Keith Roysdon
@keithroysdon
Writer of fiction, true crime and pop culture. Out now: My crime novel SEVEN ANGELS, winner 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from MWA-Midwest. Previous: THAT OCTOBER. Member MWA, SinC. keithroysdon dot com
Who knew 500 people in Indiana ate lettuce? (Maybe it’s all attributable to Chick-fil-A sammies.) Proud of y’all!
I know it says it feels like 104, but it’s pretty nice out. Feels more like 102, 103 to me.
The full review of my new novel SEVEN ANGELS from CherAnn Wright Author. Thank you, my friend!
These two need a minute to catch their breath. Jill Blocker and I squoze five book talks and signings PLUS an after party into two days in Indiana. Jill now starts the next leg of her tour, from Seattle to NYC to Zurich. I’m heading home to write: we got a lot of “what are you publishing next.”
Jill Blocker and I signed and sold our books this afternoon at Ink Drinkers Anonymous, the Black-woman-owned bookstore in downtown Muncie, Indiana, my hometown.
Come see us today in Muncie, Indiana. There’s a chance we’ll be sober!
If you’re in Indiana, come see Jill Blocker and me July 14 and 15. (Ignore the drunk guy singing in the background lol)
Tennessee in a nutshell. Giant roadside cross looming over Adult World. Ahead: Stinking Creek Road.
That’s an American cat posing with the North American paperback debut of KILLER QUILL by @thewisteraverse. I’ll have copies of KILLER QUILL, an epic high fantasy, to sell July 14 and 15 in Muncie, Indiana, along with books by me and @constellatecreatives authors like @jill_author
Authors who attended @boucherconworldmystery at the Opryland Resort in 2024 are unlikely to say that the thing the 3 million square foot facility needs is to be bigger.
My friend and fellow author Jill Blocker and I are interviewed for the latest Pages and Partners podcast of Muncie Public Library! (Link to follow.)
Gonna have to practice my ability to flip the bird at high speeds when the sign goes up.
I didn’t expect Ingram Spark to report I’d sold two copies of SEVEN ANGELS in the UK. I should have included a glossary of some of the Southern US terms, including kudzu.
Profile in courage: a young Black woman riding a train with despicable racist thugs. (Ive seen this credited to Cheney Orr of Reuters. It should win an award.)
On this #caturday, I wish peace and quiet for your cats and dogs. These two are on the IG account Midwestcatsgonesouth
They’re not all TBR, but a lot are. Fingers crossed for no earthquakes.
Happy pub day to my friend Jill Blocker on the day of book publication for her new novel HAPPILY AFTER EVER! It’s a wonderful modern day retelling of all those classic fairytale stories about finding love and finding yourself. From @constellatecreatives and Constellate Publishing.
Here’s a Sunday morning question for you: do you think this is Sydney Sweeney? Or supposed to be? (I’ll reveal at a later date why I’m asking.)
Name your favorite album to listen to start to finish with no skips.
I was out with the family over the weekend and noticed that the nearby Hooters had closed. (That’s my story and it happens to be the truth.) Best of all, because I’m married to an editor at the local paper, my photos - and photo credit - appeared. Still covering the news.