Exciting news! The folks at Killer Nashville have nominated Amaretto Amber for two awards: a Silver Falchion for Best Mystery, and a Reader’s Choice Award. Judges decide who gets the first award, but you choose the winner of the second. So please click here to vote. And thank you!

By the way, Killer Nashville is a writers’ conference, but the author book signings are open to the public. If you live in Tennessee, I’d love to see you. However, there’s a hitch: The conference is in Franklin, not Nashville. Why? It’s a mystery.

Speaking of mysteries, the conference organizers have come up with two hilarious activities for us writers. One involves using our collective sleuthing skills to investigate a Crime Scene at the hotel involving a murder (a fake one, thankfully). We authors also have to band together to bust out of an Escape Room (hopefully, there's nothing creepy in it?).

So, if you don’t hear from me next month, please contact the Embassy Suites in Franklin and tell them to let me out of that room (I’m bringing provisions in with me, just in case).

And yes, I will definitely post a Killer Nashville update!