Eight Weeks to a Complete Novel by Becky Clark

This award-winning book is on sale for $0.99 until September 26th!

Want to speed up your writing process and complete a top-notch novel in only two months?

Do you stare at your computer screen, unable to make progress on your word count? Do you feel like all you do is spin your wheels when you sit down to write? Do you talk about your novel more than you work on it? Are you discouraged because of your slow progress? Does the idea of writing a novel seem impossible and daunting?

If you’ve thought any of this, then Eight Weeks to a Complete Novel might be exactly what you need. How?

• By showing you how to create a flexible outline you can live with, even if you hate outlines with an intensity usually reserved for walking into a spider web.
• By teaching you tips and tricks to speed up your writing each and every time you sit down to work on your novel.
• By helping you organize yourself and your writing space.
• By coaching you to devise your own unique, reliable system to get you from premise to THE END in eight short weeks, every single time.

Eight Weeks to a Complete Novel offers solid information in an entertaining, easy-to-digest form, leaving you confident and optimistic with new skills and ideas to make your writing dreams come true.

Career writers must produce completed novels at a dizzying speed, and you can learn the secret to joining their ranks, by adapting the Eight Weeks formula to suit your needs and lifestyle.

Don’t waste another minute! Learn veteran author Becky Clark’s tried-and-true techniques to become the confident, prolific writer you’ve always dreamed of. Buy Eight Weeks to a Complete Novel now!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085BWJK1V

Upcoming Release: Gingerbread Dead by Kirsten Weiss

Sisters in Crime CO member, Kirsten Weiss’ new book Gingerbread Dead (A Tea and Tarot Mystery) releases September 30th.

A tearoom owner. A Tarot reader. A murder. Solving this quirky case may take a Christmas miracle.

Tea and Tarot room owner Abigail is having a hard time getting into holiday mode. She’s working her assets off to make the tearoom a premier holiday destination, searching for an appropriate Christmas gift for her new boyfriend, and trying to forget her aggravating but oh, so tempting neighbor, Brik. But when one of the Tarot readers finds a nearby business owner dead, Abigail and her Tarot-reading partner Hyperion are on the case.

Now, with a cranky cop on their tails, the duo must find a way to solve the crime and stay out of the slammer before a killer cancels their Christmas.

Gingerbread Dead is a fast-paced and funny cozy mystery, packed with oddball characters, pets, and murder. Buy the book and start this hilarious caper today!

Tearoom recipes in the back of the book! 

www.kirstenweiss.com

Publication News: Mel Lake

“The Diagnostic Demon on Skillman Avenue” by Sisters in Crime-Colorado member, Mel Lake, was published in Bizarre Bazaar by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers on September 1, 2022

“This place smelled like feet and cleaning solution. It was a ‘Save As’ version of every other waiting room I’d been to in the borough. But once you were ushered through the door of this one, you’d be possessed by a demon for a sliding scale fee.”

Meet Todd. He’ll save your life if you step into traffic and might even arrange a meet-cute with your local Starbucks barista. He’s also a demon. “The Diagnostic Demon on Skillman Avenue” is a funny-sad story about a demonic possession gone sideways and the reasons why a human might invite a demon to inhabit them in the first place.

Welcome to the Bizarre Bazaar – a collection of seventeen speculative stories that invite and beguile the reader to look at stories new and old in a fresh light. Fairy tales are reborn as science fiction romps. Silly folklore matures with the weight of tradition to approach truth. And ghost stories teach us all we need to know about love. Moving from tale to reimagined tale, these deft transformations are mirrored in our hearts as we become the change we read.

Join the bewitching bazaar as we once again celebrate the best of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Edited by Veronica R. Calisto and Sisters in Crime-Colorado member, Amy Drayer

The anthology is available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bizarre-Bazaar-Collection-Mountain-Anthologies/dp/1734575603/

Publication News: Francelia Belton & Amy Drayer

Red Riding in the Hood in Bizarre Bazaar anthology

“Red Riding in the Hood” by Sisters in Crime-Colorado member, Francelia Belton, was published in Bizarre Bazaar by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers on September 1, 2022

“When Malina found out about Mr. Wolfe’s intentions towards her grandmother, there was only one thing she could do. She hunted him down and stabbed him. Or rather, she tried to. But the old guy was quicker than she gave him credit for.”

Welcome to the Bizarre Bazaar – a collection of seventeen speculative stories that invite and beguile the reader to look at stories new and old in a fresh light. Fairy tales are reborn as science fiction romps. Silly folklore matures with the weight of tradition to approach truth. And ghost stories teach us all we need to know about love. Moving from tale to reimagined tale, these deft transformations are mirrored in our hearts as we become the change we read.

Join the bewitching bazaar as we once again celebrate the best of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Edited by Veronica R. Calisto and Sisters in Crime-Colorado member, Amy Drayer

“Red Riding in the Hood” is a refresh on the Little Red Riding Hood tale, but in this story, Red is the one hunting the Wolf. 

The anthology is available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bizarre-Bazaar-Collection-Mountain-Anthologies/dp/1734575603/

Event: September 2022 Book Club

The Sisters in Crime-CO Book Club September 2022 reads are Daybreak on Raven Island by Fleur Bradley (Longmont), Complicit by Amy Rivers (Fort Collins), and At First Light by Barbara Nickless (Parker) .

Free and open to the public. Come chat with the author and other readers! And if you don’t have a chance to read the book, that’s quite all right. Many times we discuss craft and the publishing process as well as the book, so all are welcome!

PLEASE NOTE: During the current coronavirus situation, our book clubs are meeting online via Zoom. Sisters in Crime-Colorado members can get the link to the Zoom meeting on the chapter groups.io listserv. Non-members may request the meeting link by emailing the book club coordinators directly:

Longmont: BookClubLongmont(at)gmail(dot)com

Fort Collins: bookclubftcollins(at)gmail(dot)com

Parker:  bookclubparker(at)gmail(dot)com

For more information, including specific dates, times, and locations, please visit https://sistersincrimecolorado.org/book-club/.

Hope you can join us!

Event: Virtual Book Launch for Daybreak on Raven Island by Fleur Bradley

Virtual Book Launch Party for Daybreak on Raven Island 

Where: Murder by the Book bookstore – virtual

When: Aug. 23rd at 6 PM MST

Details:

Fleur Bradley is celebrating the launch of her new mystery for kids Daybreak on Raven Island with friends! Authors Jennifer J. Chow, Bryan Patrick Avery, and Jennifer Chambliss Bertman will be there for cake and conversation. Join in!

Link to join

Event: August 2022 Book Club

The Sisters in Crime-CO Book Club August 2022 reads are How to Book a Murder by Cynthia Kuhn (Fort Collins), Denver Noir anthology edited by Cynthia Swanson (Parker), and Chasing Justice by Kathleen Donnelly (Longmont).

Free and open to the public. Come chat with the author and other readers! And if you don’t have a chance to read the book, that’s quite all right. Many times we discuss craft and the publishing process as well as the book, so all are welcome!

PLEASE NOTE: During the current coronavirus situation, our book clubs are meeting online via Zoom. Sisters in Crime-Colorado members can get the link to the Zoom meeting on the chapter groups.io listserv. Non-members may request the meeting link by emailing the book club coordinators directly:

Longmont: BookClubLongmont(at)gmail(dot)com

Fort Collins: bookclubftcollins(at)gmail(dot)com

Parker:  bookclubparker(at)gmail(dot)com

For more information, including specific dates, times, and locations, please visit https://sistersincrimecolorado.org/book-club/.

Hope you can join us!