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It’s Showtime! Tips for Moderating Author Panels

April 15, 2025 Mally Becker Conferences, Mystery Community, Promotion, Uncategorized, Writers, Writers' Conferences

I was starstruck the first time I moderated a panel of writers at a local library. I hadn’t finished the[…]

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Dales Detective Series: Julia Chapman

September 12, 2024 Marni Graff Books, Creating Characters, Inspiration, Writers, Writers inspirations, Writers' Conferences

I was looking for a new series to bring on my book tour in June, paperbacks I could easily pack[…]

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How to Write a Mystery

August 1, 2024 Susan Breen Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, Conferences, Mystery Writers of America, Tips and Tricks, Writers, Writers' Conferences

Over the next few days, I’ll be teaching a class on “How to Write a Mystery” at the Cape Cod[…]

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Should I Go or Should I Stay?

April 23, 2024 Connie Berry Conferences, Writers' Conferences

I’m talking about writers’ conferences, not relationships! Returning last week from Left Coast Crime in Bellevue, Washington, I found a flurry of comments in my inbox, addressing the question: was it worth it? It’s a good question to ask.

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Clay Stafford and Killer Nashville

December 11, 2023 Marni Graff #inspiration, Awards, Conferences, Inspiration, literary agents, Marketing, Mystery Community, Promotion, Reviews, Writers' Conferences

Please welcome Clay Stafford, the Renaissance man who has developed KILLER NASHVILLE with its Silver Falchion Award into an international[…]

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An Interview with Holly West, editor of KILLIN’ TIME IN SAN DIEGO

June 19, 2023 Emilya Naymark Books, Conferences, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences

A warm welcome to Killin’ Time in San Diego’s editor, Holly West, who shares with us a little of how an anthology is made. Killin’ Time in San Diego features twenty of today’s best crime and mystery writers and is published in conjunction with Bouchercon 2023.

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5 Things I Learned at the Pitch Conference (and one thing I forgot)

March 20, 2023 Susan Breen #inspiration, Conferences, Inspiration, Writers' Conferences

I spent the last four days at the New York Write-to-Pitch Conference, helping a group of 15 fabulous authors write[…]

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Traveling Isn’t For Sissies: My Adventures At Left Coast Crime

April 19, 2022 Connie Berry Conferences, Fiction, Writers' Conferences

With in-person events back in the universe, those of us who’ve spent two years holed up in our writing caves[…]

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