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BLACK CAT MARIACHI SURPRISE

12/29/2013

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For the December meeting, I helped entertain the Tucson chapter of Sisters in Crime with the help of two violinist friends. We played mariachi-style music.

Although the group enjoyed the songs, things didn't really get rolling until I asked them to sing along with "Cielito lindo." Then I sang my own version:

When I lived in Durango
I used to get so mad
At bad lovers

Now I never get mad at all
But I kill them with
All their brothers

They’d tell me
That they’d come for me
On a Saturday in the evening

But I’d sit all alone at home
While the b---- all
Went out drinking

Chorus: Ay, ay, ay, ay
I love to kill them
With poison with arson
Revolvers and guns
It’s not that I hate them
I’m just having fun!



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Moral: Always be nice to writers--or you'll end up a victim in their next book!
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GUEST BLOGGER GIG!

12/12/2013

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Today I'm the guest blogger on TravelIdeas! I talk about a couple of unusual things to do in Bangkok. Check out the post at:
http://travelideaz.com/from-teak-houses-to-green-elephants-a-beautiful-day-in-bangkok/


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Release party a success!

12/10/2013

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The release party for THAI TWIST was a big success. A healthy crowd squeezed into the Philosopher's Room at Fronimo's Greek Cafe in Tucson.. I surprised the crowd by singing in Greek. After all, one of the characters goes to Greece from Thailand. Also, I don't know how to sing any Thai songs!

My friends even brought a one-year old for some comic relief. Another friend ran the video, and a third took pictures. I'm so lucky!
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    D.R's fourth Andy Veracruz Mystery, SUBSTITUTE SOLOIST, came out in April 2019.

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