As Summer Winds Down

News from the Southern Half of Evelyn David

This week I’m traveling to St. Louis for my day job. I’ve
made the six-plus-hour drive multiple times in the past – sometimes to visit
libraries for book promotions, but more often for meetings with other states on
coal mining and reclamation. I’ve worked for 29 years at the Oklahoma
Department of Mines, first as a surface coal mine inspector and later as the
Coal Program Director. As a state regulator by day and mystery writer at night,
it’s very easy for me to tell you which I prefer. Writing is a great escape
from dealing with mining permits and enforcement actions. Plus murder is not
only allowed, but expected in the mystery world.

While I’m in St. Louis, I’ll continue to write in the
evenings with my trusty laptop. Currently my co-author and I are working on two new writing projects,
trying to get a third audiobook published, and continuing with the promotion of
our latest mysteries – MURDER DOUBLES BACK and LOTTAWATAH FIREWORKS. Both of
these books are frankly the best we’ve ever written. It seems that with writing like
most things, the more you do, the better you get at it.

When we first started out writing fiction together, we had
to spend a lot of time on the mechanics of the process and now ten years down
the road, the mechanics are a minor worry, the characters and plot are the focus!
I mentioned two new writing projects – one is the eleventh book in the Brianna
Sullivan Mysteries series and the other is a stand-alone mystery which we’ve
been mulling over in our heads for a couple of years. Now’s the time to stretch our wings
and give it a try. It will be set on a ranch in southeastern Oklahoma with a young
female protagonist. I can’t talk too much about it now or I’ll screw up our plot
bunny “mojo.” Seriously! It’s true that sometimes you can ruin a
story by discussing it too much before getting it down in print.

We’re so pleased to have the first books in our two long-running series available now as audiobooks – I TRY NOT TO DRIVE PAST CEMETERIES
and MURDER OFF THE BOOKS. We found terrific narrators and the end results are
exceptional – even if we say so ourselves. Look for them at Amazon and iTunes. We
anticipate the second book in the Brianna Sullivan Mysteries, THE DOG DAYS OF
SUMMER IN LOTTAWATAH, to be out as an audiobook by October.

Hope you have had a great summer of reading and/or listening to mysteries!

Audible iTunes

Brianna Sullivan Mysteries – e-book series
I Try Not to Drive Past Cemeteries– Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
The Dog Days of Summer in Lottawatah– Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
The Holiday Spirit(s) of Lottawatah– Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Undying Love in Lottawatah- Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
A Haunting in Lottawatah – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Lottawatah Twister – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Missing in Lottawatah – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Good Grief in Lottawatah – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Summer Lightning in Lottawatah – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Lottawatah Fireworks – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords

The Ghosts of Lottawatah – trade paperback collection of the Brianna e-books
Book 1 – I Try Not to Drive Past Cemeteries (includes the first four Brianna e-books)
Book 2 – A Haunting in Lottawatah (includes the 5th, 6th, and 7th Brianna e-books)
Book 3 – Lottawatah Fireworks (includes the 8th, 9th, and 10th Brianna e-books)