later this summer, Acapulco detective Emilia Cruz is on the hunt of a missing local girl. The plot line is straight from the headlines coming out...
Book Review: The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth is the eighth novel in the charming Isabel Dalhousie series by the prolific Alexander McCall Smith. Better known for the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series set in...
Book Review: Blood of the Wicked by Leighton Gage
BLOOD OF THE WICKED is the first book in the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series by Leighton Gage. I’d never heard of the series before stumbling upon a reference to it in a Goodreads group. I was...
Book Review: The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
THE HANGMAN’s DAUGHTER by Oliver Pötzsch is a medieval murder mystery set in Germany. It is post-plague 1659, a few years after the end of the Thirty Years War, and children are being murdered in...
A Lesson from The Great Gatsby
I never gave much thought to how families talk. How different conversations might be from house to house until we had this little episode in ours. The argument grew heated. I wanted no part of it....
Book Review: The Golden Egg by Donna Leon
If ever there was a mystery author who I consider a role model, Donna Leon is it. Her Commisario Guido Brunetti series set in Venice has all the elements of a great mystery series: a perfect cast of...
Book Review: False Impressions by Sandra Nikolai
FALSE IMPRESSIONS by Canadian author Sandra Nikolai was a real gem, a nicely composed whodunit that shies away from gore and violence in favor of a dialogue-driven narrative in which the characters’...
On The Occasion of My First Anniversary of Being a Published Author
In addition to being a celebration of the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on 5 May 1862—which has morphed into a popular...