Left Coast Poe
This pair of Poes shows our founding father getting ready for Left Coast Crime in Reno next week. Join MWA NorCal in the book room, or at the Blind Onion following the opening ceremonies. Edgar will!
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Jeffery Deaver’s “Commercial Fiction” class
MWA President Jeff Deaver came to NorCal on March 10, to talk about “Writing Commercial Fiction.” As an act of generosity to Mystery Writers of America, Jeff has been traveling the country to speak to all eleven MWA chapters on the topic–at no charge to the chapters. From outlining to editing, self-pub to social media, Jeff’s … Read more
A novel laundering scam
Most established authors have come across oddly packaged, often pirated books for sale under their names. It’s one of the advantages of being with a publishing house rather than being a full-on Indie, since the big houses always have a legal department ready to come snarling out of the woods at wrongdoers. But this article … Read more
The self-pub writer’s editor
Our Indie writer panel on The Editorial Tangle, with Gigi Pandian, Steve Hockensmith, Heather Haven, Nick Mamatas, and Claire Johnson– is now up on our NorCal video/podcast page, here. This is not one of our members-only pages, so feel free to share it with anyone interested in how a self-published writer attains a cleanly edited … Read more