FAQ’s

1.  Can you do a book signing in my town?

Have Pen – Will Travel.  I will do a book signing anywhere - your local book store, your reading circle, church group, mahjong club, service organization, or whatever.  Send me an email with a proposal, and I’ll try to find a way to say yes.

2. I already have the first Pot Thief book; will you sign it if I send it to you?

Absolutely.  Send a note along with the book telling me how you want to be addressed (Is it “To Margaret,” “To Peg,” or “To Jalapeño Lips”) and what you want me to say (e.g., “To the world’s best accordionist”).  I’ll write almost anything you suggest.  After all, I’m a fiction writer.  I’ll even pay the postage to send the book back to you.

3. Why is your book more expensive than books by mega-authors like Janet Evanovitch?

I’m tempted to say you get what you pay for, but the truth is summed up by one word - volume.  Since you’re reading this, you obviously like the Pot Thief books, so spread the word and maybe my publisher will be able to lower the cost because of higher volume.

4. Are the recipes that Hubie mentions real?

Yes, he really is good at cooking New Mexican food.  All the dishes, ingredients, and techniques are real.

5. Are Miss Gladys Claiborne’s recipes real?

Unfortunately, yes.

6. How do you get your plot ideas?

The same way all other writers get them; we steal them. Every plot device has already been used a hundred times, so it would be almost impossible to come up with one that’s entirely new.  The trick is to use them in new ways.  Thus, in The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, the old “two weapons” trick – used in several classics like Charley Chan and Perry Mason – is employed but in a new and fresh manner. 

7. What happened to the blog on this site?
I decided to create a separate blog site.  Check it out at www.ThePotThief.blogspot.com.