http://www.margaret-frazer.com Award-winning Author of the Sister Frevisse Mysteries and the Joliffe Player Mysteries For anyone wanting a hardcover copy of A Play of Isaac, I have received word from my English publisher that it will be going out of print shortly. (There are only a few left in stock.) They're still available from Amazon.co.uk, but they may not be for long! http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080604 Matters have not been going well for me this past year. Someone that I once considered a very dear friend betrayed a long-time trust and has left me close to financial ruin and physical exhaustion while trying to cope with restoring the property that she completely destroyed instead of buying, as she had agreed to do. Perhaps some day I will feel equal to the task of telling that story in full, but for now I shall simply say this... http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080527 I have had an article -- "Gone Medieval and Not Coming Back" -- published in the Spring 2008 issue of the Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 24:1). This issue is entitled History Mysteries, Part II and contains dozens of articles from a variety of history mystery authors. http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080513 The audio book of The Sempster's Tale has been released in the UK. You can order it internationally through Amazon.co.uk, or directly from Isis Soundings at a considerably lower price. Unlike the audio book of The Boy's Tale, which is only available on audio cassettes, The Sempster's Tale is available on both audio cassettes and CDs. http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080331 It also occurs to me that I should promote Once Upon A Crime bookstore's annual Write of Spring event, even though I'm not going to be there this year. It's a great get-together of authors and fans, starting at noon this Saturday, March 22. Fifty-six mostly-Minnesotan mystery authors will be there, last I heard. You should check it out! Even if you can't go, you should see the fun you're missing! http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080320 The Star News has published a full-page interview that they conducted with me a few days ago. [...] http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.htm#20080319 My agent just forwarded me the initial concept sketch for the Robert Hale edition of The Traitor's Tale. It seems to be quite a departure from the previous volumes, and I thought it might be something everyone might be interested in taking a peek at. http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080310 The Apostate's Tale has been out for over two months and I'm only just now getting around to having sample chapters made available on the website. I'd blame my webmaster, but the truth is things have simply been extraordinarily busy. Add one looming deadline, two new projects, and a dash of personal crises and the entire month of February seems to disappear entirely! http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080307 Someone on the CrimeThruTime mailing list asked: "When you get an idea for a Frevisse or a Joliffe novel, do the characters and circumstances of the murder occur to you first, or not? And even if not, do you need to decide what those are going to be before you start writing? Or do you actually begin the novel not knowing yourself who's eventually going to get murdered, how and why?" http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080305 After my last post (regarding the availability of The Traitor's Tale and The Apostate's Tale on Amazon's Kindle), it was pointed out to me that these titles are also available through Sony's e-bookstore. http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080131 I was lately killing time by cruising around Amazon and saw that the The Traitor's Tale and The Apostate's Tale are both available as Kindle e-books. [...] http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080129 I've been asked more than once how to pronounce "Frevisse", and I posted my thoughts on the matter a few months ago. But today I got asked the same question about "Frideswide". So let's see if I can make a good answer of it. [...] http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080111 Today is the official release date for The Apostate's Tale in hardcover and The Traitor's Tale in paperback! http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20080102 The Ulverscroft UK large print edition of The Widow's Tale has been released. [...] http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20071127 Just a quick reminder that I will be appearign at the Totally Criminal Cocktail Hour in Stillwater, MN on November 7th. http://www.margaretfrazer.com/index.html#20071105 We are at that time of year when the clocks are turned back, to match sun-time again for a few months. Time was that mankind's daily life was regulated by nature's light and dark. The sun's progression marked where we were in a day and determined our hours of work. Night's darkness brought time to rest (except when the full autumn moon gave ample light for working the harvest fields at night, to have the year's food safely gathered and stored as quickly as might be). 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