“Where do you get your ideas for a murder mystery?” “Sometimes it’s just a pair of blue jeans on a country road. Where’s the body?”

Having lunch in Lambertville with Mystery writers of America, New York board president Nev March.

Book Review: Poetry Picks for Poetry Month. Reviewed by Terri Schlichenmeyer @bookwormsez.bsky.social #poetry #LGBTQ #booksky lgbtsr.com/2025/04/06/b...

Meet the Members: Mark McNease (from the Mystery Writers of America/NY website). Yes, that's me! www.mwany.org/2025/04/meet...

Happiness is conducting a new workshop. Encouraging the writer in others is my happy place. (Mark/board member MWA-NY).

Criminal Intent: Talking Motive in Philadelphia. MWA members, mystery aficionados, and aspiring writers gathered on March 29 at the Parkway Central Library in Philadelphia for “Motive: The Essence of Mystery,” a panel discussion moderated by MWA Board Member Douglas Harrell.

Great panel discussion (and audience questions!) on Saturday during @mwa-ny.bsky.social's "Motive: The Essence of Mystery" at the @freelibrary.bsky.social.

New items today! Stephen King has donated signed copies of Doctor Sleep and Full Dark, No Stars! Wow! www.32auctions.com/writers4tran...

Buy books. I mean it. Buy history books. Buy cultural anthropology books. Buy books about the lives of real women, people of color, non-Christians. Buy books by academics. Buy books critical of the first Trump administration. But them and keep them because they may go out of print very soon.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! Saturday, March 29 at 12:30. @mwa-ny.bsky.social's #mystery writers panel at @freelibrary.bsky.social in Philadelphia. #booksky

I love how these flowers change position every day

Audio Interview: A Conversation with Author and Leon Burstein Award Runner-Up Christal Roberts www.mwany.org/2025/03/audi... Enjoy this conversation with Christal Roberts, author, dynamo, and Leon Burstein Award Runner-up (2024). #booksky @christalroberts.bsky.social @nevmarch.bsky.social

It Looks Like I’m a Teacher Now! Promo Material from Bristol, PA, Library (May 3 Fiction Writing). This program is offered by Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library in support of the PA Forward | Pennsylvania Libraries initiative. yourwritepath.com/2025/03/06/i... #booksky #writing #fiction

Who's keeping score? We are! Share your score in the comments below from our 'Famous First Lines' quiz. Take it at the MWA-NY website and see the results when you click 'submit.' #booksky #authors #mysteries www.mwany.org/quizzes-game...

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February was a bumper reading month #booksky

The dog has the best seat in the house. #sundayshelfie #rescuedog #booksky

Modern libraries are my favorite place in the world. I cannot believe the level of cool free stuff that's available now! I loved the library as a kid, but if I grew up with resources like these I probably would have lived there 😂

“It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle

“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.” Aristotle

One of my favorite people and former librarians.

“He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he wants.” Socrates

If you work in the American tourism industry be prepared to bring a book to work because the world has no plans on visiting you.

Just got my official termination notice. I will be unemployed, thanks to DOGE, at the end of the week. Things are going to be tough. But! I've got books available (and more to come). Also, I'd like to help on any of YOUR creative projects. Need a writer? Editor? Sounding board? I'm your guy.

tfw you're writing a book set in 1923 and you wonder "is there a canal workers union and did they ever go on strike because I could really use that," and you look it up and there is and they went on strike in 1923.

Latest read (e-ARC) THE RELUCTANT SHERRIFF by Chris Offut - a Kentucky noir about a small town lawman with a violent past, it's like listening to a good friend tell a story over a glass of finest bourbon. This may be the first in the series I've read but it won't be the last. (Pub March by No Exit)

Coming soon on #kindle from the #author of #murderinoldbombay its a short story that occurs in the first 3 chapters of book #4 (coming in May) so we INCLUDED the first three chapters! @mwa-ny.bsky.social #writer #history #novel #shortfiction Pre-order here a.co/d/72603Ge

Happy #valentinesday! #author #podcast Enjoy this fun rundown that will make you want to listen to the episodes. open.spotify.com/episode/2CX1...

Treating myself with a trip to my happy place (the library)

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

#Glasgow #booksky 💙📚-- if you're around on 11 March and in the mood for a gritty crime novel, then get yersels along to @waterstones.bsky.social Sauchiehall street, where I'll be launching THE FRIDAY GIRL on an unsuspecting world! Links in quoted post below!

SAVE THE DATE: MWA-NY Panel Crime Without the Blood: Cozy Mysteries How do you conceive a diverting puzzle without explicit violence? How do you create a sense of danger & build suspense? 3 mystery authors will spin a web of intrigue. Registration link: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ednhh4f

And speaking of the Evander Mills series - book 4 is out this October! (May have screeched a little in joy)

ARCs just in time for Valentine’s Day. Maybe I should do a lil giveaway…?

We are SO honored to have Martha Rhodes as our Featured Poet in Issue 29! leonliteraryreview.com/issue-29-mar...

Happy Sunday Funday @bsky.app friends 💙

🎧 Big news! Hall of Mirrors is now an audiobook! Huge thanks to Deyan Audio and the stellar cast—Sion Dayson (Judy), Ray Ford (Lionel), and Shea Taylor (Roger). Hearing it come to life is surreal. Available now wherever you get audiobooks! @abliterary.bsky.social amzn.to/40JJDfx

An Audio Interview with Author and MWA-NY Member Tom Coffey www.mwany.org/2025/02/an-a... Fasten your headphones for an interview with author Tom Coffee, MWA-NY member. We talk about his life, his writing, and his inspirations.

Wow! Hall of Mirrors is a finalist for an Agatha Award for Best Historical Mystery—my first Agatha nom! Honored to be alongside Susan Elia MacNeal, Mariah Fredericks, Mally Becker, and Amanda Flower. Thanks, Malice Domestic! www.malicedomestic.net/agatha-award...

Wanna get away? #travelmystery

New Captain America No. 1 Cover www.reddit.com/r/dccomicsci...

Save the date and cozy up to some mysteries! Hunterdon County Pubic Library, March 8.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

SAVE THE DATE: MWA-NY Panel February 7 Behind the Darkness: True Crime Panel www.mwany.org/2025/01/mwa-... February 7 Montclair Women’s Club 82 Union Street, Montclair NJ 1:30-3:30 p.m. Dawn Barclay Moderator Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover’s Travel Guide