Here I am thankful for another great Thanksgiving and looking forward to a turkey sandwich for lunch. I’m also thankful that I didn’t check my email yesterday because I actually received a rejection letter from an agent who has had my manuscript since August. Happy Thanksgiving but we are going to pass on your book. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’d want an agent that would do that (she could have scheduled the email to come on Monday after the holidays) but at least it was a nice rejection along the lines of “admired it, just didn’t love it” and even more interesting, “given this is such a difficult time for fiction.” I guess it’s true when they say that timing is everything.
It’s a good thing Cathi and I have this blog and now a podcast, just in case fiction really is dead. In fact, we have now published Episodes 2 and 3 which you can subscribe to on Itunes, Spotify, or Google Play. We are having a lot of fun and learning not only a new medium, but also about wine, food and mystery books. Here are some of the links to topics we talked about and the wine and books we featured.
Episode 2 – Fava Beans and a nice Chianti
We drank the Ruffino Chianti which we both found tasty, even without the liver and fava beans. I picked this because wine to go with the mystery I discussed, Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. There was so many interesting facts surrounding the book and author. If you haven’t read the book, you should, even if you have seen the movie. Thomas Harris really pulls us in to the characters.
Cathi told me about Brad Meltzer‘s Escape Artist and once again, her book choice sounds great and I will at it to my list of must reads. And funny coincidence, both of the authors on this episode live (at least part-time) in South Florida and Cathi and I discussed the vote recount that was in the news down here. We love to hear about the contrasts between South Dakota and South Florida.
Episode 3 – Sauvignon Blanc Goes Great With Turkey
Cathi chose Josh Cellars Sauvignon Blanc to go with the gazpacho served during a scene in John Grisham‘s Camino Island. We had a lot of fun talking about a game Cathi uses at Thanksgiving called Table Topics and Coldplay‘s new documentary A Head Full Of Dreams, which I loved as a groupie or possible future rock star. I also talked about T. Jefferson Parker‘s L.A. Outlaws which contains a fun scene in a Persian restaurant. Parker is also the Guest of Honor at Sleuthfest 2019, a great mystery writers conference held in Boca Raton, Florida in March. Cathi and I met there earlier this year, and both agree that it is an awesome conference, well worth the money. If you attend, you can help us celebrate the first anniversary of our collaboration … with wine, of course.
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