Writer-at-large Jake Halpern recommended Eight Cousins bookstore in Falmouth, MA, and since Jake only recommends the good stuff, I dropped them a line, they dropped one back, and it all led to this: I’ll be part of their “Toast the Author!” series on June 21st. Fun starts at 6, goes until 7 (and a bit beyond, I’m assuming). The event is open to the public, so if you find yourself on the Cape this June–and what Bostonian doesn’t?–stop in and say hello. Or not. You don’t have to actually say anything. You can just wave.

Kingston University invited me to speak at their lovely school this October. We haven’t locked in a date yet, but I’m thrilled to be returning to the UK. My recent London trip suffered from a lethal combo of jet lag and cold rain–neither abated until the day we left for Paris. So the trip was only very fun rather than supremely fun. Spare me your pity, please.

What else, what else. Let’s see…

* Figure another two months left on the new book. The long writing sessions of my previous books now seem impossible–after a few hours I’m beat, making this the hardest thing I’ve written. Will that translate to it being the best? I’d like to automatically say “of course!” but that’s not how writing works. Hard to write=easy to read is true sometimes, which is another way of saying it isn’t true sometimes, which is another way of saying I haven’t a clue.

(Well, I have a few clues, but I’ll keep those to myself until the work is done.)

* The 2013 Best American Mystery Stories drops in October. If you missed the news, my piece “Quarry” (originally published in Glimmer Train) will be part of the collection.

The dog needs running. I’m off.

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