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JUNE 6-7, 2008 BOISE CENTRE ON THE
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Bulletin Board, Blogs and Boise
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Here are some links to blogs and other write-ups from past participants and fans of Murder In The Grove: Visit Murder in the Grove's own My Space BlogROBERT CRAIS: THE WATCHMAN TOUR: Murder in the Grove: http://www.robertcrais.com/photos_watchman_tour_murderingrove.htmSunny Frazier's blog - scroll way down the page for lots of photos, and in Sunny's words...ahem..."Turned out to be the best conference out of all of them." (Thank you, Sunny!): http://www.sunnyfrazier.com/news.html Riorden's Desk, In which mystery writer Mark Coggins--and his PI protagonist, August Riordan--talk about the world of writing, mystery fiction and the process of bringing a novel to market: http://riordansdesk.blogspot.com/2007/06/robert-crais-at-murder-in-grove.html Mystery Lover's Corner - Report by Hailey Lind: http://blog.mysteryloverscorner.com/2007/06/27/june-featured-author-conference-report.aspx Booktour.com - Author Jack Getze's "Advice from Robert Crais" story Type M for Murder - Vicki Delany's blog (scroll down to June 9, 2007 for a good story): http://typem4murder.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html Beth Groundwater's Blog: http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/2007/06/murder-in-grove.html and photos at: http://www.bethgroundwater.com/Author%20Photos.html An Incurable Itch - Sam Falco's blog: http://www.salvatorefalco.com/archives/at_murder_in_th.html My View - Ken McConnell's blog: http://myview.w0pht.org/?p=541 Flogging the Quill - Ray Rhamey: http://www.floggingthequill.com/flogging_the_quill/2007/06/flogometermyste.html Senior Center Murders (scroll down to agent Jo Grossman) http://murder.booklocker.com/category/publishing/
Miss Snark, Literary Agent, on the Murder in
the Grove Contest: Bethany Skaggs on Historical Mystery Offerings: http://siwc.ca/news/2006/solanderarticle.pdf Pari Noskin Taichert: Murderati - Big in Boise http://murderati.typepad.com/murderati/2006/06/big_in_boise.html
Sylvia Hubbard: I Had a Ball in Boise (Tues.
June 6)
Michael Sherer: Pitching Agents
Anne Frasier
J.D. Rhoades: What Fresh Hell Is This?
Denise Swanson: On the Lam
Blue Audio: How to Write Killer Fiction
Jet Reid Literary Agency Joanne Pence (committee member) posted the following comments to DorothyL (a HUGE mystery fan and writers list). It was posted after three long write-ups by Pari Noskin-Taichert: +++++++++++++
Thank you, Pari, for your
wonderful posts about Murder In The Grove. I learned something
important from them: I made a big mistake by going to my home in
Boise after the conference. I should have hung out at the hotel.
Sounds like the fun continued!
For many of the authors and
attendees, this conference was their first visit to Idaho. Boise
is a little gem of a place with a clean, safe, and charming
downtown.
My most cherished memory actually
happened before the conference began. Anne Perry arrived a day
early due to her long trip from Scotland, and so she had nothing
special to do Friday afternoon. Author T.L. Cooper and I (we're
both on the conference
committee) walked
around the downtown with her, checked out a very nice
clothes boutique, and then...ahem!...I treated Anne Perry to a
gelato. I couldn't believe I was actually sitting in Dawson's
Coffee Shop in little ol' Boise, Idaho with one of the icons of
the mystery world. In fact, I still can't believe it.
Some other random memories:
--attempting to herd authors (much
worse than cats) through downtown Boise on a First Thursday
evening, and seeing their amazement at the belly dancers and
street musicians (bare bellies in Boise?)
--seeing the elegant agent
Meredith Bernstein sitting at the counter in a 1955 soda joint
(where nothing's changed in the past 61 years, believe me) after
a group of us ordered milk shakes
--J.D. Rhoades giving lessons on
the right way to say and
use of "bless your heart"
--Kirk Russell explaining to
people why he was walking around with a wooden tip-turned-up
spatula
--Denise Swanson and her charming
"personal assistant"
--the mind-curdling fact that Pari
Noskin-Taichert (and I now know the "right" way to pronounce
it), Mary Buckham and I all studied Mandarin Chinese (and now do
nothing with it...)
--the way Anne Perry had most of
the lunch crowd in tears over a story she told during her
lunch-time keynote speech
--hearing lots of praise for
Carolyn Wheat's day-long writing workshop, and that she teaches
with a lot of humor.
One of the things we did for the first time this year was to host a "speakers' dinner" where all the authors, agents, editors and "experts" were given the opportunity to meet each other in a casual environment and talk and eat before the booksigning. It was a pleasant way for me to meet people like Con Lehane, Michael Sherer, Pat White, Aileen Baron, Kelly Jones, and others, as well as old friends such as Denise Dietz, Bob Weibezahl, Jo Grossman, C.J. Box, Mary Buckham, Ann Parker, and Twist Phelan
As a member of the committee, I
spent more time racing up and down hallways or collapsing in
exhaustion than attending panels and workshops, but I heard they
were very successful. We're attempting to present a wealth of
information for people interested in writing mysteries as well
as fans. (Writers are readers, as we all know. In fact, the
manager of the bookstore that worked with us said the sales of
attending authors' books were "extraordinary." And she's keeping
all the books that haven't yet sold in the store and on the
shelves.)
So, all in all, it was a wonderful
weekend in Boise, and we'll do it again next year...June 8-9,
2007.
Joanne Pence
(To read Pari's comments, you'll need to subscribe at www.dorothyl.com.)
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