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• Crime Time at The Pleasant Pheasant

  • When
    Sunday, March 26, 2023
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    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    1059 Court Street, Suite 109, Woodland, CA 95695

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  Crime Time at The Pleasant Pheasant

  
  

  Please join host Chris Dreith for Crime Time at The Pleasant Pheasant bookstore in Woodland as local crime writers discuss our experiences with the writing, publishing, and marketing processes. 

  
  

  Whether you’re a seasoned pro or struggling through your first draft, it’s a great chance to network with your tribe and maybe get a few questions answered. Come enjoy the company of others who can’t resist the lure of (fictional) crime!

  
  

  The Pleasant Pheasant has graciously offered to host our meeting, and we’re sure you’ll enjoy browsing their shelves, finding a book (or two or three) that need to come home with you!

  Space is limited so please register if you plan on attending.
  

  The Pleasant Pheasant
  

  1059 Court Street, Suite 109

  Woodland, California 95695

  530-722-6077

  https://www.pleasantpheasantbooks.com

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• Meet The Author with Keenan Powell

  • When
    Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Meet the Author with Keenan Powell

  Please join us as Keenan’s discusses her latest book, IMPLIED CONSENT.

  Lawyer Maureen Gould has a dark secret and a need to prove herself. When a young woman walks into her office with a Hollywood #metoo case, Maureen spots the chance for redemption. 

  Enter the opponent: Maureen’s father, Frank Gould, a man as evil as the movie producer he defends. While Frank pulls every dirty trick known inside the courtroom, someone behind the scenes is engineering Maureen’s defeat. Doors are slammed in her face. Disturbing photographs are “discovered.” A witness dies mysteriously. Clearly someone means to silence her.

  Will Maureen muster the strength to free herself from the past, reveal the truth, and win justice for her client? 

  

  Keenan Powell is the author of the Maeve Malloy Mysteries, a three-book series, and numerous short stories. She belongs to Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. She writes a legal column, Ipso Facto, for the Guppies newsletter, First Draft, and blogs with Miss Demeanors.

  Despite being one of the original Dungeons and Dragons illustrators, art seemed an impractical pursuit – not an heiress, wouldn’t marry well, hated teaching – so she went to law school. The day after graduation, she moved to Alaska.
  

  When not writing or practicing law, Keenan can be found embroidering or studying the Irish language.

  Learn more about Keenan at www.keenanpowellauthor.com.

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• Building a Community of Practice for Writers with Karen Odden

  • When
    Saturday, April 15, 2023
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Building a Community of Practice for Writers

  Please join us for USA Today Bestselling author Karen Odden’s newest workshop: “Finding your People: Developing your Community of Practice as an Author.” 

  As the publishing industry has changed this past decade, authors are increasingly required to handle their own community outreach, including marketing, PR, their website, book launches and zoom events, and social media. Furthermore, Covid forever altered the way authors connect to readers, to libraries, to bookstores, to professional groups, and to each other. 

  With personal anecdotes and industry knowledge, Karen shares her journey toward discovering a “writing community mindset” and discusses some specific, professionally productive and emotionally fulfilling ways to engage with the writing community, to both find support and give back.

  Karen received her Ph.D. in English literature from New York University and subsequently taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

  Her first novel, A Lady in the Smoke, was a USA Today bestseller and A Dangerous Duet and A Trace of Deceit have won awards for historical mystery and historical fiction. Down a Dark River introduces readers to Inspector Michael Corravan, a former thief and bare-knuckles boxer. The sequel, Under a Veiled Moon, is a 2023 nominee for both the Lefty and Agatha awards.

  Prior to receiving her Ph.D. in English, she worked in publishing at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and McGraw-Hill, as a Media Buyer for Christie’s auction house in New York, and as a bartender at the airport in Rochester, where she honed her listening skills. She is a member of Sisters in Crime (National), Desert Sleuths (SinC Arizona) and Mystery Writers of America.

  Karen lives in Arizona with her family, and she loves to hike the Sonoran Desert.

  For more information about Karen go to www.karenodden.com or connect with her on Twitter @karen_odden and Facebook @KarenOddenWriter

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• Capitol Crimes Writers Workshop with Yasmin Angoe

  • Start
    Thursday, October 26, 2023
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    4:00 PM
  • End
    Sunday, October 29, 2023
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    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Mercy Center Auburn, 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn CA
  • Spaces left
    1

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  Writers Retreat With Yasmin Angoe
  

  Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Developmental editor and bestselling author of HER NAME IS KNIGHT and THEY COME AT NIGHT Yasmin Angoe will be visiting from South Carolina to spend three packed days with writers.

  This is your chance to go in-depth on your pages through group AND individual sessions with Yasmin, as well as spend uninterrupted time writing in a beautiful setting with fellow crime writers.

  The Capitol Crimes Writing  Retreat is limited to 15 attendees. Don't delay! Participants will receive individual critiques of up to 10 pages from Yasmin, an individual consultation with her about the work, five in-depth craft sessions, and time to write and share work with fellow attendees.
  

  Lodging and meals are included at the beautiful Mercy Auburn Retreat Center. Learn more here.

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