Blessed Sunday, friends. As I write this, I’ve just returned from dropping my parents at the airport. We had a lovely—albeit short—visit, and I am again reminded how very grateful I am that we have a vaccine that’s being distributed. I miss being able to hop on a plane and go see them. It all seemed so easy before. And how ironic that it’s safer for my parents in their 80s to fly to me than for me to fly to them. Such a strange world we live in.

It was a fun visit though. There were culinary delights and mishaps, movies watched, laughter and joy. I had to break away to do a library talk, which we then watched together. I’ve never done a postmortem on an event like that and probably won’t again (my goodness I play with my hair a lot). But it was fun for them to see the studio in action.

I’ve been doing a lot of big thinking this week as part of my Lenten practice, and listening to my favorite podcast, Cal Newport’s Deep Questions. If you’re a writer reading this, may I recommend you hit up this episode? The entire episode is fantastic, but if you home in on the 1 hour mark, there’s some very healthy art vs. business advice that I’m taking to heart. Sometimes you just need someone smarter than you to give you permission to make changes to your system that you know are right, but are afraid to enact. 

And with that, let’s jump straight into the HER DARK LIES all the time links! Onward!

📚HER DARK LIES IS COMING MARCH 9!

What an incredible honor to be the face of this month's Mystery Scene! I had so much fun doing this interview with John Valeri—he asked the best questions! I hope you get a chance to read it—this issue of Mystery Scene is on stands now!

Preorder your copy of HER DARK LIES today!

You can preorder a signed copy from Parnassus Books.

A few of the bookstores hosting me for the virtual tour have signed books and bookplates available with your purchase as well: Writer’s Block Bookstore, Murder By The Book, Mysterious Galaxy, and Page 158. Happy to personalize if you want.

J.T. Ellison Goes Rogue. I’m over at Rogue Women Writers sharing the inspiration behind the book!

The event I mentioned above: Chapter 16 and Art Circle Library Public Library hosted me for a novel chat. You can catch the replay here.

I was honored HER DARK LIES was included in The Real Book Spy’s March 2021 Reading Guide.

Read an excerpt of the book at Novel Suspects.

🖥 THIS WEEK’S EVENTS

Sunday, February 28 @ 3 pm EST/2 pm CST: Parnassus Books in Conversation with Alisha Klapheke
If you have some free time this afternoon, I’ll be chatting with my good friend Alisha Klapheke about her new novel, ENCHANTING THE ELVEN MAGE, which is utterly enchanting itself, by the way, at Parnassus books. Click here to join us.

Thursday, March 4 @ 12:30 pm EST/11:30 am CST am: First Chapter Fun
I’m thrilled HER DARK LIES will be featured on First Chapter Fun with Hannah & Hank! More details here.

Thursday, March 4 @ 7 pm EST/6 pm CST: Woolfer TV
I’m very excited to speak with my friend Carmen Tanner Slaughter about HER DARK LIES for Woolfer TV’s author series. Here’s a link.

The Events page is being updated regularly. Hope you can join me at one (or many) of the upcoming tour stops.

That’s it from me. Stay safe, stay dry, and I’ll see you next Sunday!

Peace and hugs,
J.T.