This month, member Lina Zeldovich has had two stories appear online at two different sites.
Her short story Perfect Takedown is now up at Thrillers, Killers ‘N’ Chillers. Also, a reprint of her story Nailed is now appearing at A Twist of Noir. Congrats, Lina! We’ll check out both stories and markets!
Member S.E. Dahlinger, with co-editor Leslie Klinger, has combed through the archives from notable illustrated journal The Bookman, published from 1895 to 1933. The witticisms, reviews, letters, and commentary relating to the world’s greatest sleuth have been organized and annotated, and are now made available by an imprint of Wessex Books. For many fans and scholars, this is a rich pool of fresh content, and the title’s receiving praise from no less than Otto Penzler and Jon Breen. See Gasogene Books for more about SHERLOCK HOLMES, CONAN DOYLE, AND THE BOOKMAN. Congratulations, Susan, on discovering neglected historical content that’s making new waves in Sherlockiana!
The debut mystery from our longest-distance chapter member Avery Aames (aka Daryl Wood Gerber) is now available everywhere! THE LONG QUICHE GOODBYE is her first Cheese Shop Mystery with Berkley Prime Crime. It’s in paper and e-book formats at your favorite bookseller. Charlotte Bessette’s adventures begin when this small-town Ohio cheese seller finds a body outside her shop. Worse yet, the victim’s been stabbed with one of her own prized knives. Congratulations Avery on a great launch that proves murder and Manchego do go together!
Our final gather-round of the programming year will be held Monday, June 14th at chapter favorite, Cowgirl! During our business meeting-slash-dinner party, the officers will report upon chapter progress, and we’ll celebrate the bounty of fantastic tidings the past year’s brought to so many members. There will be carousing and salsa, door prizes, an ample prix fixe dinner, and margaritas on tap at the cash bar. See details about the venue, cost, and how to RSVP at the Chapter Meetings page. C’mon out and kick up your heels!
Today, we’re kicking off our chapter’s second anthology with a call for crime story submissions! Visit the Anthology link in our sidebar for all the juicy details and even some local inspiration.
Members Hilary Davidson and Kathleen Ryan have been busy online! Hilary just set up her brand new website, and Kathy’s featured in a Misfit Magazine interview, and both of them have short fiction appearing in Christopher Grant’s online crime blog A Twist of Noir. Kathy’s number 425, “Victims of the Night” , also appeared at her Women of Mystery blog, and Hilary’s number 291, “Beast” , also appeared online at The Drowning Machine, where it won First Place in the Watery Grave Invitational. Whew!
Keep informing us of your virtual e-hijinks, too! We love hearing about new markets for chapter members’ work, working our pintails goofy-footed to dominate the glass of online crime.
Chris Roerden, award-winning author and manuscript editor, is giving us a workshop on Tuesday, May 25th, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, here in NYC! The Writer’s Voice will be a 2-hour, interactive seminar designed for new writers and veterans alike, examining what that “fresh, new voice” is that agents and editors keep demanding, and providing hands-on practice in finding, or refining, your own. This workshop requires advance registration and payment, as seating is limited. The cost is $20 for chapter members, and $25 for non-members. Please see more details about the speaker, venue, and how to register at our Chapter Meetings page from the sidebar.
You may have one or more of Chris’s writing books on your shelves already, so don’t miss this chance to benefit from up-close and in-depth instruction right from the horse’s mouth- er- publishing professional’s voice!
Well, she’s at least wishing for a Derringer, of that we’re sure. The Short Mystery Fiction Society’s annual award is called the Derringer, and Anita’s short story “Twas the Night” from Sister-studded holiday anthology THE GIFT OF MURDER has been nominated as a 2010 finalist in the category of Best Short Story from 1,000 to 4,000 words. Society members will be voting through April 30th, with the winner announced on May 1st. Stock up on liniment, because our chapter will have its fingers and toes collectively crossed for the next week, Anita!
The third installment of member Rosemary Harris’s Dirty Business gardening mysteries has just been released by Minotaur Books. When amateur sleuth and professional landscaper Paula Holliday discovers, along with the rest of her small New England town, that one of her very favorite clients is the Fugitive Mom, a prison escapee with a 25 year-old drug-dealing conviction, the woman’s husband asks Paula to find out who turned her in to authorities and why now. Visit Rosemary’s website for a fun book trailer and free goody offers if you or anyone you know is purchasing by April 30th. DEAD HEAD is available at all your favorite booksellers. Congratulations, Rosemary!
While adorable (from a distance), this is no longer considered the cutting edge of book promotion.
Joan Schulhafer has worked as an in-house publicist for Avon, Bantam, Pocket Books, Silhouette, and Kensington. Since opening her own agency, she’s worked with Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, Heather Graham, Ray Bradbury, Elizabeth George, J.A. Jance, Neil Gaiman, Laura Lippman, and Tami Hoag among other notables. We’re delighted for the opportunity to pick her brain about how publishers’ campaigns are planned, what the goals and methods are, and how to think about promoting our own work with the innovation a pro publicist does.
On April 15th, we’ll gather at 6pm at the Muhlenberg Library with the program beginning at 6:30pm. More details as always, at our Chapter Meetings page.
