Past Meetings - 2008
December 3, 2008
*J*a*z*z*y* W*i*n*t*e*r R*e*v*e*l*s*
Wednesday December 3
6:00 - 8:00pm
National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South (East 20th Street)
* Open wine bar * Hors d'oeuvres *
* Novel holiday decor * Live music *
*Festive dress encouraged*
* Still only $40!! *
November 5, 2008
"Helping hands". . . that kill
INVESTIGATING MEDICAL MURDERERS WITH P.I. BRUCE T. SACKMAN
During his 20 years as a special agent and a supervising special agent with the Investigator General's New York City and Northeast offices of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Bruce T. Sackman became an expert in medical serial murder. He also worked undercover, supervised undercover ops, and created and headed a task force to combat illegal drugs at VA medical centers. His forensic innovations have been featured in the professional press; local and national media, including Ladies Home Journal, have covered his criminal investigations. Maybe you've seen his medical serial murder cases featured on CNN, America's Most Wanted, Discovery Channel's "Medical Fraud Investigators", or HBO. Learn first hand from a skilled investigator what motivates this arguably cruelest brand of serial killer - plus strategies to identify and apprehend the murderous creep who targets you . . . in a venue where you went for help.
October 1, 2008
Clues galore from a panel of experts and authors
Solving the promotion mystery
Moderated by Lisa Cotoggio
With a combined forty+ years of experience, our panel of practicing experts – plus authors who've tailored original promotion strategies to their own books – will inspire you to promote like a pro. In person on October 1 to answer all your Qs: Experts Danielle Bartlett, Publicity Manager, William Morrow and Avon Books; MJ Rose, Owner and Founder, AuthorBuzz.com; Caryn Paige Stoll, President and Julia A. Shnay, Account Manager, Freestyle Marketing. Authors Michael Balkind Sudden Death, Jonathan Santlofer The Murder Book. Several chances to ask the best question, win a panelist's book!
DANIELLE BARTLETT, a publicity manager for the past three years with William Morrow and Avon, specializes in mystery/thriller publicity. She works with such authors as Lawrence Block, Elizabeth Lowell and Jane O'Connor. Before joining HarperCollins, she was as an assistant account executive with Baltimore-based independent public relations agency, Trahan, Burden and Charles.
M.J. ROSE, Owner and Founder, AuthorBuzz.com, blogs Buzz, Balls & Hype and Backstory, is the author of ten novels, and co-author with Douglas Clegg of ebook, Buzz Your Book. She has had a 15-year career in advertising, teaches an online marketing class for authors and sits on the board of International Thrillers. The Memorist is due November '08.
CARYN PAIGE STOLL, President and JULIA A. SHNAY, Account Manager, Freestyle Marketing, run their licensed woman-owned business with three generations of family management. The company is ranked in the top 1% of the corporate marketing and promotions industry in sales volume.
MICHAEL BALKIND, author of Sudden Death, first novel in his Deadly Sports Mystery series, which has been optioned for television by Marc Entertainment.
JONATHAN SANTLOFER, artist/author of three Kate McKinnon novels and two Nate Rodriguez, police sketch artist illustrated novels, Anatomy of Fear and his most recent, The Murder Notebook.
LISA COTOGGIO, Moderator, promoted Long Island nightclubs for ten years. Her small press first novel, A Spirit of Evil, attracted critical attention; her agent is about to circulate two titles from a new series.
September 27, 2008
ALBANY JOINT MEETING WITH
MAVENS OF MAYHEM/SISTERS OF CRIME
Getting & Staying Published
Choices Facing Writers Today
Moderated by Jane K. Cleland
Sponsored by:
The Mystery Writers of America/New York Chapter and the
Mavens of Mayhem chapter of the Sisters
At: Elda's on Lark Street, Albany, NY
SUSAN NOVOTNY owns the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza and Market Block Books, in downtown Troy. In 2006 Novotny opened The Troy Book Makers, a “book-on-demand” digital printing operation.
MICHELE SLUNG is an author, reviewer, and editor. She’s written two anthologies and has reviewed crime fiction for the New York Times, USA Today and National Public Radio. Also, she’s worked as an editor with many writers, among them Stuart M. Kaminsky. She’s also the screening reader for the annual Best American Mysteries series, overseen by Otto Penzler.
TOM SCHRECK has written on topics as broad as boxing, business, pets, fitness, psychology, relationships, golf, diners, drive-ins, and prison. A former director of an inner city drug clinic and now a world championship boxing official, Schreck combined his varied experience to write On the Ropes.
SHELLY REUBEN is the author of Edgar-nominated Julian Solo and five arson-themed novels including: Origin and Cause, Spent Matches, Weeping, Tabula Rasa, and The Skirt Man. Shelly is president of Charles G. King Associates and an IAAI Certified Arson Investigator. Shelly served as secretary on the National Board of the Mystery Writers of America.
SHEILA YORK's first novel, Star Struck Dead, was nominated as Best First Mystery by the Romantic Times and won a Daphne du Maurier award as Best Mainstream Mystery/Suspense novel. The sequel, A Good Knife’s Work, will be published in 2009.
Dinner includes hors d'oeuvres, dinner, coffee and dessert for $50
Dinner Choices:
Chicken with Spinach & Ricotta served in a Brandy Sauce
Salmon Arugula served over Penne pasta in a Mozzarella Cream Sauce
NY Strip Steak with Porcini Mushrooms in a Brown Sauce
Vegetarian choice available on request
For more information contact Robert Knightly at
(518) 426-1199 or (518) 424-4338.
Reservations and checks must be received by 9/18
Indicate Dinner Choice on Your Check
Send to: Robert Knightly
210 Elm Street
Albany, NY 12202
ALL ARE WELCOME
September 21 & 22, 2008
NAIBA Conference
Crowne Plaza Hotel
2349 W. Marlton Pike
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Active Members-want to sign your give-away copies? Contact our coordinator, Jeff Cohen, at Jeff[at]jeffcohenbooks[dot]com.
Have promotional materials you'd like us to distribute? Contact our coordinator, Jeff Cohen, at Jeff[at]jeffcohenbooks[dot]com.
September 18-20, 2008
NEIBA Conference
Hynes Convention Center,
Boston, Massachusetts
MWA/NY will share a booth with MWA/NE and SinC/NE.
Active Members-want to sign your give-away copies? Contact our coordinator, Meredith Cole, at mscfilm[at]earthlink[dot]net.
Have promotional materials you'd like us to distribute? Contact our coordinator, Meredith Cole, at mscfilm[at]earthlink[dot]net.
September 3, 2008
Discover the who, where and why of this rich subgenre
The new ethnic detectives
Moderated by Robert R. Knightly
Joseph Trigoboff's Polish Detective Alvin Yablonsky works Manhattan's seamy East side, Suzanne Chazin's Woodside-Irish Fire Marshal Georgia Skeehan chases homicidal arsonists citywide, Joanne Dobson's French-Canadian Prof. Karen Pelletier exposes lethal academic politics on a New England campus, K.j.a. Wishnia's Ecuadorian-born PI Filomena Buscarsela pursues justice in Corona, Queens, and Persia Walker's African-American Society Reporter Lanie Price delves for the truth in Harlem's power vortex. Why do our panelists scour the melting pot for their characters, and how does ethnicity color a literary murder investigation? Join us on September 3 for all the thought-provoking answers!
Ask the best Q -- win an ethnic detective mystery!
Veteran New York journalist Suzanne Chazin went over to mystery fiction to write the Georgia Skeehan mystery series, about a New York City female firefighter-turned-fire-marshal. Her first Skeehan novel, The Fourth Angel, was followed by Flashover, and Fireplay. Praised by (among others) People Magazine, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, her novels also have been excerpted in The New York Times. She won the Washington Irving book award for both Angel and Flashover. Her short story, "Burnout" appeared in Bronx Noir. Chazin has taught writing at The New School, New York University, Sarah Lawrence College and The Smithsonian. She currently is at work on her first stand-alone thriller.
Joanne Dobson is author of the Professor Karen Pelletier mystery series. The first volume, Quieter Than Sleep, was an Anthony Award nominee. The second, The Northbury Papers, gave new meaning to the shibboleth, 'publish or perish.' Joanne is a longtime English professor at Fordham University who now writes full-time. Forthcoming is the sixth title, Death Without Tenure.
Publisher's Weekly called poet Joseph Trigoboff's first novel, Abu, "masterful," but his first mystery, The Bone Orchard, received rave reviews, was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, was chosen for Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" program, and was selected by The New York Times as one of the year's best crime novels. Booklist called Trigoboff's next, The Shooting Galler,y, "crime fiction as Dante might have written it." A Hollywood producer has optioned Orchard and Shooting Gallery for film; Rumble in Brooklyn, a memoir about Trigoboff's street-fighting days in East New York, has been optioned in manuscript form.
Persia Walker is the award-winning author of the 1920s Jazz Age novels Harlem Redux and Darkness and the Devil Behind Me. Forthcoming is Black Orchid Blues. Her short story "Such A Lucky, Pretty Girl" appears in the 2008 MWA anthology Blue Religion. A native New Yorker who is fluent in German, she earned a Masters from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has written for The Associated Press in Washington, DC and New York, and for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc., in Munich.
K.j.a. Wishnia's first novel, 23 Shades of Black, featuring Ecuadorian-American sleuth Filomena Buscarsela, was nominated for the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, made Booklist's Best First Mystery list, and was followed by four other novels, including Soft Money, which Library Journal listed as one of the Best Mysteries of the Year, and Red House, a Washington Post Book World "Rave" Book of the Year in 2002. His latest novel, The Fifth Servant, a Jewish-themed historical set in Prague during the Inquisition, is forthcoming in 2009.
September 8, 2008
New Jersey Satellite Meeting
Jersey Boy (or Girl) Writes Good
How to Take Regional Success to the Next Level
Moderated by Jane K. Cleland
Hosted by Jeff Cohen
Tumulty's Pub in New Brunswick
361 George Street
Sept. 8, 2008 * 6:00 pm
Panelists
Mary Jane Clark, Jeff Cohen,
Chris Grabenstein, S.W. Hubbard
Come join in the fun! We'll discuss:
* What makes New Jersey such a hot spot for crime fiction;
* How regional hits can become national bestsellers;
* What the "Jersey attitude" means to your crime fiction;
* Is an NJ setting a plus or minus in your overall marketing?
* What exit?
Buffet Dinner * Cash Bar
For information or to reserve your place ($30, $35 at the door)
please send a check (made out to MWA/NY Chapter!) to
Jeff Cohen, at P.O. Box 4374, Highland Park, NJ 08904-4374
For information or to reserve your place ($30, $35 at the door)
August 8 - Friday - 1:45 - 4:00 p.m. - $15
Meet MWA-NY's Andy Peck at The Station Master Office
near Junior's on the west side, not far from track 35.
Limited to the first 10 paid members!
SECRETS OF GRAND CENTRALTERMINAL REVEALED
A 6-inch hole in the bravura dome... extreme security measures you'll want
to adapt for your novel... a secret staircase... a $10 million gem in plain sight...
are only a sampling of the colorful secrets to be disclosed by master guide
Daniel Brucker to only 10 curious Chapter members. From 19th century intrigue
to the high tech heart of today's railroad,Mr. Brucker's fast-paced tour will
leave you yearning for a return trip.
Mail your $15 check payable toMWA-NY to AndrewPeck,
185West End Ave.,Apt. 11F - NY,NY 10023.
Include cell phone number and email address
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Authors Roundtable
Under the Writer's Veil
Moderated by MWA/NY president Jane K. Cleland
Hosted by Rosemary Harris
Open to the public -- MWA/NY members and non-members are welcome
Join us for a fun and lively discussion of the writing process and the process of getting published!
Hear from long-time published authors and first-timers.
Borders Stamford
1041 High Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06905
203.968.9700
PANELISTS:
Rosemary Harris -- Pushing Up Daisies -- St. Martin's Minotaur
Chris Grabenstein - The Crossroads -- Random House Children's (middle grade mystery)
Roberta Isleib - Preaching to the Corpse, Deadly Advice -- Berkley
Justin Scott - Mausoleum -- Poisoned Pen Press
June 4, 2008
Screenwriter/filmmaker, Michael Tierno
Cinematic plot technique for a thrilling novel
Editors say authors wrestle harder with structure than with any other fiction element. And face it: no one can plot--tightly, tensely, suspensefully--like a screenwriter.
Filmmaker, screenwriter, author and former Miramax Films story analyst, Michael Tierno's award-winning first film, AUDITIONS (Netflix),
deals with the consequences of deception. Don't miss Tierno's sercrets for a mystery or thriller that never loses its grip on the reader.
May
The Edgars--No meeting
April 2, 2008
Musings on Mystery Readers, Markets, and the Future of Publishing.
Join Andrew Martin, publisher of St. Martin's Minotaur
Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the world's leading mystery publishers about: market trends--what St. Martin's Minotaur is buying now, what they expect to buy in the future, and how e-publishing is likely to affect St. Martin's Minotaur and its authors looking forward; getting published--what makes for a mystery standout, and how contest opportunities differ from "going over the transom"; breaking out--what it takes to break through the noise, how to get national reviews, and what an author can do to help or hinder sales; and reaching readers--how the marketplace is changing, how audience make-up is shifting, and what St. Martin's Minotaur is doing to grow the market.
March 31, 2008, 6:30-8:30pm
Special Satellite Meeting
Philly is Murder!
Moderated by MWA/NY president Jane K. Cleland
Hosted by Stacia Friedman
The Irish Pub,
1123 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor,
Philadelphia., PA 19107
If Janet Evanovitch could make Trenton sexy -
wait till you see what we can do with Philly!
Don't miss this opportunity to network with fellow mystery writers, meet bestselling authors, and get tips on breaking out of the regional writer syndrome.
6:30 p.m.: Happy Hour Reception.
7:30 p.m.: Panel discussion: Breaking Out. Moderator: Jane K. Cleland, president MWA/NY Chapter and author of the Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries. Guest panelists include these best-selling and award-winning authors: George Anastasia, The Last Gangster; Cordelia Frances Biddle, The Conjurer; Solomon Jones, C.R.E.A.M.; William Lashner, A Killer's Kiss; and Nancy Martin, Murder Melts in Your Mouth.
$10, cash or check, payable at the door. Checks should be made out to MWA/NY. Cash bar, free nibbles. Pre-registration required. Registration deadline March 10. To register, contact stacialand@verizon.net .
VIEW PANEL BIOS:
George Anastasia
Cordelia Frances Biddle
Solomon Jones
William Lashner
Nancy Martin
March 5, 2008
Seventies Noir: the real-life characters
Undercover with Special Agent (ret.) Paul E. Doyle
Junkies, stool pigeons, and hooker informants, Ivy League burnouts and Chinatown mobsters, ghetto pimps and a whole dirty rainbow of violent thugs shared Boston's mean streets in the 1970s with Paul E. Doyle -- undercover street name, "Paulie Sullivan." Now a true crime author and law enforcement trainer, S. A. Doyle (ret.) will tell stories from his rookie days working with his partners to infiltrate the drug underworld, through his coming of age as an experienced narc. He'll decode the undercover persona for us just as he does for his Mass. State Police Academy undercover trainees. And our hero(ine)s will learn -- just as do DEA recruits at Quantico -- how to stay alive. Don't dare miss dinner with the Hot Shots and Heavy Hits author and all his real-life perps -- and good guys -- on March 5th.
Ask the best question, win a copy of the book!
www.pauldoyle.com
February 6, 2008
The Art of Ghostwriting (aka making a living as a writer)
NYT bestselling ghost, Donald Bain
No one has greater writerly counsel to share than Donald Bain, author or ghost/author of more than 90 titles, from mysteries to investigative journalism.
The distinguished MWA member talks exclusively to us about (for instance) his 33 paperback original series (from new Penguin NAL imprint, Obsidian) written
"in collaboration" with TV's Murder, She Wrote mystery scribe, "Jessica Fletcher." Standing in for the Fletcher character is . . . Bain's real collaborator, his wife,
MWA member, Renee Paley-Bain. Reserve now to hear Donald Bain -- profit from his practical wisdom for years to come.
www.DonaldBain.com
Thursday, January 3, 2008
21st century sleuth's how-tos? Hey, whatever works!
Investigative Counsel Charles Eric Gordon, Esq.
No sooner had our speaker graduated from SUNY than he began sleuthing as a skip tracer. Now, a law degree and almost 30 years later, he's got an international list of clients-including police-who rely on him to find the toughest subjects. Missing for decades, or, about whom virtually zip is known. He'll access, when necessary, any esoteric database you've never hear of-but really, he'd rather just schmooze. Old fashioned? Check out the Gordon collection of vintage phone books. Nor is this sleuth above brandishing a magnifying glass; says many clients expect that... Even if your novels don't (yet) boast a character with a keen, private eye, a few of Charlie's choice stories provide inspiration in, um spades.
