Don’t miss the chance to get up close and personal with Ace Criminal Investigator, Joe Giacalone. Joe, a college professor and retired NYPD Sergeant, will show you how to conduct the perfect interrogation and give you the ammunition you need to help your protagonist nail the perp.
Joe was recently featured on the Discovery Channel and has a new Facebook page where you can take a look at some of the intriguing cases he’s been working on.
Take a look 
at https://www.facebook.com/JosephLGiacalone
It’s all happening on Wednesday, February 15th at the Jefferson Market Branch of the NYPL, 10th Street and Sixth Avenue. Meet and greet at 6:00 pm; Meeting 6:30 to 7:45 pm. Optional dinner follows.
Whether you’re signing with an agent, a publisher, or going the self-publishing route, Bob Stein’s legal expertise will help you decode the facts about contracts, copyright, and liability, as well as if and when you need a lawyer.
Bob spent 13 years early in his career thinking he was protecting the largest book publishers from voracious agents and from shiftless and irresponsible writers. Then he changed sides and has since spent 30 years trying to atone for his mistakes, protecting poor benighted writers from arrogant and uncaring conglomerate publishers.
Join us on Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 at the
New York Public Library, Jefferson Market Branch, 6th Avenue and 10th Street.
Meet and greet: 6:00 p.m. Program: 6:30—7:45 p.m.
Optional dinner follows.
Please join Sisters in Crime in supporting the non-profit Dramatic Question Theatre at our upcoming reading
on Tuesday, October 27th.
Tickets are limited. So, purchase yours now at:
http://www.thedqt.org/dqt-benefit-reading-sisters-in-crime
Join the Dramatic Question Theatre (DQT) for a special event and reading featuring members of Sisters In Crime, an organization dedicated to the professional development of women crime writers.
The DQT is raising money to produce two new plays:
o IN THE NIGHT EVERYONE IS EQUAL by Erica Silberman
o THE SHOO-IN by Michael Mejias.
Readers from Sisters in Crime will include:
Triss Stein
Lori Robbins
Cathi Stoler
Where: People’s United Bank, 250 Park Ave, NYC
When: 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, October 27th (Social hour begins at 6:00, followed by readings.)
How much: Tickets are $20 (tax-deductible).
Seating is limited to 40 tickets, so get yours before the event sells out!
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Meet Mariah Fredricks and learn how to be your own best editor.
Mariah Fredericks is the author of eight novels for young adults, including The Girl in the Park and Crunch Time, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. Her first mystery for adults, A Death of No Importance, will be published by Minotaur in 2018. The head copywriter for Book-of-the-Month Club for many years, she currently works as a freelance editor.
In an era when editors have less and less time to work on a manuscript, writers need to be their first and best editor. Yet it’s often hard for people to step back and see their story with fresh eyes. This talk will address how to read like a reader and not the writer, effective ways to find and cut the flab, the meaningless of “good,” and how to make the most of outside feedback,so you can be Your Own Best Editor.