On a non-vegan note . . . my historical nonfiction, Folsom’s 93 is now available! Sorry for the blatant, self promotion, but I thought, if any of you (or others you know) are history buffs, you might be interested. You can order a copy at Amazon or Barnes & Noble. The e-version will be available July 1st. Some of the stories of these men are so bizarre; stranger than fiction. For example, one woman’s husband was Folsom’s 52nd execution and happened to be her fourth murdering husband! How does that happen?! Well . . . you’ll have to buy the book to find out! 😉
Thanks for your support!
Congratulations! I’m so behind in my blog reading but this was at the top of my Feedly and I just couldn’t bring myself to wait and read them in order 😉 I’m totally ordering this book!
Aw! Thanks, Barb! If it makes you feel any better, I’m WAY behind on my blog reading, too!
Interesting. What made you decide to write a book on that topic? I added it to my Amazon Wishlist. I have about a 30 book backlog I’m forcing myself through before any new purchases, but I’ll get to it. 🙂
Hey, I appreciate that—thanks. So I had a great-great uncle in L.A. who was a bookie and apparently sometime in the ’40s, he went to Folsom to collect from an inmate. He left with a box of mug shots and a 40-page typed text chronicling the history of Folsom since the beginning planning stages in the 1850s. Folsom executed just 93 men which was from 1895-1937 and the mug shots were of all 93 men. He tucked them away and my aunt found them in ’79 when he died. I wrote a blog post about if you want to read a little more about it: http://folsoms93.com/2012/09/20/how-the-book-began/
Thanks again!
Cool! Thanks. 🙂
I’m so happy for you! I know you’ve been working on this for a long time! Did you self-publish?
Thanks, Angela! Yes, it’s been a long time coming! No, I went with a publisher–Linden Publishing out of CA.
OMG–I am so going to read this! What a fascinating back story. I am thrilled to know a published author (I mean, blog-wise)–Congrats to you! I love historical fiction! We need to get you on NPR to discuss!
Thanks, Kelly! And I’m with you—gotta get NPR interested! 🙂
Yay! I’m so excited for you, April! Congratulations many times over!
The book sounds intriguing! Congratulations! I’ll definitely order a copy; gotta support local authors 🙂
Thank you!