DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND author Dennis Lehane at the 2024 #Bouchercon

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If you are attending this year's #Bouchercon #crimefiction conference, be sure to check out our panel on international #thrillers / #mysteries, featuring Jeffrey Sigar, M.A. Monnin, Ragnar Jonasson, Pip Drysdale and Kelly Oliver.

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Bookmarks, Bouchercon, and the next Ginny Reese Mystery: updates!

https://mckennadeanromance.com/bookmarks-bouchercon-and-the-next-ginny-reese-mystery

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There's no way I can pack everything I need in 2 checked bags and one carryon to Bouchercon in a few weeks.

I see no other solution. I'm going to have to move to Nashville, y'all. 😆

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I'm on a deadline to finish book 4 in the Ginny Reese Mystery Series, A Nose for Death. Naturally, I'm prepping bookmarks for Bouchercon instead.

Will it keep people from tossing them? Probably not, but I find the act of choosing the beads, threading the ribbons, etc very soothing.

Anyone else out there going to Bouchercon at the end of August?

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#WritersCoffeeClub May 15: Have you ever attended a writer's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you?

I attended #Bouchercon, the World #Mystery Convention, in 2008 to promote a crime-themed #Poetry magazine I co-edited. The con went well and I got to be on a panel about crime and poetry specifically:

https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2008/10/poetry-in-motion-at-bouchercon-2008.html

I've attended Bouchercon as a fan three times since then. Still fun, but unlike having a book to promote.

Here's a nice round-up of the 2023 (crime fiction conference) Bouchercon from J. Kingston Pierce at The Rap Sheet:

http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2023/09/shooting-san-diego.html

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The twitter account for #Bouchercon just posted:
"Attention Bouchercon 2023 Attendees: A small number of attendees have self reported positive tests for #COVID. If you are concerned about your exposure, please take the Covid test and any reasonable precautions to stop further spread."

I don't know what "a small number" means, but if you attended Bouchercon, please test ASAP--antivirals must be administered in the first few days after a positive/infection.

PSA: #Bouchercon, COVID

Confirmed COVID cases keep going up, too many people still going, "surely not COVID, just the same symptoms"--please get tested asap so you can get antivirals/Paxlovid if at all possible!

PSA: #Bouchercon, #COVID

ETA: "mild allergies" my foot; it's the long-term, unseen and unfelt damage COVID does to your organs that should worry you.

Continuing with my coverage of #Bouchercon 2023 in San Diego, here is a picture of the panelists for my panel, "Let's Get Technical: When High Tech and Writing Mysteries and Thrillers Meet." I'm at the far left.

Check out the dets here at the Saturday 10:10 time:

https://bouchercon2023.com/panels/

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Continuing with my coverage of #Bouchercon 2023 in San Diego, here is a picture of CJ Box, author of the Joe Pickett series featuring a game warden in Wyoming.

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I'm at the 2023 #Bouchercon in San Diego. Read more about Bouchercon here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouchercon

The short version is it's the largest crime fiction conference in the US.

I attended a panel that included #SACosby whose novel ALL THE SINNERS BLEED I posted about earlier.

Herewith a picture of the man himself.

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“It’s the character, stupid!”

So says crime fiction novelist Reed Farrel Coleman in an interview about his latest novel SLEEPLESS CITY, which introduces a new series character Nick Ryan:

https://www.criminalelement.com/qa-with-reed-farrel-coleman-author-of-sleepless-city/

I took this picture of Reed at the 2009 #Bouchercon mystery conference.

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I’m missing #Bouchercon next week, but I don’t feel like taking chances. That and airlines are crashing, so to speak.

Ok, just cancelled my arrangements for #Bouchercon. Now I need to figure out what to do instead.

I’m backing out of Bouchercon. COVID and it’s variants and people’s desire not to wear masks tells me I shouldn’t gamble.

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I’ll make a decision this week on whether or not to attend #bouchercon this year. Probabilities are dropping fast.

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I’m on the dystopian panel…
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I’m really torn about going to @bouchercon this year. It may come down to a literal coin-flip. Anyone I know still going?

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