March 28 – As you can tell, my plan to provide panel updates on a daily basis has fallen by the wayside. I’ll try to get back on track as soon as I can. Following the two earlier panels today, I attended an early afternoon session titled Law Enforcement Professionals. …
March 28 – Following early registration and an optional writing workshop last night, the first full day of the conference began today. Panels, scheduled in 45-minute sessions with a 30-minute break between each session, started at noon. I selected two, Researching the Perfect Crime and What I Wish I Had …
March 28 – While I was learning how to do historical research for a novel, Rachel attended the What I Wish I Had Known When I Started panel. The panelists were Nadine Nettman (moderator), C.J. Box, Blake Crouch, Robyn Harding, and John McMahon. I have listed highlights and suggestions, but …
March 27 – The Left Coast Crime conference opens tomorrow, so Rachel and I used today to visit Whistler and Shannon Falls, a couple of hours north of Vancouver. We had scheduled the visit for Monday, April 1, but weather forecasts predicted rain and/or snow in the mountains, so we …
March 26 – Rachel and I attended the Left Coast Crime 2019 (Whale of a Crime) conference in Vancouver, British Columbia last week. As stated on the conference’s website, “Left Coast Crime is for fans of the mystery/crime genre: readers, authors, librarians, bloggers, publishers, editors, agents, and booksellers.” We attended …
It’s hard to pass up a writers’ conference when you have the opportunity to meet and mingle with a world-class group of writers in Hawaii. In March 2017, I attended the Left Coast Crime 2017 Honolulu Havoc conference, and I was not disappointed! The trip began with two days at …
