Courtyard with shrubs and a mesquite tree. Brick building and cement pillar to the left of the tree. Concrete path to the right. Metal bench underneath.

Anniversary, nominated for an award, new Facebook page, other odds and ends (Weekend Coffee Share #6)

September 17, 2021 /

Good morning and happy Friday! Welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Natalie the Explorer! Come on in, pull up a seat, and join me. It’s starting to feel like fall here in Tucson. We’re still having triple-digit temps (it’s Arizona), but the nights are cooler, and this morning we even have clouds. The featured image on this post was taken a few days ago outside my building at work. Everything is still so green and pretty from the monsoon rains.

30 years! How is that even possible?

Today’s chat will be a quick roundup of odds and ends, because I’m leaving soon for a weekend trip to Bisbee, Arizona, with the hubster to celebrate our 30th anniversary. Bisbee is an old copper mining town, and we’re going to stay in a haunted hotel. I’ll share pics at next weekend’s coffee share.

Honestly, I”m still trying to get my head around the idea that we’ve been married for 30 years. Aren’t we still in our 20s? Apparently not.

New Janet Alcorn Facebook page

In anticipation of my short story coming out on the Storyteller Series podcast (spoiler alert: it’s not up yet), I created an author Facebook page. If, like me, you’ve sold your soul (and given away your data) to the Zuck, stop by and hit that Like button. I’m happy to return the favor if you have a page.

Matthew Schwartz book signing

In-person events are coming back little by little. Last weekend I poked my head into Barnes and Noble, because a fellow member of the Arizona Authors Association and the Old Pueblo Chapter of Sisters in Crime was signing books.

Your intrepid blogger with Matthew Schwartz. We look like we’re getting ready to go to a Hawaiian-themed party.

Matthew Schwartz is the author of Confessions of an Investigative Reporter. I’m about a third of the way through my signed copy, and it’s wonderful. So far he’s interviewed the Son of Sam killer, gotten the finger from a pissed-off (and slimy) trainer at a greyhound track, and gotten into all sorts of other trouble by questioning the powerful and entitled. Great stuff.

I’m excited to get out to more signings to support my fellow authors and discover, buy, and read lots of great books.

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