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News of the Sid Chance & Greg McKenzie Mysteries
Fall 2009 |
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Work Moves Ahead
on
A Sporting
Murder
Everybody keeps asking when will the next Greg and
Jill book be out? It’s in the works and it now has a
title, A Sporting Murder. I had hoped to get
it published early in the year, but it looks like
May will be the earliest. As I mentioned in the last
newsletter, the story concerns an effort to bring an
NBA basketball team to Nashville. The move is being
fought by supporters of the Predators NHL hockey
team, who fear another pro team would adversely
affect the viability of their sport.
This is the second book in which I’ve used a real
name for a character. One of the main players in the
plot is Louie Aregis, owner of a venture capital
firm, who is spokesman for the NBA proponents. The
real Louie Aregis, who insisted that I use him in
the book, holds a 6th Degree Black Belt
and is owner and chief instructor of Aregis
Taekwondo Center in Goodlettsville, TN, a Nashville
surburb. Our 12-year-old grandson has been a student
there since first grade and recently qualified for
his 1st Degree Recommended Black Belt.
I hope to have a cover for the new book shortly.
I’ll share it when it’s ready. |
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I signed 50 copies of The Surest Poison for
booksellers at the Southeast Independent Booksellers
Alliance show at Greenville, SC. |
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Coming Events
Wednesday, December 9
9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Ladies' Day, Old Hickory
Country Club
Old Hickory, TN
Saturday, January 16,
2010
10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
3rd Annual Author Signing
Manchester Public Library
Manchester, TN
Saturday, April 17
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Southern Kentucky
BookFest
Carroll Knicely Center,
Bowling Green, KY
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Sarah and I at a booksigning at the Cheatham County
Public Library
in Ashland City, where much of The Surest Poison
is set. |
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Christmas Is in
the Air
Christmas is in the air for sure. The TV is full of
Santa stories and other holiday fare. We even had
snow in some of the counties around us, but none in
Nashville. While I’m writing this, Sarah and Justin,
the aforementioned grandson, have been decorating
the tree. I took time out to put it together for
them. I always forget how to connect wires from the
different sections. I must have spent twenty minutes
searching and attempting to mate the right male and
female plugs. Ah, the joys of Christmas.
The real spirit of Christmas will get under way at
church tomorrow when the choir puts on their music
program. All the colored lights and tinsel may help
the season look merry, but it’s the story of what
took place in the little town of Bethlehem two
centuries ago that gives the real meaning to
Christmas. I visited Bethlehem on a Holy Land tour
back in November of 1998. It was the trip that led
to the writing of Secret of the Scroll, the
first Greg McKenzie mystery.
They were just starting work on the transformation
of Bethlehem for the year 2000 celebrations. I
remember driving past the desolate hills where the
shepherds had watched over their flocks by night.
While the “traditional” location of Jesus’ birth did
not resemble anything I might have imagined, it left
me with a profound feeling of reverence for this
area where Christ was born. His influence continues
to encourage a spirit of goodwill that makes
Christmas a magical time for giving of ourselves. |
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A Special Deal
for
My Newsletter
Subscribers
Speaking of Christmas, if you have someone on your
list you’d like to give an autographed book, here’s
a deal for you as a subscriber. Go to
ChesterDCampbell.com
and order what you’d like.
In your email instructions for how you want it
signed, tell me you’re a subscriber and you’ll get a
20% discount. If you order by PayPal, I’ll refund
your discount via PayPal. |
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Memories of Christmas 2008
with
the Pizzaz Quartet at
Mysteries & More Bookstore |
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Last-Minute
Reminder
*If you change your
email address,
write me. I get bounces every issue.
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See you in a few months.
Chester |
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