Upcoming Events with Glo Magazine

Glo Magazine has asked us to partner with it for a book signing at next year’s Tapestry and to contribute a four-part serial mystery for its January - April 2014 issues.  We’re honored to be chosen, for Northeastern Indiana boasts many fine women authors.

Glo is a free monthly magazine for women in the Fort Wayne area, with a circulation of over 20,000. 

On Friday, April 25, 2014, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., we will sign and sell our books in Glo’s booth at Tapestry.  On its Facebook page, Tapestry: A Day for You characterizes itself as “a day of inspiration, renewal, and education for women in all stages of life.” The annual event, which is held at the Allen County Memorial Coliseum, raises funds for women’s scholarships at IPFW.  The keynote speaker in 2014 will be comedic actress Marilu Henner.  It’s a day for conversation with friends, food (breakfast and lunch), education (breakout sessions), and shopping at boutique booths.  We hope to see you there!

We have a connection of sorts with Glo.  In Chapter 5 of Agenda for Murder (our seventh murder mystery), we reference an article in the December 2012 issue of Glo by Amber Recker about boudoir photography.

Our friend, Barb Sieminski, a freelance writer/photographer in Fort Wayne, is also important to the novel.  She has been a feature writer for the magazine since its inception.  In Chapter 39 of Agenda for Murder, she is mentioned (by first name only and with her advance permission); the events involving “Barb” as an investigative reporter are entirely fictional. 

The real-life Barb Sieminski was important to the story in an entirely different way:  When we started the book, she had an assignment from Rebekah Whirledge, Glo’s editor, to write a feature about swingers.  We had already received a tip from someone else about swingers’ clubs in Fort Wayne, but Barb confirmed their existence and pointed us to a relevant web site that allowed us to do our research virtually.  

Our reference in Agenda for Murder to Recker’s article and our mention of Barb were not contrived to get us noticed by Glo but instead entirely organic to the story, rooting fictional events in time and place. 

We also mention many other Fort Wayne businesses and landmarks in Agenda for Murder, including Chop’s Wine Bar, Riegel’s cigar store, the Landing Historic District, Concordia Lutheran cemetery, our international airport, Fort Wayne’s police department, Sycamore Hills Golf Club, One Summit Square, Parkview YMCA, the Journal Gazette, Ruby Tuesday, TJ Maxx, 4D’s Bar & Grill, J K O’Donnell’s, the Embassy Theatre, Paula’s, and Eddie Merlot’s. 

Our first two books, Face Off and Monuments to Murder, were set in southwest Florida.  But the next five murder mysteries occur in Fort Wayne and also mention local landmarks and businesses:  Murder for Old Times’ Sake, The Girl with a Curl, Hot as a Firecracker, Agenda for Murder, and (forthcoming) The Art of Death.  Our Christmas book, Postcards from a Tuscan Christmas, is set in Tuscany, Italy.  A mystery without the murder, it features familiar characters from our other Fort Wayne books.