2026 Event Dates

January 24, 2026 noon — Kick Off the Year party

Quarterly Events — all day
March 7, 2026 ... Lone Tree Library
June 27, 2026 ... Lone Tree Library
August 29, 2026 ... Lone Tree Library
October 17, 2026 ... Castle Rock Library

Details about these and any field trips will be in your newsletter as the dates get closer.

Events

We provide many educational and fun (usually both) events at Sisters in Crime-Colorado.

Since we are a statewide organization, we knew monthly meetings would be challenging for people to attend. So we decided to have Quarterly Events which are all day on a Saturday. They're not technically quarterly because we work around conference season and the holidays.

Quarterly Events are held in a library conference room. The morning session is always a topic about the craft of writing or the business of being a writer. Then we break for lunch and chatter. Then the afternoon session is always a topic of interest to us as crime writers, emphasis on crime—we hear from police officers, FBI profilers, CSI investigators, psychologists, private eyes, arson investigators ... anyone who can teach us anything we can use in our fiction. After the event there is usually a small group who convenes at a nearby restaurant to hang out longer and rehash what we've learned.

Typically, we have a Kick Off The Year Party in January, field trips and informal Zooms throughout the year, and Quarterly Events in February, June, August, and October.

We now have a dedicated Field Trip Committee so we're looking forward to many more field trips, especially the upcoming Murder Mystery Dinner!

If you're looking to learn about writing, or to dig into the minds of criminals and law enforcement, or just have tons of fun with like-minded writers, Sisters in Crime-Colorado is truly the place to be!

Check out these past Quarterly Events!

October 4th, 2025
I want to start a podcast. Now What? and The Real CSI. Not That Stuff on TV

August 9th, 2025
Book Brush Tools for Author Success and Murder in Westminster

June 14, 2025
Developing Quality Panels and A Three-Decade Journey to Justice: The Roger Dean Homicide Investigation

February 15, 2025
Meet! Greet! Speak! and You’re Not Going to Believe What I Saw Today

November 16, 2024
Sit and Be Fit” and Captain Joel White of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office

August 10, 2024
The Psychological Health of Writers and Witness Statements

June 8, 2024
Book Launches and Polygraphs

February 17, 2024
Artificial Intelligence As It Impacts Writers and The Psychology of Police Officers/Dealing with Dangerous Individuals

October 21, 2023
Eight Weeks to a Complete Novel and The Mind of a Hunter/Mercenary vs. Contractor

September 30, 2023
Special Event with Hank Phillippi Ryan

August 5, 2023
Complex Villains and The World of Art Theft and Forgery

June 3, 2023
Great Characterization: More Than Description and Murder in the Kitchen

February 4, 2023
Finding and Wrangling Historical Research and Writing Believable Fight Scenes

November 12, 2022
Marketing for Authors and True Community Policing

August 13, 2022
How to Write a Synopsis and Character Workshop: The Life and Writing of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

June 11, 2022
Editing Fiction for Content and Being a Mitigation Attorney and Saving Someone from the Death Penalty

February 12, 2022
Exploring Short Stories and What I Learned in Jail

November 6, 2021
Setting and Writing the Law: A Guide to Avoiding Landmines

October 9, 2021
A Day with Author Ellen Byron

August 14, 2021
8 Weeks to a Complete Novel and So You Found A Body, Now What?

June 19, 2021
A Season to Play Mindfully, Write Miraculously and CSI: The Real Story (Not That TV Show)

February 27, 2021
Self-Publishing in 2021 – Tips for Finding Success in the World of Self-Publishing

November 7, 2020
Beating Writer’s Block

August 8, 2020
14 Tips for Writing Suspense

June 6, 2020
From Manuscript To Masterpiece

February 1, 2020
Social Media 101: A Tutorial for Authors and NecroSearch International: Murder, Mayhem and Mysteries

November 16, 2019
Stand Out Submissions: What Makes a Literary Agent Say “Yes” (or at the very least, “Maybe”) and True Crimes and Presumptions of Guilt

August 17, 2019
Creating Complex Characters and The Craft of Writing Q&A/Brainstorming Session

June 8, 2019
: Kathy Fish: “Setting the Tone: Skills to Borrow from the Flash Fiction Toolbox” and Laura Manuel: “Underutilized Forensic Evidence in Fiction”

February 9, 2019
The Nuts and Bolts of Blood and Guts for Writers

Nov 17, 2018
Nail Your Research: A Writer’s Guide to Disasters, Drug Dens and Other Surprising Sources and Behind Bars: What it’s Like to Be an Inmate, Deputy, or Research Scientist in the Denver County Jails

Aug 11, 2018
Writing a Successful Series and Interviewing without a Badge

July 14, 2018
A Day with Author Nancy Pickard

February 24, 2018
No Pain, No Gain: Increasing Conflict In Your Story and The Groomer: The Story of Ronald Stanley and Those Who Brought Him to Justice

October 28, 2017
Writing Compelling Characters panel and Private Eye Stories and Secrets panel

August 5, 2017
Becky Clark, Karen Docter, Rebecca Martinez: “Take Two Beckys and Call Your Docter: Plotting Panel” and Human Trafficking 101 and Then Some

June 10, 2017
The ABCs of Author Branding/Giving Your Book A Voice and Anatomy of an Arson

February 11, 2017
PR 101: Promoting and Branding Your Book to The Masses and Homicide for Writers, Not Criminals

November 12, 2016
Communications Director for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation

July 30, 2016
Book Trailers as Marketing Tools

July 9, 2016
Firearms: What Crime Writers Should Know

June 25, 2016
Networking

April 24, 2016
Top Ten Medical Pitfalls When Killing Your Characters

January 9, 2016
Criminal Profiling with an FBI Profiler

October 3, 2015
Let’s Talk Stalking