We’ll be meeting at the Muhlenberg Library as usual.  See the Chapter Meetings page for more details about the wheres and whens!

And what a meeting it is!  To welcome you back from the summer, when publishing slows down, super agent Janet Reid of FinePrint Literary Management tells you what agents wish you knew.

Janet Reid specializes in compelling fiction, particularly crime fiction, and narrative non-fiction.  She’s always on the lookout for fabulous projects. Her publishing background includes fifteen years in book publicity with clients both famous and infamous. In her spare hours she drinks scotch and stalks Jack Reacher.

She is actively looking for projects that show mastery of craft and originality.  Recent sales include Even by Andrew Grant (Minotaur); The Breach by Patrick Lee (Harper:  forthcoming); Chasing Smoke by Bill Cameron (Bleak House); All Roads Lead Me Back to You by Kennedy Foster (Pocket); The Eternal Prison by Jeff Somers (Orbit); First Contact by Evan Mandery (Harper:  forthcoming 2010); Siesta Lane by Amy Minato (Skyhorse); Declarations of a Dinosaur by Dr. Lucy Hornstein (Kaplan); The Ephailtes Affair by Gary Corby (Minotaur; forthcoming); Blue Knight, White Cross by Colin Campbell (Severn House); The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions for Everyday Use by DawnRae Downton (Skyhorse:  2009).

Says Janet on her site: “I’m particularly looking for narrative non-fiction; history; current events. I’m also actively looking for high-concept thrillers. Just FYI, I do not consider books that deal with assassinating the US President as a major theme. PLEASE NOTE:  I am NOT accepting queries between 8/1/11 and 9/30/11.  Please wait to query until 10/1/11.”

As usual:
Meet and Greet 6:00 p.m.
Program 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.
Muhlenberg Branch NYPL, 3rd Floor
209 W. 23rd St. NYC (near 7th Ave.)
Optional dinner follows.

The party begins at 6:30 in the private Bark-n-Lounge with chips and salsa and our own bartender. Soft drinks and coffee are included with your meal, but it’s a cash bar. For dinner, there’s a buffet of chicken fried steak, BBQ ribs, cornbread and coleslaw, mashed potatoes, and salad. For dessert, there’s fruit cobbler. The price is $45, payable to our chapter representative by cash or check to NYSinC at the door.

Guests are welcome, but your RSVP is a firm commitment, which may be canceled without obligation up to 48 hours prior to the event, when we’re required to give our guaranteed headcount to the restaurant. After that time, if you find you can’t come, we’ll miss you! But also, the chapter will be charged in your absence, and we’ll ask you later to make arrangements to pay for your meal, so that other members’ dues aren’t spent for that purpose.

Look forward to seeing you around the trough!

Joseph Giacolone

This will take place, as usual, at the Muhlenberg Library, with the program beginning by 6:30pm. Address and more details at the Chapter Meetings page. This will be a joint meeting with MWA-NY, and is free and open to the public.

See you Thursday for Interrogation: A Command Performance!

Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011
Time: 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Tab: $100, paid by check in advance.
No extra charge for ammunition or targets!
Location: Westside Pistol and Rifle Range, 20 West 20th Street
Private Event. Attendance limited–first come, first served

To RSVP for this event or if you have other questions, please contact EW Count at: cop(underscore)talk{at}yahoo-dot-com. She’ll give you the name/address to mail your check to the instructor.

There is also an advance mandatory criminal background check which must be submitted online. Because of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, submit your information no later than Thursday, May 26th, to: http://www.westsidepistolrange.com/registration.php
In the last field, GROUP LEADER, please paste in: nratraininginnyc-at-yahoo[dot]com

See you at the range!

For more details, go to our 2011 Chapter Meetings page.

Congratulations, Cathi, on what looks to be a blooming great spring!