Our Author kindly gave me first word on what, after all, is named for me, T. R. Softly, consulting detective. It’s a website devoted to all the characters in our first public adventure, chronicled in Everything Is Jake, now on sale everywhere. Here’s the plan: We are going to talk to each other, and our creator, Jethro K. Lieberman, and to you, the reading public. If you want to ask a question, make a comment, argue with one or all of us, just add a comment, and we’ll do our best to get back to you quickly. …. READ MORE

Now That I’m Famous

How come I’m always the last to learn important things about life here at PBDS? I mean, I just heard that we have this “screening room” or whatever it is where we can get in touch with each other — without leaving home. Well, what I want to know is whether we get perks now that we’re famous. I mean, the book is now out, right? People are reading about us. They know our names. I might have to watch out for autograph seekers. That could spoil undercover work. …. READ MORE

 

TT.R. Softly is someone I’d like to know in real life; he was only partly self-consciously willed on the page. Friends have asked if he is me. No. He’s a generation younger, has a working knowledge of things I can only pretend to, occupies his time in very different ways, and has a capacity for derring-do that I can only write about. He’s chief of his realm; I’m a scribe. But as those who know me will no doubt attest, TR does have interests and some experiences akin to mine: we both went to Yale, making my research job easier …. READ MORE