September 11th is a somber day in our nation’s history, but it felt good to spend time with eight other chapter members at our monthly meeting.
Not surprisingly, we talked a lot about spreading the word about our chapter. One of the big takeaways from our retreat was the need to increase our publicity efforts and social media presence. All I can say is that our new publicist, Lynda Rees, with able assistance from Susan Bell and Miki Reilly-Howe, has been hard at work and done an amazing job! Press releases about our new Speakers Bureau have gone out to multiple outlets, and Lynda has created a chapter brochure set to arrive at my house later this week, in plenty of time to take to the Flemingsburg County Library Book Fair on October 2. We now have bookmarks, a banner, and brochures—all featuring the gorgeous new logo created by Miki Reilly-Howe’s colleague, Doug Sovonick.
You can also now find out what we’re up to on social media. We’d love for you to like us and follow us!
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In other news, our newly formed online critique group, which includes Susan Bell, Elaine Munsch, Lorena Peter, Jeanette Pope, and Miki Reilly-Howe, reports they had a great first meeting. Lorena Peter submitted an excerpt from her new novel, Inexplicable Dread, and Elaine Munsch submitted another chapter From her new Dash Hammond novel, Maude (Working title).
Meantime, our chair of programming, Elaine Munsch, has lined up some exciting speakers for the coming year. For our next meeting on October 9th, Shay McAlister, WHAS-11 investigative reporter, will talk about her career and the ongoing interest in cold cases. The public is invited to attend! For the Zoom link, please contact Susan Bell at: susancbell@yahoo.com. Read more here: Shay McAlister – Investigative Reporter for WHAS: Working with LMPD Cold Case Squad
Member News
Beth Henderson’s second book in the Whichur-Wolfe Detection series, WHEN CURTSEY KNIFED SAMMY, (paranormal, cozy mystery, comedy, with a touch of romance) went live on September 15th. Lots is happening in Book Two, including a second murder! Beth is delighted with the five star reviews she’s received for the first book in the series, WHEN HARRY KILLED SALLY.
Jeanette Pope will celebrate her newly released DESPERATE ANGLES and sign books on September 18th at Mike Linnig’s Restaurant- 9308 Cane Run road, Louisville KY 340258 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Carol Preflatish submitted book number three, WITCH HUNT, in her Nathan Perry Mystery Series to her publisher. It should be released by Christmas.
Lynn Slaughter’s article, “The Three Best Pieces of Writing Advice I’ve Ever Received,” appeared in the creativity issue of Teen Ink: https://www.teenink.com/TipsFromAnAuthor-LynnSlaughter
Lynn was also recently interviewed for Hasty Book List:
https://www.hastybooklist.com/home/author-interview-lynn-slaughter
Our chapter will be well represented at the upcoming Book Fair on October 2nd at the Flemingsburg County Library: https://virginiasmith.org/event/fleming-county-library-book-fair/
Gloria Casale, Elaine Munsch, Lynda Rees, and Lynn Slaughter will be participating authors.
That’s it for now! Please stay safe. We hope to see you at our October 9th chapter meeting!
We are excited to announce that our crime anthology, Mystery With a Splash of Bourbon, has been selected for the 40th annual Kentucky Book Festival (formerly Kentucky Book Fair) on November 6 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington.