Back by popular demand, Sisters In Crime is offering a one-day gun seminar at the Worcester Pistol & Rifle Club in Boylston, MA. The outing will consist of a two-hour lecture on gun safety, terminology, laws and basic fundamentals followed by live fire of handguns, rifle, and shotguns.
Participants are asked to bring lunch, a cap with a visor, and to wear weather-appropriate clothing. The event can accommodate 30 people. Since space is limited, anyone interested in attending should register ASAP with Lisa Haselton at lisahaselton@gmail.com
The cost of the seminar is $25.00/person. Please make your checks payable to New England Chapter Sisters In Crime and send to: New England Chapter Sisters in Crime, PO Box 58, Hollis, NH 03049.
• From I-290, take exit for route 140 North (23B) to West Boylston.
• South Sewall Street will be on your left just after the Premier Storage facility.
• A distributor named Butler Deardon is located on the corner of South Sewall St and Route 140.
Registration has begun for yet another SinCNE perk: an October online class taught by Mary Buckham. Mary is winner of the 2007 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence (Romantic Suspense Series) for Invisible Recruit and co-author of Break Into Fiction: 11 Steps to Building a Story That Sells. In this month-long, hands-on workshop, she will teach participants how the first five pages of their manuscript can make or break their novel.
To register, send an email to Nancy Gardner at membership@sincne.org. She will then send you information on how to pay Mary Buckham directly. The discounted cost of the class to members is $35, with SinCNE subsidizing the remainder.
Here’s what Mary says about her class: Power Up Those First Five Pages or what it takes to break into fiction and why getting it right the first time is so important.
Most writers understand the importance of a compelling and powerful opening, but not all grasp how to turn a ho-hum opening into a strong hook that engages a reader, including an editor and agent, into turning that first page. In this very interactive workshop you will not only learn the power of hooks but how to apply them to your first line, your first paragraph and other key areas of your manuscript.
Mary works one-on-one with all class participants to power up each participant’s opening! In this hands-on workshop we’ll explore:
- What hooks are.
- How to identify hooks in your writing.
- Are you using hooks in all the right places?
- Are you creating an empathetic character or not?
- What’s the goal and is it clear?
- Setting the stage to anchor the reader.
- Creating story questions.
Requirementsents: Have on hand the first five (5) pages of your manuscript and be prepared to dig in and have fun. You may be surprised at what you’ll learn!
- AUGUST -- No meeting
- SEPTEMBER -- Sept. 25 (Sat.): 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Worcester Pistol & Rifle Club, Boylston, MA. Sign-ups open this summer.
- OCTOBER -- Oct. 1-2 (Fri-Sat): SinCNE Booth at the New England Independent Booksellers Convention, Providence, RI
- OCTOBER -- Oct. 3 (Sun.): Social Networking class. Time and location TBA.
- OCTOBER -- Oct. 23 (Sat.): 2 p.m., Timothy M. Palmbach, executive director of the Henry Lee Institute and chairman of the Forensic Science Department at the University of New Haven, Russell Library, Middleton, CT.
- NOVEMBER 12 – Crime Bake preview
- DECEMBER – Holiday Party (Location TBD)
