Arizona Mystery Writers  
 
 

                Saturday November13th. 

Morning Session: Arson Fires.

Guest speaker Captain Adam Goldberg, reschedule for this date, will speak to us about the seven main elements in investigating arson fires. Captain Goldberg is a 26-year veteran in Fire and Emergency Medical Services here in Tucson, and is currently assigned to the South Battalion. He also works with the District’s Public Relations Division as a back-up Information Officer. Captain Goldberg is nationally certified with OSHA, and a Bloodborne Pathogens Instructor.  
 
 
 

Afternoon Workshop: Breaking Rules to Create a Mystery Series.

J.M. “Mike” Hayes, author, and recipient of the Library Journal, Best Books of 2009 award for his mystery novel, Server Down, will discuss how he came to write and why. He will give us useful information on how to sell our work, and discuss how the first rule of breaking the rules are there are no rules to break. His first mystery novel, Mad Dog & Englishman, turned into a series of other myteries mixing real life situations with crime solving skills. J.M. Hayes has studied anthropology at Wichita State University and the University of Arizona, and resides in Tucson. 

Join us Saturday, November 13 at the Home Town Buffet, 5101 N. Oracle Rd. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.  $17.50 for non-members and includes the lunch buffet. Cash or checks only please. For reservations please contact Molly at 520-624-0792 or email your RSVP to amw2010mm@gmail.com

Note- the speaker and workshop times have been switched due to Kris Neri needing the morning hours to drive to Tucson from Sedona.

Next Meeting- October 9, 2010
Home Town Buffet, 5101 N. Oracle Road from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. RSVP to Molly at amw2010mm@gmail.com or 624-0792. Costs- $12.50 for members, $17.50 for nonmembers. Workshop or Speaker, only (no lunch) $5 for members, $10 for non-members. Cash or checks only, no credit cards accepted).

Business meeting - (10:00 to 10:15 pm)

Workshop-(10:15 to 11:30 am) - Mike Alvarez: How to Avoid The Seven Deadly Writing Errors.

Mike has been writing for over thirty years. His stories, poems, and articles have appeared in such publications as the Arizona Daily Star and Writer’s Digest. His Writer’s Digest award-winning story, “The Human Element,” was included in the short fiction anthology, Computer Legends, Lies and Lore (Ageless Press, 1994). Mike has published two Nick Madrid mysteries, Deliver Us From Evil and The Last Place God Made; a young adult mystery novel, The Treasure of the Santa Ritas, and the suspense thriller, Kino’s Gold. He has also published a book about writers and their craft, Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Writers. The classes Mike teaches at Pima Community College, where he’s taught writing since 1990, confirm Mike’s enthusiasm for his
craft.
Mike will discuss the most common writing flaws and help you discover ways to make writing more desirable to editors and readers alike. Learn how to write a compelling opening scene for your next mystery. Mike has written and published numerous short stories, and novels.

Lunch-(11:30 to 12:30)

Speaker - (12:30 to 2:00 pm)- Kris Neri
Kris is an award-winning author, writing instructor and bookseller. She lives in Sedona, Arizona and will be presenting, “How to Inject Humor into Your Writing” and will also be providing handouts on humor-writing and keeping readers engaged. For more information about Kris, go to her web page- http://www.krisneri.com/