On the morning that my novel Go Down Hard was published, I expected the day to be filled with social media tasks. Early reviews had been positive (the American Library Association's Booklist said, "It's a crime novel dream."), friends had been supportive, and my publisher Brash Books had been enthusiastic and generous with marketing initiatives (a rare trait in a publisher these days). But my plans were quickly, and pleasantly, derailed by the news that I had been nominated for an Anthony Award for a short story called Honeymoon Sweet. For the uninitiated, the Anthony is given out every year at Bouchercon, the world's largest crime writing convention, which takes place this year in... more
