Bouchercon 2015, Part One

PGB and Barb Goffman (Photo by Gloria Alden)

As Riley Miller and I left for Raleigh, NC, my home was under an evacuation warning due to the previous weekend’s 1000 year flood event. Fortunately, the dam remained strong. We headed north on I-95 and avoided the area where it had been closed. On Wednesday, we attended the SinC into Great Writing presentation by James Scott Bell, who taught us how to write from the middle. The Guppies met for a Mexican buffet at Twisted Mango the next day. Barb Goffman and I discovered we had the same taste in Halloween attire. Thanks to Gloria Alden for the photo!

Malice Domestic 2015

Malice Domestic was a wonderful experience of nonstop action.

Aziz Rakla, driver and friend, provided transportation.

WWKers Gloria Alden, E.B. Davis, Shari Randall, KM Rockwood, Grace Topping, and I gathered in the bar.
I connected with SinC friends, Chapter Presidents, and Guppies.

Panelists Cathy Ace, Peggy Hanson, Maria Hudgins, Maddy Hunter, and I discussed globe trotter sleuths.

At Art Taylor’s banquet table, we celebrated his second “Best Short Story” Agatha.
The new authors’ breakfast was terrific.

In Authors’ Alley, B.K. “Bonnie” Stevens introduced INTERPRETATION OF MURDER with daughter Sarah giving a sign language demonstration. It was truly a delightful conference!

BWG Let It Snow Anthology

I’m so proud to have my award winning story “Long in the Tooth” included in this new ebook anthology. Among the authors are friends and Guppies, KB Inglee (former WWK blogger) and Gloria Alden (Thursday WWK blogger). Here’s the blurb: “Discover tales, all as different as snowflakes, in Let it Snow: The Best of Bethlehem Writers Roundtable, Winter 2015 Collection. The multiple award winning Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC brings you stories in a range of genres selected from their bi-monthly Writers Roundtable Journal. So, while the weather outside is frightful, curl up by the fire, read, and Let It Snow.”