28 members and guests enjoyed the festivities at our April 5th
meeting of the Upstate Sisters in Crime. Our illustrious president Sally Handley
brought the meeting to order with lots of new business. First, a new mystery
book club co-sponsored by our group and Fiction Addiction bookstore in
Greenville has begun. The club meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month
at 10 a.m. at Fiction Addiction, and our own Linda Lovely is leading the
discussions for the first three months. The first three books/three months are
devoted to mysteries with amateur sleuths. Contact Linda or the bookstore for
details!
Sally also reminded us she is coordinating the formation of
critique groups. If you would like to be in a critique group, e-mail Sally and
she will facilitate new groups. Dianna Manley asked about Beta readers, and
Sally the magnificent agreed to help any of us looking for Beta reader partnerships
find each other also. Again e-mail Sally and she’ll try to hook you up with
other like-minded authors in our group.
Also in new business, the Clemson Public Library’s Spring
Author Showcase is on May 20th and the library has openings for more
local authors if anyone is interested. Contact the library directly for more
info.
Charles Duke reminded us the Golden Doughnut short story
contest sponsored by Writers Police Academy is underway. See the Writers Police
Academy website for details on entering.
And finally under new business, Elisabeth Eldering announced
that the Columbia chapter of Sisters in Crime is hosting guest speaker Elaine
Vietts in June. More details will follow on that!
Sally then turned the meeting over to Eliis Vidler, who
introduced our guest speaker Mike Cox. But first we heard from Mike’s wife,
Heather Newton (author of Under the Mercy Tree) about the Flatiron Writers Room
that offers writing seminars up in North Carolina. Check out the website for
some professional development ideas!
And finally we got to hear our guest. Mike Cox, who worked as
a trauma nurse for 30 years, and is now a hospice nurse. Amazing stores and
details, and as always our group had loads of interesting and intriguing
questions. We learned much about emergency room procedures and the kinds of
injuries trauma nurses see. Thank you,
Mike!
Join us the first Thursday evening of each month at the
Runway Café in Greenville. Our meetings are enjoyable, educational, and you
can get dinner, too! Yay!
Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Blackburn, chapter secretary
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