To join my mail list, please send me your contact information using the "Contact" page. Start planning now for the Bloody Words 2012 Conference back in Toronto June 1-3, 2012 at the downtown Hilton.   www.bloodywords2012.com News Zoomer Magazine, in their July/August 2011 issue, chose the Sherri Travis Mystery Series as one of three Canadian mystery series for their Best Cottage Reads feature. Zoomer stated that "These three series are sure to join the ranks of our national talent, finding acclaim on the International crime scene." Good Morning America has issued it's summer reading list for 2010 and has picked the Sherri Travis Series in the top 6 Mystery series for the year! My books are now in electronic format. They are available using the Sony Reader, Chapters Indigo's KOBO Reader, the Barnes & Noble & Books a Million Nook Reader, the Amazon Kindle Reader, and the Apple iBook Reader. Champagne for Buzzards, the 4th book in the Sherri Travis Mystery Series will be released in print form in the USA in September, 2011. January Magazine has included A Brewski for the Old Man in its Best books for 2010 list published December 20th, 2010. Jim Napier at The Sherbrooke Record has included A Brewski for the Old man in his top 5 list of Best Crime Fiction for 2010 published Dec 24, 2010. The mass market paperback version of A Brewski for the Old Man will be released in the USA in September, 2011 with distribution by my American distributor National Book Network, both directly, and through their wholesalers Baker & Taylor and Ingram . Events CBC reporter Margo Kelly is doing a special feature on e-publishing on CBC Radio World Report and The World at 6 Thursday and Friday October 27 and 28. I'm one of the people she interviewed for the piece. It's a new world out there. Wednesday January 25th, 2012 - at 2 p.m. I will be giving a talk at: Selby Public Library 1331 1st Street, Sarasota, Florida Hope to see you there Sunday January 29, 2012 - At 2 p.m. I will be giving a talk at: Columbia County Public Library 308 N.W. Columbia Ave., Lake City Florida Hope to see you there Thursday February 23rd, 2012 -at 2 p.m. I will be giving a talk to the Friends of Bonita Springs Library at: Pelican Nest Golf club 4450 Pelican nest Drive Bonita Springs, Florida A Classic Margarita Recipe A drink from the 50's, Margarita is the Mexican equivalent of the name Marjorie and is a drink made with tequila. Wipe the rim of a Margarita glass with a lime and then twirl the rim in a plate of coarse salt for that nice salt crust. Put 1oz. tequila, 1oz fresh squeezed lime juice and a good dollop of triple sec in a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into the chilled Margarita glass and garnish with lime. Or to make life easier (and who doesn't want life to be easy?) use an ounce of tequila and add two ounces of Margarita mix and enjoy. Classic "Sex in a Sidecar" Recipe Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes Add 2 oz of Cognac, 1/2 oz Cointreau, and 1 oz of Lemon Juice Wet the rim of a martini glass and dip in sugar Shake ingredients well and strain into the chilled martini glass Serve with a lemon wedge garnish Vodka Smash Recipe Take the pulp of a seedless watermelon and blend it into juice. Fill a tall glass with ice and add 1 1/2 ounces of vodka. Add the watermelon juice, stir & serve with a sprig of mint.