Books are the gateway to imagination

Books are the gateway to imagination
Morgan welcomes you to her personal blog

Monday, September 18, 2023

NEVER STOP LEARNING

My philosophy has always been never stop learning. Just because you are getting older, it is no excuse to just kick back and do nothing but watch TV. Having turned 84 last month, (how did that happen?) I love learning how to do new things.

I made some book trailers a few years ago, but since joining Authors Den I decided to learn how to make them slicker since we can post videos for our books. I'm in the process of listing all 21 of my books, but at this writing only have 9 on the site.

My first attempt at this was the trailer for my latest book FATAL ENCOUNTER.


I felt pretty good about the result and decided to learn how to do more. This was the result. Although it still needs some tweaking, it is a great feeling to keep at something and learning from your mistakes instead of giving up.









 


Tuesday, June 20, 2023

ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL

 After feeling like a hermit for almost three years thanks to Covid, it looks like things are almost back to normal.

As a Coffee House Tours author I have book signings for almost every one of the coming months. Last Saturday I was at Bad Owl Coffee in Henderson with table-mate RJ Waters. We had a good time chatting with some of the customers and thank those who purchased copies of our books.

I just updated the appearance schedule on www.morganstjames-author.com and suspect even more dates will be added during the year.

And, GOOD NEWS. My latest book, Number 21, is approaching the finish line. It will be available in Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and Paperback.


Saturday, April 1, 2023




NEW BOOK SIGNING APRIL 7, 2023

Coffee House Tours has several new author and venue members. The rest of 2023 will be very active with signings and events throughout Las Vegas and Henderson. This is my latest one and it sure would be fun to see  you there. April is child abuse awareness and prevention month, so although I will have copies of my funny mysteries, I will also have copies of memoirs I co-authored for two amazing abuse survivors. They go through so much, that pouring their hearts out, raw and unvarnished, not only tells their stories in the hope victims will be helped, but is a healing tool for them.

     





 

Sunday, January 1, 2023

 I am starting the New Year with a special dinner event presented by Miss Phoebe's Eatery in the Southern Highlands section of Las Vegas, zipcode 89141. I love this restaurant, and they are very supportive of local authors in addition to having great food. 
                 
They are not normally open for dinner on Thursday night, but as I said, this is a special event hosted by the owners, Allan and Tina Duss.  $29.95 not only includes dinner, but your choice one of my signed books. The books alone sell for anywhere from $14.95 to $19.95, so it's a great deal. I will be reading a selection from my book RIPOFF, the second book in the Revenge is Fun series, followed by a short discussion.

A former FBI undercover agent and NYT bestselling author gave us a blurb that said it was a good thing we weren't crooks, because our plot could have possibly worked. 

So many of my books are inspired by something I personally experienced, and this is no exception. My co-author and I actually worked for a private sector company contracted to market furniture manufactured in Federal prisons and could only sell to Federal government entities. My biggest deal was for $3 Million! Because we had been inside prison factories, witnessed some of the "grifting" that was done by management of the company we worked for, and more, we were able to develop a fun crime caper featuring three savvy women who bring down a big embezzling scam.Without knowing how the system worked, and having toured prison factories, we could not have written this book.

What an affordable and fun evening for people in the area, so if you are in Las Vegas, consider checking this out. The restaurant is currently taking reservations.



 

Thursday, October 27, 2022

NEW BOOKSIGNING COMING SOON


WHAT FUN! I will be signing books with my friend Brian Rouff at a gem of a restaurant located in the Southern Highlands section of Las Vegas. If you can, stop by, have some great food and chat about our books.

I was one of the early reviewers of Brian's The House Always Wins, a very cool book. Brian has known me pretty much since the first Silver Sisters book was published, so it will be nice to share this signing with an old friend.

Terror in a Teapot, the second Silver Sisters Mystery, takes place largely in Juneau, Alaska. That's right. My real sister and co-author, Phyllice Bradner, lived in Alaska for nearly 30 years, so many of the locations and characters are based upon her time in Juneau.

However, the Dumkovsky Brothers--bumbling bad guys from Vladivostok, are pure inventions of our imagination as are the antique exporters Minsky and Pinsky.

Goldie Silver receives the wrong shipment of antique Russian teapots called samovars at her shop, Silver Spoon Antiques. Her suppliers, Minsky and Pinsky can't be reached to report the error, and these samovars are so exquisite they sell immediately. That is when the trouble begins as the dead bodies of people who bought them begin to pile up in quiet little Juneau. WHAT MAKES THEM WORTH KILLING FOR?

As fate has it (um, meaning the authors plotted), Godiva is visiting Goldie from her Beverly Hills estate. In their normal wacky way the sisters navigate through twists, turns and backfires that take them to Seattle and Los Angeles to solve the crime. Their 80 year old mother and uncle Flossie and Sterling Silver, former vaudeville magicians, are in on the action and almost wind up doing their last disappearing act. If you aren't in the area, or can't make it, check out these twin sleuths at http://bit.ly/SilverSisters.

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

BOOK SIGNING AUGUST 13


 

Silver Sisters Mysteries


If you are in the Las Vegas/Henderson area, we would love to meet you. Drop by and check out Copper Cat Books.


 




 

Saturday, May 21, 2022

BOOK SIGNING AND CHAT AT LAS VEGAS BOOKS MAY 28, 2022

 

If you are in the Las Vegas area on May 28, Lauren Tallman and I would love to see you at Las Vegas Books.

I will have copies of books in the Revenge is Fun crime caper series, as well as some of my other books. 

Lauren is the author of erotic books and is a very interesting person.

So, drop by and check us out. In the process, discover a cool bookstore.