A Mystery for every season

Most people have a favorite holiday and/or a favorite season of the year and most people like to read. (The last part of that sentence may be wishful thinking but I choose to believe it's true.) Whenever I'm talking with someone who says they like to read, I always ask them, "What genre?" And, more often than not, the answer is "Mystery."

That, of course, brings a smile to my face and is all the encouragement I need to promote my Malone mystery series to them. Which is the purpose of this post today. To tell you that each of my books takes place during a holiday in one of the four seasons. Why am I mentioning this? Because books make great birthday and Christmas gifts and, if you plan to buy books for the mystery readers on your list, I'm going to make it easy for you because each of my books may be read as a standalone.

 Fall (Halloween/Thanksgiving)

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Winter (Christmas/New Year's)

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Spring (Easter)

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Summer (4th of July)

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And the fifth and final book in the Malone mystery series:

Valentine's Day

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Happy Reading! 

What's in a name?

We authors need to get our names out there. If no one knows who we are, we’re most probably not going to sell many books. But the process of becoming “known” to readers is a daunting one, especially for small press and self-published authors.

When my first Malone mystery was accepted by a publisher, my mother asked me what pen name I was going to use. “Maybe,” she said, “you should choose a name that’s easier to pronounce than Gligor. Don’t most writers do that?”

Our conversation reminded me of an article I once read. It was an interview with actress, Jacqueline Bisset. When the interviewer told Jacqueline that he’d heard several variations on how to pronounce her last name and asked her which was correct, she replied, “Biss-It, like Kiss it.” I think that answered his question.

So, back to the answer I gave my mother. While I don’t see anything wrong with using a pseudonym (sometimes a writer has a good reason to do that), I prefer not to. Why? Because Gligor is my family name and I’m proud to have it. As far as the pronunciation goes: Gligor rhymes with tiger. 

 

So, when you’re looking for a new (to you) mystery series to read, I hope you’ll remember my name and check out my books.