Amazon opened its first physical bookstore in Seattle.  "The books in our store are selected based on...customer ratings, pre-orders, sales, popularity on Goodreads, and our curators’ assessments... Most have been rated 4 stars or above...many are award winners."  .00075% of print books available online at Amazon made the cut. Thanks to you, there's One Murder More!

Ten days until Wailing Wall is published and I am already overwhelmed with the reception. First, long-time friend Janice Person reviewed it on her blog saying such nice things, I got teary. Then, Richard Alley at The Memphis Flyer gave it a lovely review. I was floored ...and thrilled that Wailing Wall might find a place with male readers! Then, as backers of the project started receiving their copies, I started to get text messages, FaceBook posts and emails from people who read it in one sitting. It's all surreal and wonderful that the story has connected with so many people. 

Cool stuff is happening! If you are in Michigan and want to help celebrate the launch of Wailing Wall, join us at Beezy's Cafe on Nov. 13.  If you're in Memphis, the book launch will be at Bumpus Harley-Davidson of Memphis on Whitten Road. And, if you'd like to win a copy of Wailing Wall from GoodReads, what are you waiting for? Go enter!

~ Dee

PS Review, review, review! Review on Amazon. Review on GoodReads! Review in your blog! And don't forget to tag me. 

Last week while I was in the airport flying from San Diego back to Memphis, I started getting pings on my phone saying, "My copy of Wailing Wall has been shipped!" Mid-October snuck up on me, it seems, and the book will be in YOUR hands before it will be in mine since I won't be back in Michigan until October 25. I hope you enjoy the read and I hope that the beauty of Joshua's story touches you in some way. I also hope you'll post pictures on Facebook (tag me, please!) and, if you feel so moved, reviews on Amazon so that others will get a sense of what the story is about before they buy. 

Whew, I guess it's time to get started on the next project. "Got Down on my Knees" follows the story of drugs and alcohol through my family with moments of deep sadness and huge triumph. I hope you'll be along for the ride.

~ Dee