"CAPITAL CRIMES" Booksigning!

Great News!! The Sisters in Crime Anthology, "CAPITAL CRIMES", is now available at BORDERS! Or..You can now ORDER ONLINE CHECK IT OUT! My story is titled "BORROWED TIME". FIFTEEN awesome mystery shorts written by members of the Sacramento Sisters in Crime. Book Signing in Sacramento, May 7th 11:00 – 1:30 pm at the CENTRAL LIBRARY, 9th and I Streets - Across from Cesar Chavez Park...Here's your chance to visit the Farmer's Market! Join us! I am so blessed to be a part of this! To meet some of the members! >double click<

Here's a sample of my story: "Borrowed Time"
The marquee went dark outside of the Holiday Express Hotel in El Dorado Hills. The NO VACANCY sign turned on. It was after midnight.
Earlier that evening, Suzanne Cash had spoken of saving lives, now she was the one living on borrowed time. Her cold body struggled with consciousness. Weak snippets of memory bled through searing pain…the award ceremony, the applause, leaving the event on cloud nine. She was pleased with herself that the long hours of research and data gathering had paid off. But when she stopped by the pool to dig for her keys, a man had stepped out of the darkness. “You shouldn’t have meddled,” he said in his thick British accent

Sisters in Crime

Writing coach Penny Warner...
Author of over 50 books! Including "The Official Nancy Drew Handbook"...great advice and a fun read!
http://www.pennywarner.com/

My Sister

I am so proud of my sister, Kathy, who is not only very talented (she makes the best candles!)... she also has a really big heart. Recently, she was honored for her generousity, by the soldiers in Iraq. Check out her blog...very touching! http://scentsofhumor.blogspot.com/
Sometimes it takes very little to mean a lot... We can all help.

Writing Groups

I belong to some awesome writing groups that I would like to share with you:

El Dorado Writers Guild, located in Placerville, Ca. meets the first and third Monday of the month.
Contact Pat for more info at: patzimm@innercite.com

Sisters in Crime - Sacramento Ca.. (national)
Contact: http://www.sincnorcal.org/meetings/index.html

Romance Writers of America - Sacramento, Ca. (national)
Website: http://sacramentovalleyrose.com/

Woman's National Book Association, Bay area, Ca. (national)
Website: http://www.wnba-sfchapter.org/

Writing coaches:
Penny Warner
http://www.pennywarner.com/
Teresa LeYung Ryan
http://www.lovemadeofheart.com/Manuscript-Consultant-and-Career-Coach.html
Martha Alderson
http://www.blockbusterplots.com//

Reading from THE RED CHAIR at BookShop West Portal in the Bay Area, 2007

Writing Contest - Christmas 2007

Here's the update on the LDS Publisher: Christmas writing contest. Thanks to everyone who voted... however, I didn't win. I learned from the experience and for that, I am truly grateful. Thanks to everyone who supported my efforts.
As Michael Larson would say: "Onward!"