Marty Wingate talks about her newest mystery, The Librarian Always Rings Twice, in a virtual event at Poisoned Pen bookstore at 3:45 PM (Pacific Time) on Thursday, Feb. 3. Marty Wingate and Ellie Alexander (The Cure for What Ales You) in conversation about their newest mysteries in a virtual event at Third Place Books, Friday, … Read more
Award-winning author Glen Erik Hamilton was entertaining and thought-provoking. He shared his techniques and tricks for managing our external environment, our internal mindset, and shifting our mental gears between writing and rewriting our work. In other words, how to shut out the real world and allow room for fictional ones. Hamilton explained that he takes … Read more
The invitation asked people to bring: A song parody, a poem written by you or someone else, a funny or touching story about a wonderful (or heartbreaking) holiday memory, a limerick or a haiku or even a run-on sentence… and if you read something while wearing a Santa hat, so much the better. The thirteen … Read more
Alice K. Boatwright was interviewed by Writer’s Connection, a newsletter and website created to educate emerging writers and to promote local authors. In the interview, she discusses her path to becoming a writer, her approach to writing, and her experiences as an author. Charlotte Stuart‘s Why Me? Chimeras, Conundrums and Dead Goldfish won a Distinguished … Read more
Past president Luanne Brown hosted Flash Fiction Night and began the program with trivia questions about the game of Clue. After we displayed our knowledge—or failed to do so—some shared stories and others listened. The 250-word (sometimes more) stories that were told included the following titles: The Samurai Sword Tiff for Two The Coroner’s Coronary? … Read more
Susan McCormick’s The Fog Ladies: In the Soup, Book 3 in the San Francisco Cozy Murder Mystery series, was released in October. Book 2 in the series, The Fog Ladies: Family Matters, won first prize in InD’Tale’s RONE Awards for Mystery and is also in the Shortlist for Chanticleer’s Murder and Mayhem Award. Charlotte Stuart … Read more
Jennifer McChord and Roberta Trahan provided insights into balancing plot and character development. Jennifer is Executive Editor and Associate Publisher at Epicenter-Coffeetown-Camel Press, and Roberta is a best-selling author. The presenters pointed out that thrillers tend to be more plot driven while cozies are more character driven and that most authors have a preference for … Read more
Roxanne Dunn: Pop the champagne! Murder Undetected was released by The Wild Rose Press on Sept. 29. Susan McCormick’s third installment in The Fog Ladies San Francisco Cozy Mystery series, The Fog Ladies: In the Soup, will be released Oct. 4 by The Wild Rose Press. New York Journal of Books says: “Age cannot slow … Read more
Dawn Dowdle of the Blue Ridge Literary Agency presented answers to questions from a member survey about working with an agent. Of members who took the survey, 17% had an agent and 57% were looking for an agent. Some of the questions Dawn answered: What can an agent do for an author that they couldn’t … Read more
A small group of members gathered at the upper shelter at Richmond Beach Park in Shoreline and chatted about books, the weather, Covid 19, life events, etc. The weather cooperated by staying comfortably warm with a pleasant breeze off the water. The sky wasn’t as smoky as it had been just the day before. There … Read more