All meetings will be held on Zoom unless otherwise noted. The Zoom link will be sent to members ahead of time in our monthly newsletter.
Thursday, October 9, 7 PM: True and False: Turning a Newspaper Reporting Career into Fodder for Fiction
With Claire Booth, SinC Member, Capitol Crimes Sacramento chapter
Acclaimed author and former Bellevue resident Claire Booth will discuss switching from a career writing about real-life crime to one doing the opposite. She still hasn’t decided which is easier—covering real crimes or making them up. She does know that her reporting background helps her write fiction, and she’ll share her tips and tricks of the journalism trade to help you with your own work in progress.
Thursday, November 13, 7 PM: Flash Fiction Annual Event
All members are invited to prepare a piece of up to 250 words on the theme “It happened on a dark and stormy night…” to share aloud at our November meeting. You must include at least five of the six words selected at our summer picnic: cattywampus, cringe, rose, persnickety, misty, diamond.
You never know where this might lead you. Our current secretary Julie Hunter has two of her past November flash fiction pieces accepted for publication!
Saturday, December 6, 1-4 PM: Winter Party
Please save the date for our annual winter party, in-person in Mountlake Terrace. Hosted by Curt Colbert. This is the same location as the past several years, and we will provide additional information about the party and the usual white elephant book exchange in November’s newsletter.
Monday, February 9, 7 PM: Mystery and Crime Author Night at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Calling published authors who are also members of our Puget Sound chapter—here’s your chance to meet fans and potential readers! This has become a twice-yearly event and is an opportunity not only to promote your book, but also to strengthen our chapter’s tie with this large and vibrant independent bookstore. Preference will be given to 1) authors who have not read at previous nights, 2) authors who have not read at the last two nights, 3) everyone else. To sign up or to ask a question: marty@martywingate.com