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Twelfth Edition, January, 2008 Happy New Year, Happy New Contract! I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! I hope 2008 brings to you everything you're hoping for! Speaking of which, just before the New Year, I got what I was hoping for... On December 29th, I signed the publishing contract for the sequel to A Real Basket Case, titled To Hell in a Handbasket. It should be released sometime in the first half of 2009. To Hell in a Handbasket takes place in Breckenridge, CO. My gift basket designer, Claire Hanover, and her family's ski vacation goes to hell in a handbasket when the sister of her daughter's boyfriend is killed on the ski slope. I had a lot of fun researching the book, which includes scenes involving snowshoeing, riding snowmobiles, and a high speed car chase down I-70. We’ve added a photo of me signing the contract at the bottom of the Author Photos page of my website. Media Exposure The Winter 2007-2008 issue of the Mysterical-E ezine has a great cover! Then, click on the cover and peruse the contents. There's quite a selection of short stories, many written by fellow members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society and Sisters in Crime. Great reading! If you continue to page down, you'll see a list of author interviews. I'm listed just above my editor, Denise Dietz. I'm thrilled to have my interview included with hers. Please take a gander at my interview and let me know what you think. Joe De Marco, the editor of Mysterical-E, had some tough questions that made me think. Joan Reeves, on December 13th in her Sling Words blog under the title “10 Authors to Discover” talked about mid-list authors, what they are and how difficult it is for them to get public notice. Then she lists a few examples, and I'm included in the list for A Real Basket Case. I've read books by many of the other authors on the list and recommend them. What Joan has to say is definitely food for thought. And as a reminder, the large-print edition of A Real Basket Case will be released by Wheeler Publishing on January 22nd. For those of you who prefer large-print or know someone who does, the ISBN-13 for the large-print edition is: 978-1597226745. It is available for preorder at Amazon and other online booksellers and your local bookstore. Upcoming Appearances My next few appearances are listed below, and I hope to meet some of you at these gatherings. Check out my Appearances page for details on these and other appearances.
Blog Updates You’ll find recent posts on my blog, not only about the book contract, but also about selling books at a holiday market in a snowstorm (the drive home was very dicey) and about A Real Basket Case crossing the threshold of being shelved in over 300 library systems, including the library system in Wellington, New Zealand, which has 8 copies! Newsletter Contest The number of subscribers to this newsletter has been hovering under 1700 for the last two months, and I’m itching to award a new prize. So, tell your friends about this great new mystery author :) who gives away mystery books to one of her newsletter subscribers every time the number increases by another 100. Tell them they’ll only have to read 10 short emails from me a year to be in the running for free books. Then give them this link to sign up: http://bethgroundwater.com/Newsletter.php. Contact Me If you have any questions or topics you want me to address on my blog and/or in my newsletter, please feel free to email me anytime at website07@bethgroundwater.com. I love to hear from readers. |
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