Welcome to June, which is traditionally the hottest and driest month in Arizona’s hot, hot summer. It hasn’t necessarily been so over the past few years, though. Last year’s June was unusually mild, then July and August were hellish. This year June started out with a nice rain, which is unusual in the extreme. The last time it rained on June 1 was in 1914. Not only that, but the high temp was 85º here in Tempe. I’m enjoying it while I can. We’re supposed to break 110º by the end of next week.
I’m still writing away, though there hasn’t been a book published for a couple of years. Pandemic and all, plus changes in the publishing industry like you wouldn’t believe. This has affected many of my writer friends, how we want to get our work to readers these days. I spend a lot of time wondering how I’m going to proceed.
In the meantime, have you read my last published book, Valentino Will Die? Rudolph Valentino, Hollywood in the 1920s, glamour, adventure, and murder. What more could you ask? Read an excerpt (click here), on this very site. The book is available wherever books are sold, and if your bookstore doesn’t have it in stock right now, they can get it.
Speaking of good books, don’t miss my Tell Me Your Story guest starting June 20, the inimitable Mary Kennedy, practicing psychologist and the author of the Talk Radio Mysteries and the Dream Club Mysteries. She’s written nearly 50 novels, both mysteries and young adult fiction and has sold over four million books worldwide. Her fifth Talk Radio Mystery, Death of a Shady Shrink, was released March 28.
June 3rd, 2025
hello Donis.. Been a long time. I have the Valentino book and enjoyed it. love the photo. I did not actually know what he looked like. That’s a really striking picture. xoxoxoxo