Sunny here.
The writers conference at sea is back on board. The ill-fated Carnival Splendor (weren't we happy to miss THAT fiasco!) will set sail from Los Angeles for the Mexican Riviera on Oct. 30-Nov. 6. Yes, it's a Halloween party now! We'll be cruising down to Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas and Mazetlan. The conference is free, the berths start at $549 (cheaper than any conference out there!). For those of us that got cancelled, there's a 25% discount.
Cruise director Beverly Poitrast has put together a great package. There's champagne to toast the cruise, $50 onboard credit and an open-bar reception. Plus, we have bookbags filled with goodies (authors and publishers were VERY generous!)and we can sell books to all 3,000 people aboard.
I'll be putting together new panels and speakers. Hope some of you can come!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Panels
Hi Sailors!
Here's what cruise panels you will be enjoying:
Cruise Panels
MONDAY
9:30 – 10:30 Coffee and Danish Social
11:00 – 12:00 # 1 Panel discussion
Cruising South of the Border
Jinx Scwartz
Doug Danielson
12:45 – 1:45 # 1 Crime segment/pitch sessions
2:00 – 3:00 # 2 Panel discussion
Hollywood
Ken Sherman
3:15 – 4:15 # 3 Panel discussion
From Sea to Shining Sea (location)
C. Riggs
Madeline Gornell
Lou Allin
Marilyn Meredith
Peggy Erhart
Adjourn to get ready for Formal Dinner
TUESDAY
9:30 – 11:00 # 2 Crime segment/pitch sessions
11:15 – 12:15 # 4 Panel discussion
The Business of Publishing
Lee Emory
Billie Johnson
Sarah Cortez
1:00 – 2:00 # 5 Panel discussion
Marketing
Marilyn
Sunny Frazier
Jinx Schwartz
Madeline Gornell
Lee Emory
2:15 – 3:45 # 3 Crime segment/pitch sessions
4:00 – 5:00 # 6 Panel discussion
Putting Culture on the Page
Sarah Cortez
Quinn
Austin Camacho
Virginia Pilegard
Lou Allin
WEDNESDAY – in port
THURSDAY – in port
FRIDAY – in port
SATURDAY
9:00 – 10:30 # 4 Crime segment/pitch sessions
10:45 – 11:45 # 7 Panel discussion
Short Stories
Dori
Sunny
Doug Danielson
Peggy Erhart
Dennis Collins
12:30 – 1:30 # 8 Panel discussion
Short Story Workshop
Kate Thornton
1:45 – 2:45 # 9 Panel discussion
Hardboiled to Cozy
Austin Camacho
Cindy Sample
Marion Hill
Cynthia Riggs
Dennis Collins
3:00 – 4:00 # 10 Panel discussion
Novice to Novelists
Morgan St. James—power point
4:30 – 5:30 Cocktail Reception
Here's what cruise panels you will be enjoying:
Cruise Panels
MONDAY
9:30 – 10:30 Coffee and Danish Social
11:00 – 12:00 # 1 Panel discussion
Cruising South of the Border
Jinx Scwartz
Doug Danielson
12:45 – 1:45 # 1 Crime segment/pitch sessions
2:00 – 3:00 # 2 Panel discussion
Hollywood
Ken Sherman
3:15 – 4:15 # 3 Panel discussion
From Sea to Shining Sea (location)
C. Riggs
Madeline Gornell
Lou Allin
Marilyn Meredith
Peggy Erhart
Adjourn to get ready for Formal Dinner
TUESDAY
9:30 – 11:00 # 2 Crime segment/pitch sessions
11:15 – 12:15 # 4 Panel discussion
The Business of Publishing
Lee Emory
Billie Johnson
Sarah Cortez
1:00 – 2:00 # 5 Panel discussion
Marketing
Marilyn
Sunny Frazier
Jinx Schwartz
Madeline Gornell
Lee Emory
2:15 – 3:45 # 3 Crime segment/pitch sessions
4:00 – 5:00 # 6 Panel discussion
Putting Culture on the Page
Sarah Cortez
Quinn
Austin Camacho
Virginia Pilegard
Lou Allin
WEDNESDAY – in port
THURSDAY – in port
FRIDAY – in port
SATURDAY
9:00 – 10:30 # 4 Crime segment/pitch sessions
10:45 – 11:45 # 7 Panel discussion
Short Stories
Dori
Sunny
Doug Danielson
Peggy Erhart
Dennis Collins
12:30 – 1:30 # 8 Panel discussion
Short Story Workshop
Kate Thornton
1:45 – 2:45 # 9 Panel discussion
Hardboiled to Cozy
Austin Camacho
Cindy Sample
Marion Hill
Cynthia Riggs
Dennis Collins
3:00 – 4:00 # 10 Panel discussion
Novice to Novelists
Morgan St. James—power point
4:30 – 5:30 Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
NEW CRUISE NEWS
Hi, Sailors!
Here's the latest on the Mystery Cruise to the Mexican Riviera:
Cindy Sample has generously volunteered to make conference book bags. The tee-shirt, buttons, pens and surprises will be inside. I'd like to ask you all to contribute whatever you can: bookmarks, marketing items, brochures, flyers, sample booklets, books. You can send them to me, just contact me for my snail mail address. We have 40book bags to fill.
Authors, please contact me and suggest panels. Yes, I've been dragging my feet, but now that Killer Nashville is out of the way, I'm ready to plan. One event at a time is all I can wrap my mind around!
Can't wait to see all of you in November!
Sunny Frazier
sunny69@comcast.net
Here's the latest on the Mystery Cruise to the Mexican Riviera:
Cindy Sample has generously volunteered to make conference book bags. The tee-shirt, buttons, pens and surprises will be inside. I'd like to ask you all to contribute whatever you can: bookmarks, marketing items, brochures, flyers, sample booklets, books. You can send them to me, just contact me for my snail mail address. We have 40book bags to fill.
Authors, please contact me and suggest panels. Yes, I've been dragging my feet, but now that Killer Nashville is out of the way, I'm ready to plan. One event at a time is all I can wrap my mind around!
Can't wait to see all of you in November!
Sunny Frazier
sunny69@comcast.net
Monday, May 24, 2010
CRUISE OR YOU LOSE
The deadline for the conference rate for the Mystery Cruise is coming up fast! We're hoping now that tax season is over people who are interested, curious or just want a memorable sea experience will put down the $250 deposit for a berth--totally refundable if plans don't pan out. Beverly is the contact at Beverly@cruisingsmart.com
My publisher, Billie Johnson of Oak Tree Press, has now signed up. She will be offering pitch sessions and I will be at her side--I'm the new acquisitions editor of the house. Meeting a publisher in person goes a long way to getting a contract. We get to see your enthusiasm first hand.
One of the panels I'm hoping to present is the Hispanic Voice In Mystery. Sarah Cortez put out the first Hispanic mystery anthology, HIT LIST. I write Hispanic characters in my San Joaquin Valley-based novels. Cruising South of the Border seems like a perfect time to talk about this subject.
Although pitched as a "Mystery Cruise," this is a conference for all writers. We used "Mystery" because those of us planning the cruise were authors who write mystery and true crime. There will be panels on editing, marketing and promotion, setting, developing characters, dialog and pitch sessions. The cost is less than most conferences--think about what a hotel and all your meals would cost at a regular conference. Add 3,000 potential book buyers, music and shows every night, and sunny MEXICO!
Do you really want to sit at home this November? Brrr!
My publisher, Billie Johnson of Oak Tree Press, has now signed up. She will be offering pitch sessions and I will be at her side--I'm the new acquisitions editor of the house. Meeting a publisher in person goes a long way to getting a contract. We get to see your enthusiasm first hand.
One of the panels I'm hoping to present is the Hispanic Voice In Mystery. Sarah Cortez put out the first Hispanic mystery anthology, HIT LIST. I write Hispanic characters in my San Joaquin Valley-based novels. Cruising South of the Border seems like a perfect time to talk about this subject.
Although pitched as a "Mystery Cruise," this is a conference for all writers. We used "Mystery" because those of us planning the cruise were authors who write mystery and true crime. There will be panels on editing, marketing and promotion, setting, developing characters, dialog and pitch sessions. The cost is less than most conferences--think about what a hotel and all your meals would cost at a regular conference. Add 3,000 potential book buyers, music and shows every night, and sunny MEXICO!
Do you really want to sit at home this November? Brrr!
Monday, April 26, 2010
WHO'S CRUISING???
Ken Sherman, a literary agent based in Beverly Hills. An agent for more than twenty years, Sherman represents screen, television and book writers, and also sells film and television rights to books, plus life rights. Clients include Anne Perry, the estate of John Updike, Tawni O'Dell whose "Back Roads, her first published book, became an Oprah Book Club Book, David Guterson ("Snow Falling On Cedars"). Sherman has returned to the classroom numerous times to teach "The Business of Writing for Screen, Television and Publishing" at both USC and UCLA for more than six years.
Lee Emory is the publisher of Treble Heart Books, a publishing empire for extremely talented authors who want to be given a fair shot at having their work in print. WhoooDoo Mysteries are one of the publishing house's divisions.
Jinx Schwartz is the author of the Sea of Cortez Mysteries. She knows the waters off the Mexican coastline very well as she's sailed them many times. She'll give us insider information before we hit the ports.
Check back for a complete list of authors and programs.
Lee Emory is the publisher of Treble Heart Books, a publishing empire for extremely talented authors who want to be given a fair shot at having their work in print. WhoooDoo Mysteries are one of the publishing house's divisions.
Jinx Schwartz is the author of the Sea of Cortez Mysteries. She knows the waters off the Mexican coastline very well as she's sailed them many times. She'll give us insider information before we hit the ports.
Check back for a complete list of authors and programs.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Greetings from 2 Reel Productions
Hi,
We’re a Henderson, Nevada-based production company, and are pleased to say we’ll be sailing with you on the Splendour for Mystery on the High Seas; A Cruise to Die For. We will film the sessions and prepare DVDs upon our return that can be ordered at reasonable prices. In addition, some of the footage may be used for our upcoming TV series, Crime Wire.
We’ll also be giving away door prizes and have gifts for raffle. We’re looking forward to meeting you and having a great time aboard the Splendour.
Jay Cleveland & J.C. Willette
2 Reel Productions
http://www.2reelproductions.com
We’re a Henderson, Nevada-based production company, and are pleased to say we’ll be sailing with you on the Splendour for Mystery on the High Seas; A Cruise to Die For. We will film the sessions and prepare DVDs upon our return that can be ordered at reasonable prices. In addition, some of the footage may be used for our upcoming TV series, Crime Wire.
We’ll also be giving away door prizes and have gifts for raffle. We’re looking forward to meeting you and having a great time aboard the Splendour.
Jay Cleveland & J.C. Willette
2 Reel Productions
http://www.2reelproductions.com
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
CRUISE PICKING UP SPEED!
More authors and publishers are signing up to sail away with us to the Mexican Riviera.
Author Cynthia Riggs will launch her 9th Martha Vineyard Mystery, TOUCH-ME-NOT from St. Martin's Minotaur. Her 92-year-old detective demonstrates that you can be up for anything at any age.
Lee Emory, owner of Treble Heart Books, will be with us representing her mystery line, WhoooDoo Mysteries.
One of Emory's authors, Jinx Schwartz, is already familiar with the Mexican Riviera--she's set her mysteries in some the the ports-of-call we'll be visiting. Her presentation on the area will get us ready for some shore time.
Artist and author Mary Montague Sikes (Monti to her friends) is ready to discuss romantic suspense. What better place than on a romantic cruise on the Pacific?
Good friend Austin Camacho, the author of the Hannibal Jones series, has published a book on marketing. While sailing on the currents, we will also have discussions on the "current" trends in publishing.
Author Cynthia Riggs will launch her 9th Martha Vineyard Mystery, TOUCH-ME-NOT from St. Martin's Minotaur. Her 92-year-old detective demonstrates that you can be up for anything at any age.
Lee Emory, owner of Treble Heart Books, will be with us representing her mystery line, WhoooDoo Mysteries.
One of Emory's authors, Jinx Schwartz, is already familiar with the Mexican Riviera--she's set her mysteries in some the the ports-of-call we'll be visiting. Her presentation on the area will get us ready for some shore time.
Artist and author Mary Montague Sikes (Monti to her friends) is ready to discuss romantic suspense. What better place than on a romantic cruise on the Pacific?
Good friend Austin Camacho, the author of the Hannibal Jones series, has published a book on marketing. While sailing on the currents, we will also have discussions on the "current" trends in publishing.
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