SinC at ALA in Anaheim in June
By Mary BooneI’m pleased to be sharing with you the news that Sisters in Crime will host a booth in the Exhibit Hall at the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim CA.The...
View ArticleScared to Death: The Authors' View, part 2
By Sandra ParshallDo writers use their own darkest fears to lend reality to scary scenes in their novels? Do they sweat along with their characters while they’re sitting at the keyboard? Last time we...
View ArticleSolving Mysteries in the Library
By Susan Van Kirk Originally published at http://andsometimesshewrites.blogspot.com Librarians definitely solve mysteries! I spent April 21, SinC's "Solving Mysteries Day," working as a...
View ArticleThe Reasons You Need an Editor
By Lourdes Venard We’ve all had the experience of reading a book, being completely immersed, and then, whoosh, we’re thrown out of the story. It can be as simple as a misspelled word or as grievous as...
View ArticleFinding–and Hiring–a Freelance Editor
By Lourdes Venard You’ve finished your novel and now you need an editor. Some writers turn to an English teacher they know or a friend who was always good at spotting errors. But these may not always...
View ArticleMaintaining a Good Relationship With Your Editor
By Lourdes Venard In two previous blog posts, I wrote about the differences between editors, and how to find a good editor. The next step, after determining what type of editor you want and hiring...
View Article50 Shades of . . .You
By Nancy Martin Discoverability is the most pressing issue faced by the book business right now. How can we help readers find our work? In the last two years, social media has grown into our most...
View ArticleWelcome from Our President
Hank Phillippi Ryan Dear Sisters, You can see my expression, holding the seal of office. It’s a smile of delight, of honor, of gratitude and sisterhood. It’s a smile of excitement for the future, and...
View ArticleInterview with Publisher Kate Stine of Mystery Scene Magazine
Interview by Hank Phillippi Ryan First Mystery Scene Cover HPR: Welcome Kate! And happy 27th anniversary to Mystery Scene! It was founded in 1985, right? That was the same year New Coke was...
View ArticleSong of Sisters in Crime
Did you know that Sisters in Crime has its own song? In September of 2006 (Sisters in Crime's 20th anniversary year), newly-installed president Rochelle Krich celebrated with goddesses (that is, our...
View ArticleConventional Wisdom
Guest Post by Marcia Talley Looks like 2013 will be a banner year for Sisters in Crime members who have the time and inclination to attend a mystery-related conference or convention. Whether you’re a...
View ArticleFour Reasons Gotham Works
by Marilyn Patterson Marilyn Patterson Motivation, guidance, critique: these were the things I was seeking when I signed up for the Gotham Writers’ Workshop Mystery Writing I course. It still took me...
View ArticleInterview with Sarah Weinman on Domestic Suspense
Sarah Weinman Sarah Weinman, crime fiction critic, blogger, author of short fiction, and news editor for Publishers Marketplace, is the editor of Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the...
View ArticleSeptember Sisters in Crime SinC-Up for Bloggers!
We are having a September Sisters in Crime SinC-Up for bloggers. To participate, write a blog post responding to one or more of these questions and, at the end of your post, link to another author who...
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WRITES OF PASSAGE: ADVENTURES ON THE WRITER'S JOURNEY by Hank Phillippi Ryan You have to picture us at Malice—you might have seen us! Not this year, but last. Beth Wasson, and Elaine Will Sparber and...
View ArticleOfficial SinC Response regarding Men of Mystery Inclusion in Bouchercon
Monday, November 3rd, the Sisters in Crime board of directors spent many hours discussing the inclusion of a two-hour, 65-men, breakfast event at Bouchercon called Men of Mystery. We feel that the...
View ArticleNew Officers and Board Members for Sisters in Crime
Sisters in Crime—an international organization create to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers—elected a new slate of officers and directors...
View ArticleBloody Murder: Voices from the Margins
Bloody Murder: voices from the margins took place on Saturday morning at Bouchercon 2014. During the hour, the forty-eight (mostly) mystery writers present--listed on the left hand side below--talked...
View ArticleSinC Supports the Fair Contract Initiative
By Leslie Budewitz, President of Sisters in Crime In the new year, Sisters in Crime is taking a stand, along with more than two dozen other organizations that also belong to the Authors' Coalition, in...
View ArticleEnd the Cuba Trade Embargo on Books
by Leslie Budewitz, President Some of you may have read or heard about the publishing industry petition to the White House and Congress to end the Cuba trade embargo as it pertains to books and...
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