by Susan Van Kirk | Mar 13, 2020 | Blog, mysteries, Sisters in Crime, Susan Van Kirk, writing
I made a difficult decision this past week. Months and months ago, I sent in my entry fee and planned to go to a writing conference called Left Coast Crime held in San Diego from March 11-15. I was looking forward to it because I’d been to Malice Domestic a couple of...
by Susan Van Kirk | May 30, 2014 | Blog, Sisters in Crime
Please enjoy this guest post from a fellow writer and Sisters in Crime member:Guest Post by Donnell Ann BellYou’ve heard of How I Met Your Mother? Well, today I’d like to talk about How I Met the Coroner. If you’re a mystery writer, chances are you...
by Susan Van Kirk | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog, interviews, Sisters in Crime, Susan Van Kirk
It’s hard to believe that three weeks ago I was sitting in The Sugar Bowl in Old Town Scottsdale having lunch with Annette Mahon, enjoying the blue Arizona skies, and loving the mid-seventies temperatures. Annette is the author of five quilting mysteries about...
by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 21, 2012 | Blog, Sisters in Crime, Susan Van Kirk
Librarians definitely solve mysteries! I spent the day working as a volunteer at the Warren County Public Library in Monmouth, Illinois. Monmouth is a town of 10,000 in west central Illinois about twenty miles from the Mississippi River. Kathy is the...
by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 20, 2012 | Blog, Sisters in Crime, Susan Van Kirk, The Education of a Teacher
Libraries have always been a huge part of my life, so I am especially thrilled to be working on Saturday at the Warren County Public Library on behalf of Sisters in Crime, an organization that promotes women writing crime fiction and mysteries. It’s a way...