Marja McGraw - Mystery Writer
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I enjoy taking photographs and, consequently, my camera goes just about everywhere I go.
However, this month instead of critters I'm doing something "authorly". I hope you enjoy these pictures.
However, this month instead of critters I'm doing something "authorly". I hope you enjoy these pictures.
On the left is where the books begin and where they end. It may look messy, but believe me, it usually looks worse. I love my roll top desk. On the right you can see some of my book covers. Oh, and at the lower left you'll see one of my favorites, a picture of Humphrey Bogart looking all detectivish. (Today I'm making up words, an author's prerogative.)
This is me and hubby, Al, on the left. On the right, Andy and Patti Kohut. Andy creates the book covers for my Bogey Man series, and he does an awesome job. It just happens that Al and Patti share the same birthday, so we were celebrating.
When we girls get together we have a great time. From left to right, Marja McGraw, Linda Roberts, Patti Kohut and Shirley Kennedy, all writers and all a lot of fun to spend time with on any given day.
I may be a writer, but I'm also an avid reader, and these are two of my many favorite authors. On the left I'm sitting with W.S. Gager who writes the Mitch Malone series. On the right, Rhys Bowen graciously agreed to have a photo taken with me. These were taken at the Love is Murder Conference in Chicago in 2011.
I also ran into Mary V. Welk at the conference, another of my favorite authors. What fun!
Some of the conferences hold auctions or drawings for gifts from authors. This is a picture of a basket I contributed to such an event. Thankfully the woman who won it walked away smiling. You never know quite what to expect, but you hope for the best.
This is Sherlock and Watson from the Bogey Man series. Well, their real names are Murphy and Sugar. Hmm. Do they look like they care if they're characters in a book? I don't think so. Sugar is almost two years old, and Murphy is only ten months old. Murphy is bigger than Sugar already. Actually, until Murphy reaches maturity, his half-brother Riley is filling the role of Sherlock. Ahem. "Dear Lord, Help me be the person my dogs think I am." That came from a cute bumper sticker.
And not to be forgotten, this is the real Bubba showing off the smile he's so famous for in the Sandi Webster series. Interestingly, his real name is Bubba. He hated having his picture taken so I had to get him on his back on the floor and tickle him -- not such an easy task with a huge dog. Take a gander at that paw. Bubba has gone on to Doggie Heaven, but he'll live on through the Sandi Webster books.
