February 2021 - Author Amy Stewart
Amy Stuart talks about her Kopp Sisters series
and answers questions about plants related to her non-fiction book, Wicked Plants |
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March 2021 - Author Sarah Zachrich Jeng
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Sarah Zachrich Jeng discusses setting up an Author website from domain to design. She has been a web designer and developer since the early 2000s and a writer for most of her life. Her debut novel, THE OTHER ME, from Berkley, comes out August 10, 2021.
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April 2021 - Author Erika Engelhaupt
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GORY DETAILS Freelance science writer , blogger, and editor Erika Engelhaupt and mystery author Kaye George talk about Erika's new book, Gory Details, from National Geographic.
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May 2021 - Author Robert Lopresti
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Mystery author and government information librarian Robert Lopresti discusses his book, When Women Didn't Count, which shows how 230 years of federal statistics have hidden and distorted data about the lives of women. Robert is the current president of Short Mystery Fiction Society, a prolific short mystery story author, and a novelist.
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June 2021 - Criminologist and Author Dr. Laura Pettler
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Forensics Criminologist Dr. Laura Pettler talks with mystery author Linda Griffiths-Gish about her career, her death investigations team, and her textbook on Crime Scene Staging.
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July 2021 - Mystery Author Barbara Hinske
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Barbara Hinske discusses how books are adapted to film. Her novella The Christmas Club was made into a 2019 Hallmark Channel Christmas movie. She has also written the bestselling Rosemont mystery series featuring forensics accountant Maggie Martin.
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August 2021 - Author and former Detective Derek Pacifico
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Author, The Writer's Homicide School founder, and former homicide detective Derek Pacifico gives an intense two hour overview of topics covered in his two-day school. Warning: Graphic descriptions and photos. His debut crime fiction novel is Greed, a Detective Eli Hockney mystery. He has also written A Writer's Guide to Homicide.
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September 2022 - Author and Chemist Kathryn Harkup
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Author Kathryn Harkup discusses the poisons used by Agatha Christie to poison all manner of characters. Her debut non-fiction book, A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, led to further books on the science of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, deaths by Shakespeare, and all things vampire.
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January 2023 - Accountant Gary Bemm
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Accountant Gary Bemm shares stories and answers questions about his career as an IRS Field Agent.
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JUNE 2023 - Readings from Members
Reading Selections from Linda Griffiths-Gish, Ernest Lancaster, Elle Andrews Patt, Kaye George, Kerri Seaton, and Peter Harris.
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July 2023 Basics of Scrivener - Author MJ Carlson
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MJ Carlson, author of The Unofficial Scrivener Workbook, walks members through the many reasons why Scrivener is an excellent tool for writers and the basics of how to use it for writing stories, tracking characters, and compiling research notes.
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October 2023 SWAT for Writers- Ernie Lancaster
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Author, former Memphis PD and SWAT member Ernest Lancaster discusses SWAT for Writers. Ernest Lancaster served as a cop with the Memphis PD for 33 years. He walked a downtown night beat, patrolled in ward cars, and kept vigil over throngs of pilgrims to Elvis’s funeral. As a TACT Squad officer he protected presidents as well as foreign dignitaries. He also tamed a sniper rifle as a long-range marksman.
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January 2024 Art of Storytelling - Clay Stafford
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Clay Stafford is an American bestselling and award-winning author, poet, screenwriter & playwright; film & television producer, director, showrunner, actor; book, film & stage reviewer, and public speaker. He is the founder of international writer's conference, Killer Nashville.
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March 2024 Victoria Griffin on Query Letters
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Victoria Griffin is a fiction author, book editor, and speaker based in East Tennessee. She is the founder of Blue Pen, which provides editing and book design services, and the organizer of the Blue Pen Writers’ Conference. Victoria is a member of the editorial Freelancer's Association, the Knoxville Writers' Guild, and the Appalachian Studies Association.
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JULY 2024 Kelley Griffin and Amanda Marr on Audio Book Production
Kelley Griffin is an author, mom to five sons, wife to a marine and a teacher to tiny humans. She pens Romantic Suspense and YA Suspense stories with rich characters and nonstop action. Look for her Kirin Lane Series, Casey King Series, and Taken for Granted, a new YA series made up of four serialized novellas.
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Amanda Marr has a love for the written word and enjoys bringing stories and characters to life. With years of experience in tourism marketing voiceovers (which is part of her amazing day job) and a theatrical background, Amanda will work with you to achieve the sound and feel needed for your project.
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August 2024 Screenwriting for Mystery Writers - Michael Knight
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Michael Knight, University of Tennessee's Head of Creative Writing on Screenwriting for the Mystery Author.
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October 2024 Preparation:
First Annual Writing Challenge (November 2024)
Elle Andrews Patt writes The Archivist mystery series. Her latest standalone is a mystery romance, Blind Mice Bite.
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Linda Griffiths-Gish writes the Cordelia Smythe Mysteries for dinner parties of all sizes.
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November 2024 Draft2Digital - Mark Leslie Lafebvre
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Mark Leslie Lefebvre, the Director of Business Development at Draft2Digital will discuss Draft2Digital as a self-publishing platform, what authors can expect by using it, and how it meshes with other leaders in the field like KDP and Ingram-Spark.
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January 2025: Organizing Your Author Business
Sales Booth 101: Presenting
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Book Project Planning
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Festival Sales Tax and
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Kelley Griffin writes Romantic Suspense, including the Kirin Lane series. She successfully sells her books at festivals and fairs all over Tennessee.
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Amazon Bestseller Leanne Tyler writes romance and romantic suspense, including within the Brotherhood Protectorate and Chicago Task Force series.
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Elle Andrews Patt writes supernatural mysteries, including The Archivist series. Her latest standalone, Blind Mice Bite, features a blind former detective. She owns Sweet Beech Bookkeeping.
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