I’ve been touring the web-o-sphere, talking about different aspects of the book … the time and the setting (1940 San Francisco) and why both city and era resonate with me so much … my PI protagonist Miranda Corbie, who is simultaneously a response to misogynistic images of femme fatales and an ode to noir traditions. Making the leap from small press to major publisher is a very, very lucky opportunity, and boy, do I know it! City of Dragons launches from Thomas Dunne/Minotaur tomorrow-Groundhog Day!-though it’s far more concerned with other February holidays … Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year, which this year coincidentally fall on the same date. I’m glad to be somewhere so safe, warm and relaxing just the day before by book comes out. Kaye is such a beautiful, generous and hospitable person that her blog takes on the aspects of a five star-yet secret-bed and breakfast, tucked away in the mountains, still and lovely, but with all the amenities to make you comfortable. I want to start by thanking Kaye for letting me ensconce myself at her exquisitely comfortable abode, here at Meanderings and Musings. We Must All Hang Together by Kelli Stanley

Then, once she gets home, she sits in front of the computer and lets the words flow onto the page.

Kelli's cable car 'workspace' where she does a lot of her creative thinking.

Nox Dormienda by Kelli Stanley