On July 6, Georgia
Author of the Year for Mystery/ Detective novels Linda Sands will be the guest
speaker at the Upstate SC Chapter of Sisters in Crime meeting. Linda is the
award-winning author of four novels. Her latest novel, Grand Theft Cargo, is a wild ride from start to finish with a
secretive highwayman, explosive house bombs, singing telegrams, flaming mice,
secret cancer drugs, dead truckers, an agency that can’t be named, and enough
crashes and car chases to remind you these road cowboys have no qualms crossing
the zipper to walk the dog in the hammer lane. Her short stories and essays
have appeared in The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, The Walton Sun,
Skirt! Magazine, Dogplotz, Moronic Ox, a bunch of defunct lit mags and
various anthologies. Other recent awards include two Killer Nashville Judge’s
Choice Awards for Best Neo-noir and Best PI novel.
Linda will talk about how the procrastinators
and/or over-committed among us (who doesn’t fit one of these categories) can
actually manage to finish that darned book. She’ll talk about time management,
organization, helpful hints, goals, and accountability. She’ll also offer
advice on what NOT to do, allowing us to learn from her mistakes—from creating
a literary magazine to attending every possible
convention/conference/workshop/ signing/ meeting and joining about a bazillion
writing related groups and sites. Bottom line? Doing too much can take
away from what you should be doing: writing! The author will leave plenty of
time for questions.
What did Linda do before becoming an
author? “I have been a cocktail waitress in a French hotel, sold vegetables at
a roadside stand, signed people up for a record club at the NYS Fair, walked
the runway in NY, been the personal trainer to opera singers, the mannequin to
a fashion designer, and held part-time positions as telephone operator,
telemarketer, and fashion merchandiser. I've worked in finance, retail, dating
services, health clubs, fitness magazines and restaurants. I've founded my own
literary magazine and contest, and a writer's retreat. I like to say if I
didn't hold that job, I probably dated someone who did.”Linda now splits her writing time between the Gulf Coast of Florida, the Mountains of Georgia and the suburbs of Atlanta where she and her husband cheer on the competing colleges of their children.
The monthly Upstate SC Sisters in
Crime meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 6, at The Runway Café, 21
Airport Rd, Greenville, S.C. Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Linda and
enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Linda’s talk
will begin right after new and old business at 7 p.m. Both dinner and the
meeting are open to the public.
In order for the Runway Café to
speed service, dinner orders must be emailed by noon the day of the meeting. If
you can't dine with us, we would still like to know you plan to attend so we
can be sure you have a seat. If possible, please join us for dinner as our
dinner orders help to ensure we can book our meeting room for free. To see the
special menu click on the Advance Order Menu tab at right.
Please e-mail your order to Ellis Vidler at ellisvidler1@gmail.com.
If you place an order and do not
attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like
always, we'll enjoy it.
