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

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.

FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE MEXICAN RIVIERA

Ken Sherman, a literary agent based in Beverly Hills, is signing on for our week at sea. 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.

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. This is an exciting opportunity for authors to explore a unique aspect of screenwriting and mystery fans to get a glimpse of behind-the-scenes Hollywood.

WHO'S CRUISING?

People are starting to reserve cabins for the cruise. As authors sign on, I'm asking what panels they would love to present.

Peggy Ehrhart, author of SWEET MAN IS GONE would like to host a panel titled “Murder With a Beat: Mysteries with Musical Sleuths and Musical Themes.” That's one I've never seen at a conference before! We'll be looking for some authors with musical inclinations to join her. Other suggestions are “The Art of Mystery: Mysteries Featuring Sleuths Involved in the Arts.”

Marilyn Meredith, author of the Tempe Crabtree series and Rocky Bluff PD series suggests “Location, Location, Location: Choosing Your Setting.”

Madeline Gornell is interested in conducting a panel on "The Importance of Rewriting and Editing.”

Marion Moore Hill, author of the Deadly Past Mysteries, would like to see her Thomas Jefferson Sleuth joined by other Historical Mystery authors.

Attorney Dorinda Ohnstad, winner of the SEAK contest, is a bonus on a short story panel. Learn how she beat the odds to win the prize.

Canadian Lou Allin is willing to go South of the Border to give us a bit of Northern Exposure. Let's talk aboot Canada for a change!

I would LOVE to see a panel of Hispanic authors, especially since we're cruising to the Mexican Riviera. I've waiting for such a panel in many years of going to conferences. We're overdue! Any takers?

And I'm willing to put on my camouflage gear to teach “Write to Win: Guerrilla Tactics For Fearless Writers.”