Shameless Self-Promotion. Seems I'm reduced to this because the local media refuse to do it for me.
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 8th, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, I'm having a very special book signing at my shop, Treasure House Books and Gifts, 2012 South Plaza in Old Town, Albuquerque, 87104. ABQ Press founders and local mystery writers Judith Van Gieson and Don Bullis will be on sign their books. Judy is the author of Neil Hamel and Claire Reynier mysteries, and her latest release is a reprinting of the Neil Hamel mystery The Wolf Path. Don Bullis is a former newspaper editor and retired New Mexico lawman. His two books are Bloodville and Bull's Eye. Judy and Don are great folks and were nice enough to pick my store to do the signing, so please come on down.

The bigget issue here is that I notified all the print media outlets in town, on time, within their deadlines, and only the wonderful Weekly Alibi was nice enough to print the notice. Our city's tow "newspapers of record" apparently didn't have the f----ing space to devote to it. Also apparently there will be an article about ABQ Press and Judy and Don, but in the damn Sunday Journal the day after the signing. I sent the notice in within plenty of time for their "book editor" David Steinberg to put it in last Sunday's "Book Notes" column, but did he? Hell no. This is the third time I've sent notice to the Journal about an event, only to have Steinberg ignore it. Apparently Page One and Bookworks must give him under the table "inducements" to their events posted, that's all I can figure. And the Tribune, don't get me started. They don't even have a book column, so you have to hope they'll put it under the "Spoken Word" listing in the Friday "La Vida" section. I can't spend big money on advertising these events, because I don't have it. These folks are the only decent venues there are, yet it is a real crapshoot to get a notice published. However, every time I've sent a notice to the Alibi, they are nice enough to publish it. These folks seem to be much more open to actually serving the public than the "big" papers are. I love the Alibi! The other papers, not so much. I guess ad revenue really is the moitivation for publication, not public service.

Bottom line: it is very frustrating trying to get the word out about these things, only to have it ignored.