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      Books by Our Members

    Rebecca Drake:
    THE NEXT KILLING
    DON’T BE AFRAID
    Kathleen George:
    AFTERIMAGE
    TAKEN
    FALLEN
    THE MAN IN THE BUICK

    Kathryn Miller Haines:
    THE WAR AGAINST MISS WINTER

    THE WINTER OF HER DISCONTENT

    Debra Lee

    DANGEROUS BEDFELLOWS

    Nancy Martin:
    HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE
    SOME LIKE IT LETHAL
    DEAD GIRLS DON’T WEAR DIAMONDS
    CROSS YOUR HEART AND HOPE TO DIE
    DROP DEAD BLONDE
    HAVE YOUR CAKE & KILL HIM TOO
    A CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED DEATH

    MURDER MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH

    Martha Reed:

    THE NATURE OF THE GRAVE

    2006 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Honorable Mention for Mid-Atlantic Best Regional Fiction

    Judy Schneider:
    THE FRANTIC WOMAN’S GUIDE TO LIFE: A YEAR’S WORTH OF HINTS, TIPS, AND TRICKS

    Lila Shaara:
    EVERY SECRET THING

    THE FORTUNE TELLER'S DAUGHTER

    Heather Benedict Terrell:
    THE CHRYSALIS

    THE MAP THIEF

     

     

    Stories by Our Members

    Annette Dashofy

    Sanctuary Grace (Spinetingler Magazine, Winter, 2006)

    a young homeless woman witnesses the brutal murder of Crazy Joe, a fellow street person. With the killers on her heels, Grace seeks sanctuary at a local church where she is taken in by the boyish reverend and his crotchety assistant. Grace soon learns that neither of her protectors is what they appear to be and only an act of desperate daring can save her life and bring the killers to justice.

    A finalist in Spinetingler Magazine's cozy-noir contest.

     

    Annette Dashofy

    A Signature in Blood (Mysterical-E, Winter 2006)

    Rural police chief Pete Adams and deputy coroner Zoe Chambers must track down the murderer of a longtime township resident by solving the mystery of a strange symbol that keeps appearing at various crime scenes and is found carved in the victim's flesh.

    2007 Derringer Award Finalist

    Martha Reed

    The Haunting of Dalton Primble (Spinetinger Magazine)

    A mild-mannered accountant from Toronto has no idea what's in store when he inherits his family's abandoned lakeside cottage. A tale of terror, eh? From the Muskoka Lakes region of Ontario.

    Martha Reed

    Pastures of Heaven (Mysterical-E, Summer, 2008)

    Visit a setting in the human past so distant there are no echoes of Western civilization. Read on, and allow your imagination to follow. Pastures of Heaven, the first offering in the new Forgotten Mythology series.

    Articles by Our Members

    Judith Evans Thomas

    Mary Higgins Clark
    The Queen of Mystery

    Pittsburgh Magazine  December 2004

    Judith Evans Thomas

    Nancy Martin
    She laughs it up with murderous intent

    Pittsburgh Magazine March 2005

    Judith Evans Thomas

    Kathleen George
    Taken

    Pittsburgh Magazine

      Blogs by Our Members

    Working Stiffs http://workingstiffs.blogspot.com

    The Lipstick Chronicles

    http://thelipstickchronicles.typepad.com/
    Annette Dashofy http://www.annettedashofy.blogspot.com
    Susan Gottfried http://westofmars.blogspot.com
    Judith Evans Thomas http://www.glamgal.typepad.com/

      Useful Links for Writers

    www.sistersincrime.org The website for the national office of sisters in crime.
    www.mysterylovers.com Our favorite independent mystery store in beautiful Oakmont, PA.
    www.pennwriters.org A non-profit organization of over 300 published and aspiring writers from across the Pennsylvania and the surrounding states.  Hosts workshops, seminars, and an annual converence.
    www.writersdigest.com Magazine for writers at all levels.
    www.bksp.org Online writers community featuring pro-writers, agents, and editors. Annual fee to join.
    www.agentquery.com Database of information on agents representing all genres.
    http://anotherealm.com/prededitors A clearinghouse of information for determining legitimate agents and publishers.

     Recommended Books on Writing

    Bickham, Jack M.

    Scene and Structure.
    Brown, Renni and King, Dave. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers.
    King, Stephen. On Writing.
    Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird.
    Lyon, Elizabeth. A Writer's Guide to Fiction.
    Maass, Donald. Writing the Breakout Novel.
    Marshall, Evan. The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing.
    McKee, Robert. . Story
    Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey (2nd edition).

     

     
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