Thanks to our amazing Chair of Programming, Elaine Munsch, we hosted a terrific speaker for our October meeting, Shay McAlister, an award-winning investigative reporter for WHAS who has been instrumental in investigating several cold cases. Shay was delightful and informative as she spoke about her career and the sheer doggedness involved in researching cases. You can view a recording of Shay’s talk here: Speaker Series.
For our November 13 meeting, we’re hosting Andrew Welsh-Huggins. Andrew is an Associated Press reporter and author of seven mystery novels featuring a former Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quarterback turned private investigator, the most recent of which is An Empty Grave. Andrew will talk about creating and sustaining a successful mystery series. He’ll speak from 1-2 PM EST following our noon business meeting. See this link for Zoom meeting details: Andrew Welsh-Huggins – AP Reporter / Mystery Author
Meantime, our publicist Lynda Rees has been very busy getting the word out about DRS. She hopes you’ll follow, like, and share chapter posts on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/derbyrottenscoundrels/ and on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/DerbyRotten This is a great way to interest folks in our chapter and our mission to advance the development and recognition of regional women crime writers.
We’ve also purchased a table at Imaginarium coming up on July 8-10 2022 and are thrilled that we’ve been invited to present our Speakers’s Bureau workshops as part of the convention.
Meantime, we’re looking forward to the Kentucky Book Festival on November 6 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Mystery with a Splash of Bourbon, an anthology co-edited by chapter members Susan Bell and Elaine Munsch, has been selected for inclusion in this prestigious festival. The works of several chapter members appear in the anthology. Elaine will also take part in a panel at the festival, “Creating a Writer’s Community.”
Member News
Elaine Munsch will speak on “A Brief History of Women’s Crime Fiction” as part of the chapter’s Speaker’s Bureau in Owensboro on Thursday, October 28, 6-7 PM Central Time, at the Daviess County Public Library. Check out our video recording of Elaine’s talk on this topic to our chapter: Speaker Series
Jeanette Pope’s book launch signing for Desperate Angles on September 18 was a huge success!
Lynda Rees’s picture book, NO FEAR, designed to help children face their fears, recently launched as a hardcover and can be found at:
B&N NO FEAR by Lynda Rees, S. Sathi | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)
KOBO NO FEAR eBook by Lynda Rees – 1230004964599 | Rakuten Kobo United States
WEBSITE: WWW.LYNDAREESAUTHOR.COM/NO FEAR/
The audio launch of NO FEAR comes out this month and features spectacular voice actress and chapter member, Patience Martin from Peabod Audio. You can find NO FEAR in audiobook at https://adbl.co/3fYLQLh
If you’d like to be one of the first to listen and review, contact Lynda Rees for a FREE audiobook download code.
Lynda Rees’s No Fear Learning Activity Book launched in September. Designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners, the book includes activities that make learning fun and involve counting, drawing, coloring, learning numbers and the alphabet, and solving puzzles. It can be found at:
AMAZON:
NO FEAR Children’s Activity Book: Rees, Lynda Author, Jones, Aria: 9781732311695: Amazon.com: Books
Barnes & Noble:
Lynda Rees has also been accepted into the Book Global Network:
https://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/global-authors-directory/lynda-rees-books/
Lynn Slaughter will participate in a panel with writers Mary Popham and Ellen Birkett-Morris on “Creating Authentic Women Characters” from 12-1 PM EST on October 23 at the online Louisville Book Festival. For the full schedule of events at the festival, go to: https://www.louisvillebookfestival.com/festival-info/festival-schedule/
Lynn also appeared on Gmap Broadcast Network shows to discuss her novels on September 29, October 6, and October 13: https://www.gmap1.com/
That’s it for now! Hope to see you at our next meeting on November 13!