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deadly-liaisons
AUTHOR  NameDee Ann Palmer From:Southern California, United States "I Love a Mystery" was my favorite childhood radio show. It came on after I was in bed at night, adding to the delicious intrigue and scariness of it. After the Sisters in Crime/LA meetings, my husband and I browse Canterbury Records in Pasadena. He finds all kinds of tapes of his favorite old radio shows: I have found none of mine. Although I'm basically a romance writer whose stories often include elements of suspense, mystery and thriller, those early experiences with "I Love a Mystery" led me to test the waters in pure murder and mystery. SUNDAY JUNE 10 IS "NO CRIME UNPUBLISHED" MYSTERY W... DARRELL JAMES INTERVIEW GETTING STORY IDEAS Santa Anita Derby What about punctuation, grammar, and spelling? Mystery Writers Conference June 10, 2007 FOLLOW-UP ON POD COMMENTS NEW BEGINNINGS After the Ball is Over JAZZ MYSTERIES and THE HOLIDAYS
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"NO CRIME UNPUBLISHED 2007" Mystery Writers Conference A CLEAN, WELL LIGHTED PLACE
SISTERS IN CRIME
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Monday, June 11, 2007 THREE BEAUTIFUL THINGS I'm borrowing an idea from Kate Thornton's blog to describe yesterday's "No Crime Unpublished" mystery writers conference in Arcadia California: The Embassy Suites Hotel. Fountains, lush plants, beautiful woods and colors. Easy to reach from the freeway. The attendees...warm and friendly, eager to discuss writing and ask questions. All six at my luncheon table were seat-of-the-pants writers. Yay! Most of my workshop presenters were, too. Yay! Keynote speaker, Rochelle Krich, president of Sisters in Crime National, and a gracious woman with the perfect address for her listeners. The workshop presenters. Presenter by presenter, the most knowledgeable and worthwhile, in my humble opinion, of the four conferences I've attended. SinC/LA improves with every conference experience. The SinC/LA board! Lovely tributes and a thoughtful gift to Sue Ann Jafarian, whose new three book contract has forced her to resign early as president. Marvelous raffle baskets. There must have been twenty. Proceeds went to Jan Burke's Clinical Laboratories Project. Gayle Poole wrapped all but two of them, and they were gorgeous. Conference Co-chairs Jan DiLucchio and Diana James, who did a marvelous job of providing a conference that truly made us proud to be members of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. Diana was brave enough to step out of her vice president's shoes and into the presidential shoes vacated by Sue Ann. Well, I guess that's more than three beautiful things, isn't it? All together, they created a BEAUTIFUL THING of a conference. I've attend four "No Crime Unpublished Conferences," and since I'm a published writer I almost didn't sign up. I'm so glad I did. I'll sign up for the next one, too. Click on http://www.deeannpalmer.com to read my interview with SinC/LA membership chair DARRELL JAMES, author of BODY COUNT: A KILLER CONNECTION. And have a wonderful week. Dee Ann Palmer heists2683@mypacks.net http://www.myspace.com/deeannpalmerwriter 
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CRY OF THE BELLS
LANDMARKED FOR MURDER LOS ANGELES MARATHON
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