I second all that Liz has to say on her last post. Bloody Words /2012 was awesome. Putting
a face to a name from either FB or a book you had read was neat. The panel
discussions were great and one of my favourite sessions was the three hour’s we
spent with Cheryl Freedman on self –editing. www.crimewriterscanada.com/bios/members-lists.
The subject matter was just what we need to get our book ready to roll. It
helped that I could hear what was being said. I use a personal microphone and
receiver that doesn’t always cooperate. Sitting through three hours at the
banquet was difficult but I just laughed when everyone else did and smiled a
lot. I could hear Linwood Barclay’s jokes and stories but I missed most of the
punch lines from Rick Bletcha who was a super MC.
I was going to add some pictures here today but for some
reason I can’t get them attached from camera to computer. I only took a few at
the conference, so another time. I intended to add a picture I took this
morning of a white resin Buddha. He is about 5 inches high and laughing his
head off. He has plentiful breasts and a large stomach. How he manages to cross
his legs in the lotus position is beyond me. My husband Peter gave me this
.....token this morning to commemorate
our forty sixth wedding anniversary. Yes, forty six years of wedded bliss! Never
a cross word or argument. And if you believe that....
So what is the significance of this object d’art you might ask?
Was he thinking of me as he gazed upon this Buddha with his ample physique? Or
was it the laughing smiley face? I think I’ll assume that he liked it and
thought it would give me pleasure. Phew... Another crisis aborted.
We did meet another couple of women at the conference that collaborate as we do. Mary Anne Wollison and Michelle Cooke. They’ve just
finished their first book together and we wish them well with it. It was
probably the most asked question for us at the conference. “How do you write together?” The writing is
still the lonely act it always is but we do get together face to face to iron
out any ideas or problems with the plot line. Once we have decided on a general
story the characters emerge. We are nearly always in agreement with the
characters. Some characters Liz owns and some are mine but we can both write
using them. It’s just that; a collaboration (The action of working with someone to produce or create something) We also trust and
respect each other. That helps.
Look for these authors new books.
C.B Forrest - The
Devil’s Dust- www.cbforrest.com Dundurn
Mary Jane Maffini – The
Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder- www.maryjanemaffini.com
- Berkley Prime Crime
Erika Chase-A Killer
Read- www.erikachase.com Berkley Prime
Crime
Janet Bolin- Threaded
for Trouble- www.threadvillemysteries.com Berkley
Prime Crime
Deryn Collier- Confined
Space- deryn@deryncollier.com Simon
& Schuster
Vicki Delany- Gold
Mountain- www.vickeydelany.com Rendevous Crime
Happy reading,
Slainte,
Pam
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