Howdy.

I'm new here. I commented on one of Faye's posts on her blog this morning and next thing I knew David Isaak was inviting me to post here. My first book, a crime novel called Acts of Violence which is set in 1964 New York, is scheduled to be published by Macmillan New Writing in November. Something might change with the date, I suppose, but that's the plan for now, I think.

It's pretty exciting.

I'm supposed to be editing the manuscript right this second, in fact, which is why I'm posting this. If I didn't have a bunch to do, I probably would have found ways to put this post off for another couple days. By playing online Scrabble, say. But since I've got a bunch of stuff to be doing, I had no problem finding time for a blog post.

About myself:

I live in Los Angeles and have for the last eight years. I like it, but it's expensive.

I kept a book journal for the first time last year and was pretty disappointed in the number of books I read (24), so I'm really going to try to beat that number this year. I'm up to five so far.

I have a wife and two cats. The cats came with the wife, but somewhere along the line the litter box became my responsibility. It's worth it.

I've been writing since I was twelve. My first story was a blatant ripoff of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

I do not like sweets.

I do like anything with garlic in it, except for garlic-flavored ice cream, probably because it's sweet.

In the future I will try to have a subject other than me. Just thought I'd pop in to introduce myself. Howdy!