Merry Little Mysteries contains Sisters in Crime – CO member, Donna Schlachter’s short story A Mistletoe Mystery.
Can sisters Holly and Ivy Christmas discover who seeded their spruce trees with dwarf mistletoe? And are the neighboring ranch brothers, Tom and Bob Jolly, behind this? Or victims as well?
The anthology releases November 1st.
Quarterly Chapter Meeting/Event: November 12, 2022
Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way, Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 (303-791-READ)
Also Via Zoom; (Information on how to join the presentation will be posted in the Sisters in Crime-Colorado Groups.io members listserv.)
Please note: Chapter meetings are a member only benefit. You can learn more about us and our chapter here: https://sistersincrimecolorado.org/join/
To request more information, please use our contact form: https://sistersincrimecolorado.org/connect/
PROGRAM/SCHEDULE
9:30 am – 10:00 am Welcome, Announcements
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Marketing for Authors by Jenny Kate
We’d all rather be writing, but today’s authors must also spend time as marketing agents. Jenny Kate can help with that. In this class, Jenny will explore building an author brand, how to create compelling marketing content; and what you should include in your marketing plan (website, email, social, ads).
12:00pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (brown bag or visit nearby restaurants)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm True Community Policing by Clint Blackhurst
Given the current state of law enforcement in our country, he will be discussing what true community policing is and how it could be the answer to ongoing issues. He will also discuss homicide cases he worked during his career, and the differences between the various areas of law enforcement from Federal, State, County, and City. He’s open to answering any and all questions. Having a mystery writer for a wife, he’s no longer concerned when he’s asked questions such as the best way to murder someone and not get caught.
RVSP on our Meet-Up Page (www.meetup.com/sisters-in-crime-colorado/events/289095811/) or through our Groups.IO Listserv
The Zoom login information will be posted in the chapter’s groups.io listserv.
About the Presenters:
Jenny Kate has been a communicator, marketer, teacher, and public relations professional since 2001. With her husband, she co-founded Writer Nation, an online space to help authors become authorpreneurs. She holds a master’s degree in English, is a member of Pikes Peak Writers and Sisters in Crime, and judges contests for the Utah League of Writers.
A born Alabama girl, Jenny bleeds crimson and white. When she isn’t writing or teaching about marketing, she travels the world looking for the world’s best vegan sandwich. So far, tofu banh mi in Hoi An, Vietnam, is winning that race. She lives in Northern Virginia with her family. Check out her website at www.thewriternation.com
Clint Blackhurst is a retired forty-seven-year police veteran. He has worked for Federal Law Enforcement (the FBI), State Law Enforcement (District Attorney’s Office), County Law Enforcement (Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office), and Municipal Law Enforcement (Ogden, UT Police Department and Brighton, CO Police Department). The last twenty-two years of his career he spent as the Chief of Police for Brighton. Not one to submit to an easy retirement, however, he’s now on his fifth year as a city council member. He has a BA in Criminal Justice from Metro State and a Master of Public Administration from CU.
The Sisters in Crime-CO Book Club October 2022 reads are Police Navidad by Becky Clark (Longmont), Spirits and Sourdough by Bailey Cates (Fort Collins), and Until Dead by Donnell Ann Bell (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!
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!
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!
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!
Come see Sisters in Crime – CO members, Cynthia Swanson, Barbara Nickless, and Francelia Belton for a reading of Denver Noir sponsored by the University of Denver Alumni Association. The reading will be held on August 2nd at 6 pm at the Anderson Academic Commons. Mathangi Subramanian will also be joining them.
More information and registration can be found here.
Sisters in Crime – CO member Fleur Bradley has two fun events for her new release Daybreak on Raven Island
Escape Room and Daybreak on Raven Island book signing
When: August 25th at 6 PM
Where: Second Star to the Right Bookstore, 1455 S Pearl St, Denver, CO 80210
To celebrate the launch of Fleur Bradley’s new MG mystery Daybreak on Raven Island, Second Star to the Right bookstore is hosting an escape room event, Q&A and book signing. There’s a special giveaway for independent bookstore buyers.
Event link: Author Visit: Fleur Bradley – “Daybreak on Raven Island” Tickets, Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
Book Launch Party for Daybreak on Raven Island + Plot a Mystery Activity
When: August 27th at 4 PM
Where: The Wandering Jellyfish Bookstore, 198 2nd Ave STE 1A, Niwot, CO
It’s a party at the Wandering Jellyfish Bookstore! We’re celebrating the launch of Fleur Bradley’s new MG mystery Daybreak on Raven Island with an interactive Plot a Mystery Clue Game, book signing (and cake, of course). Special independent bookstore giveaway with book preorders, while supplies last.
Website: www.ftbradley.com
Twitter: @FTBradleyAuthor
Instagram: fleurbradley
Quarterly Chapter Meeting/Event: August 13, 2022
Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way, Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 (303-791-READ)
Also Via Zoom; (Information on how to join the presentation will be posted in the Sisters in Crime-Colorado Groups.io members listserv.)
Please note: Chapter meetings are a member only benefit. You can learn more about us and our chapter here: https://sistersincrimecolorado.org/join/
To request more information, please use our contact form: https://sistersincrimecolorado.org/connect/
PROGRAM/SCHEDULE
9:30 am – 10:00 am Welcome, Announcements
10:00 am – 12:00 pm How to Write a Synopsis by Pam McCutcheon
Most writers hate writing synopses, and no wonder. After you’ve agonized over several hundred pages to make your prose absolutely perfect, how could you possibly distill that down to a measly ten or twenty pages? Or, worse yet, one or two? By the time you’ve written the book, everything seems important, and it’s difficult to know what to put in and what to leave out.
This workshop will help you understand the elements you need for a traditional synopsis to send to an editor or agent, plus what you need for a back cover blurb.
12:00pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (brown bag or visit nearby restaurants)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm In Character Workshop: The Life and Writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Michael Chandos
Author Michael Chandos will present a workshop on the Life and Writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Learn how and why a detective series which originated in 1887 is still widely touted and relevant in the 21st century. In this interactive in-character workshop, Michael Chandos will reveal: Who were Sherlock and Watson? Why the word “Sherlockian” has long been recognized by Merriam-Webster and dictionaries worldwide, and why this mystery series.
Sherlockian, you ask? Definition of Sherlockian: of or resembling the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes especially in the exercise of unusual powers of deduction solved the mystery with Sherlockian ease could almost see the Sherlockian glitter in the doctor’s eyes— Philip Wheelwright
Please RSVP at our Meetup Page: https://www.meetup.com/sisters-in-crime-colorado/events/287185899/
The Zoom login information will be posted in the chapter’s groups.io listserv.
About the Presenters:
Pam McCutcheon is the author of how-to books for writers and many kinds of romance novels (sweet, steamy, paranormal, romcom, Sci-Fi, etc.) under her own name, and the Demon Underground YA urban fantasy series under the name Parker Blue. She can be found at pammc.com or parkerblue.net.
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Steve Pease writes mystery and suspense fiction as Michael Chandos. One of his stories (West Texas Barbecue) was nominated for a Macavity award. He is a retired Intelligence Community Officer and is now a working Private Investigator, licensed in New Mexico and Colorado. He has taught seminars in Private Investigation and Intelligence for Kiss of Death. He lives in Black Forest, Colorado. He occasionally presents this Sherlockian seminar and another on The Maltese Falcon to reading clubs in Colorado Springs and at the unique Lewis and Holmes Emporium in Peyton, Colorado. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers (PWA), and Small Mystery Fiction Society (SMFS).
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This event is funded and presented by Sisters in Crime-Colorado and is not sponsored by Douglas County Libraries.
To request more information, please use our contact form.
The Sisters in Crime-CO Book Club July 2022 reads are Chasing Justice by Kathleen Donnelly (Longmont-postponed until August), The Desert Hedge Murders by Patricia Stoltey (Fort Collins), and Chasing Justice by Kathleen Donnelly (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!
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