Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Selfie

Woman poses for a selfie with her cell phone with Waikiki Beach in the background.
September 18, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Here's a nice round-up of the 2023 (crime fiction conference) Bouchercon from J. Kingston Pierce at The Rap Sheet:

therapsheet.blogspot.com/2023/

@bookstodon

September 18, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Mailboxes at 3624

A column of old mailboxes in the entryway of a building with multiple retail businesses. Two of them have jerry-rigged doors.
September 17, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Surf Board Wrangler

Older man in swim trunks pushes a cart loaded with surf boards down the sidewalk near Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
September 16, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Chess Players

Two men sit at a concrete table in a park near Waikiki with a chess board and pieces between them. One is wearing a mask and holding an umbrella; the other is wearing sunglasses.
September 16, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Today's author is Robert Crais, author of the Elvis Cole series.

He has a new book out titled, RACING THE LIGHT. Read more about him here:

robertcrais.com/

I took my photo of him at the Mystery Bookstore in LA.

@bookstodon

September 14, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Leafy

Black and white photo of a plant with large leaves trimmed in white with prominent veins.
September 14, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

There's a nice plugin to include your feed on your . Here it is in action on my site:

markcoggins.com/marks-mastodon

And here's a link to the plugin home page:

wordpress.org/plugins/include-

Sort of the inverse of this Automattic's (owner of Wordpress) acquistion of an ActivityPub plug-in so blogs can join the :

techcrunch.com/2023/09/14/word

September 14, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Sunrise over Diamond Head

Tall buildings of downtown Honolulu with Diamond Head in the background and residential neighborhoods in the foreground at dawn. Sunlight reflects off the windows of the buildings and the color palette is pastel.
September 13, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Today's author is Craig Johnson, author of the Longmire books, which were made into a TV series on A&E.

My photo of Craig was taken at the LA Times Festival of Books when we were both signing in the Mystery Bookstore booth. It's a rare picture of him without his cowboy hat!

@bookstodon

Craig Johnson sitting behind a table at the Mystery Bookstore booth at the LA TIMES Festival of Books. He's wearing a leather jacket and a plaid shirt and has his (early) book COLD DISH on a stand in front of him.
September 12, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Turning of the Cable Car

Two SF Muni workers rotate a cable car on a turntable at the end of the line in Fisherman's wharf to allow it to go back downtown.
September 12, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Today's writer is Christa Faust, author of MONEY SHOT. To quote from her website:

christafaust.com/

"Writer. Pervert. Strong female character."

I took my photo of her at the LA Times Festival of Books.

@bookstodon

Author Christa Faust signing at a booth at the LA Times Festival of Books. She has a black hair barrette that looks like a flower with a tiny skull in the middle and she is wearing a black strappy dress that shows off several of her tattoos.
September 11, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

The Pause that Refreshes

Man sitting in Portsmouth Square in San Francisco's Chinatown taking a puff on a cigarette.
September 11, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Butterfly Girl

Metal statue of a young girl with butterfly wings atop a grave in the Tulocay cemetery in Napa, California.
September 10, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Today's author is Sue Grafton.

This picture was used by a number of news outlets when she passed in 2017.

I took the photo at a conference when she was signing (with a tremendously long line of fans waiting for her) down the table from me in the book room.

@bookstodon

Crime fiction author Sue Grafton looking up to talk to a fan at the 2009 Bouchercon in Indianapolis, Indiana.
September 09, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Queen's Gambit

Young girl stands in front of a supersize chess board contemplating the position of the piece on the board.
September 09, 2023