A Review and Giveaway, plus Assorted Other News

I haven't posted in awhile; I've been working on the follow-up to IRREPARABLE HARM, mainly, but have also revamped the website. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Meanwhile, IRREPARABLE HARM received another great review at Babs' Book Bistro!

Babs was also kind enough to have me as a guest on the blog last week. If you've always wondered what my favorite ice cream was but have been afraid to ask, you can find out in my interview.

Okay, okay, it's cherry chocolate chip from Leo's on Trindle Road, but if you check out the interview anyway and post a comment before June 16, you'll be entered to win a copy of the book!

MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Review: DARK BLOOMS: Two Crime Fiction Shorts, Melissa F. Miller

If you like crime fiction, you've probably already visited the MYSTERIES in PARADISE blog. If you haven't, consider yourself warned: you will come away with an armload of new titles for your TBR (to be read) pile.

Today would be a particularly good day to check it out, as the review of DARK BLOOMS is up!

MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Review: DARK BLOOMS: Two Crime Fiction Shorts, Melissa F. Miller

From the review: "DARK BLOOMS is without doubt a ploy to whet the reader's appetite for more by this author."

She's right, of course. I'm an unknown author. Brown Street Books and I want readers to take a chance on me and read IRREPARABLE HARM when it comes out. What better way to do that than to offer a low-risk (in terms of both cost and use of precious free time) introduction to my work?

And, I'm happy to report, it worked! Also from the review: "Both are well crafted quirky stories with unpredictable endings, and yes, I came away hooked."

Now, that's a nice way to start a Sunday morning.