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From Pages to Podiums: Turn Your Fiction Novel into a Paid Public Speaking Opportunity
As crime writers, we tend to over-research our books. Raise your hand if you’ve spent an hour, or an entire afternoon, down a Google rabbit hole for a paragraph, or maybe just one sentence on a novel. Continue reading
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40 Years of SinC, 40 Voices: Sherry Harris
In 2016 I attended the SinC Into Great Writing Doing Diversity Right panel. Continue reading
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SinC-Up Tip: Estimating Audiobook Running Time with Cole Chase
How long will your audiobook’s running time be? Why should you care? Continue reading
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Navigating a Critique Group While Keeping Your Mental Health Intact: Join Our Webinar
This webinar is being rescheduled. Updates to come. Continue reading
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Meet Author Heather Haven on the SinC Writers’ Podcast!
Get comfortable and enjoy our exciting new podcast with Heather Haven, award-winning mystery author, former ad copywriter and Broadway costume assistant…and daughter of circus folk! Continue reading
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Instagram Live: Do’s and Don’ts for Building Relationships with Booksellers!
We were joined today by John McDougall, Event Coordinator at Murder by the Book—a phenomenal indie bookstore in Houston, TX. Continue reading
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Story Structure Models
Regular consumers of story, either written or film, learn to recognize the patterns that come with the rise and fall of action. Continue reading
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40 Years of SinC, 40 Voices: Kelly Oliver
Celebrating 40 years of SinC with recent past president, bestselling and award-winning author Kelly Oliver. Continue reading
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SinC-Up Tip: Creepy Crawly Suspense with Cynthia Fabian
In a recent SinC-Up Tip, author Cynthia Fabian explained how to use insects to build tension and give readers the chills. Continue reading
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Trope Twisting, Traitors, and Trade-offs: Crafting Your Best Suspense Stories Join Our Webinar
ast-paced, 60-minute webinar, we’ll study how to subvert reader expectations by anchoring plot twists in character motivation. How will we work this magic? By digging into tropes, of course! Continue reading
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Meet Author Carmela Dutra on the SinC Writers’ Podcast
Get comfortable and enjoy our exciting new podcast with Susan Santangelo, author of the best-selling Baby Boomer mystery series in conversation with SinC ED Julie Hennrikus. Continue reading
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Instagram Live: Writers on Motivation
Need some good writer energy and motivation? Check out this SinC Instagram Live with writers talking about what keeps them going! Continue reading







