Sisters In Crime Atlanta Chapter

Sisters in Crime is an organization of readers and writers. Our purpose is to combat discrimination against women in the mystery field, educate publishers and the general public as to the inequalities in the treatment of female authors, and raise the level of awareness of their contribution to the field.

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*May 12, 2012 Meeting*

Read What You're Writing

Is your plot unraveling? Are your characters refusing to cooperate? Does your scene lack tension?

Come to Saturday's meeting, where Sisters in Crime Atlanta members will have the opportunity to read from their work and receive helpful comments from other members. If you don't have work to share, come and share your unique insight.

The meeting will be held from 10 AM to 12 PM at the Smyrna library. This is a members-only meeting. For maps of the location, click here.  (Maps provided by Google Maps.)

2012 Upcoming Meetings

• 12 May 2012: Members Only, "Read What You're Writing"
  
  

Past Meetings

• 14 April 2012: David M. (Mike) Edwards, "How to Conduct a Police Interrogation"
  
  
• 10 March 2012: Patricia Sprinkle, "The business of Writing"
  
  
• 11 February 2012: Anne B. Jones, "On the Trail of the Serial Killer:
  The Pathway to Publishing"
  
  
• 14 January 2012: Susan Kirkpatrick Smith, PhD, "What the Bones Really Tell Us"
  
  
• 10 December 2011:  Holiday Social
  
  
• 12 November 2011: Writer's Police Academy Report; election of 2012 officers
  
  
• 8 October 2011: Cancelled
  
  
• 10 September 2011: Author Walter Sorrells, "Writing in the Real World."
  
  
• 13 August 2011: Jeff Chirico, Investigative Reporter, CBS Atlanta.
  
  
• 9 July 2011: The July Ice Cream Social has been cancelled.
  
  
• 11 June 2011: Members read and discuss their works.
  
  
• 14 May 2011: Michael Gerhard, Operations Manger, Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office, "Performing Autopsies and What They Reveal."
  
  
• 9 April 2011: Award-Winning Author Debby Giusti, "Building Suspense."
  
  
• 12 March 2011: Author Patricia Sprinkle, "Friday's Daughter." 1PM, Peachtree City Library, Peachtree City, GA.
  
  
• 12 February 2011: "Killer Openings," a discussion of how to craft beginnings to die for.
  
  
• 28-29 January 2011: Murder Goes South, A Festival of Readers and Writers of the Southern Mystery, 28-29 January 2011, presented by the Friends of Smyrna library in conjunction with the Atlanta Chapter of Sisters in Crime.
  
  
• 11 December 2010: Annual Christmas Party/Brunch, Patricia Sprinkle's home
  
  
• 13 November 2010: Election of 2011 Officers and Discussion of Works in Progress
  
  
• 9 October 2010: Dr. Stephen Morse, environmental microbiologist and bioterrorism preparedness expert, CDC, Atlanta.
  
  
• 11 September 2010: Jim and Justine Veatch, winners of the Sisters in Crime "We Love Libraries" lottery.
  
  
• 12 June 2010: Annual Ice Cream Social.
  
  
• 8 May 2010: Mitchell Graham, author of Majestic Descending, Dead Docket, and The Fifth Ring trilogy.
  
  
• 10 Arpil 2010: Putnam County Sheriff Howard R. Sills, "Law Enforcement Investigations and Jurisdictions."
  
  
• 13 March 2010: Bobbie Christmas, author and freelance editor, "What to Expect and What Not to Expect from an Editor."
  
  
• 13 February 2010: Author Philip Depoy, joint session with Georgia Writers Association. Reading at 12:00PM, workshop at 12:30PM, Leadershop Room on 2nd Floor of Student Center at KSU.
  SinC Members: $5.00 General Adm: $20.00.
  
  
• 9 January 2010: Bobbie Christmas, author and freelance editor, "What to Expect and What Not to Expect from an Editor."
  
  

Sisters in the
Spotlight

Current Affairs: A Tiara Investigations Mystery by Lane Stone was released in November 2011.

When the detectives of Tiara Investigations are found at a murder scene, a police detective with a grudge against them tries to shut them down.  To save their agency, they’ll have to stay one step ahead of him, and to save themselves, one step ahead of the killer.

Click here for an excerpt and more details, or visit Lane Stone at her website:

www.lanestonebooks.com.

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The Officer's Secret, the latest novel by Debby Giusti, was released on May 2011

Military Investigations:
Serving their country and solving crimes.

Watch for The Captain’s Mission, October 2011

For more details, visit :

www.debbygiusti.com.

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FRIDAY'S DAUGHTER, the latest novel by Patricia Sprinkle, was released on March 1, 2011

A story of hope, love, and determination to survive.

Click here for more details, or visit Patricia Sprinkle at her website:

www.patriciasprinkle.com.