*June 8, 2013 Meeting*

"Getting Inspiration and Compelling Ideas"
with Brandon Massey

Our guest speaker on Saturday, June 8, 2013, will be Brandon Massey, a supernateral thriller writer whose books have a generous dollop of otherworldly mystery. His topic will be inspriation and how to generate compelling ideas.

Though he grew up in a suburb north of Chicago, Massey now calls Atlanta home, and his 10 (so far) supernatural thrillers seem natural cousins to the Southern Gothic tradition. Although Massey self-published his first book, Thuderland, Kensington Publishing Corp. picked it up and published a revised edition in 2002. Since then, Massey has written many more, including Dark Corner, The Other Brother, Vicious, Cornered, and Don't Ever Tell. He has also published a collection of short stories, Twisted Tales, and several anthologies, which he also edited.

Tananarive Due, national bestselling author of The Living Blood and director of the writing program at Spelman College, said of Massey: "I've been waiting a long time for a writer like Brandon Massey." Find out more about Massey and his newest suspense thriller, Covenant, at brandonmassey.com.

The meeting will be held from 10 AM to 12 PM at the Smyrna library. Visitors are welcome to attend. For maps of the location, click here. (Maps provided by Google Maps.)


2013 Upcoming Meetings

  • 8 June 2013: Brandon Massey, "Getting Inspiration and Compelling Ideas"

  • 13 July 2013: Pamela Mason, "Jane Austen to Jane Jetson: Making Yourself at Home in the Digital Age"

  • 10 August 2013: Fran Stewart, "Creating Compelling Dialogue"

  • 14 September 2013: Members Only Critiques

Past Meetings

  • 11 May 2013: Social Media Marketing

  • 13 April 2013: Members Critique

  • 9 March 2013: Tina Whittle, "Using Tarot to Spur Creativity"

  • 9 February 2013: Debby Giusti, "Pitch Perfect"

  • 12 January 2013: Dr. Annette Laing, "History is No Mystery"

  • 8 December 2012: Holiday Party and Book Swap

  • 10 November 2012: Let's Talk, Open Discussion

  • 13 October 2012: Det. W.S. Caldwell and Det. Chris Twiggs, Cobb County Police Department, "Reality Check: Homicide Detectives"

  • 8 September 2012: Lane Stone, "Just Between Us Chickens"

  • 11 August 2012: Crime Scene University

  • 14 July 2012: Ice Cream Social

  • 9 June 2012: Montie R. Rasure, "Private Investigations: Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets"

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

  • 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."


June 2013

Brandon Massey

Author



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Look Ahead, Look Back (The Snipesville Chronicles, Book 3)
by Annette Laing


It’s big news in boring Snipesville when a skeleton is found in the park. But to reluctant time travelers Hannah, Alex, and Brandon, the shocking discovery is an omen of adventures to come. The Professor, their mentor, has disappeared. And if she’s not the skeleton, who is?

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

annettelaing.com.

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


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.

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