Writing PIs in Novels (Classes About PIs, Taught by PIs): October 2010 Online Courses

[Writing PIs]

For more information about these online courses and to register, go to http://www.writingprivateinvestigators.com

October 4-11, 2010: Finding People & Chasing Cheaters

Part One: Tips for finding people, from researching the Internet to interviewing witnesses to digging in trash.  Part Two: How PIs investigate cheating spouse cases, from techniques to tools. One week, 4 posted classes, questions answered by email in-between. 

>>Registration deadline: October 1, 2010

October 18-25, 2010: Skiptracing & Surveiling

Part One: An overview of surveillances, from stationary to mobile to electronic, plus pointers on the legalities of surveillance. Part Two: How a sleuth locates people, from electronic techniques to the tried-and-true “gumshoe” tactics (on foot).  One week, 4 posted classes, questions answered by email in-between.

>>Registration deadline: October 14, 2010

Colleen Collins is a PI by day, a multi-published author by night. Her articles on private investigations have appeared in PI Magazine, Pursuit Magazine, Reflections in a Private Eye, and other publications. A member of the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA), Mystery Writers of America (MWA), and Romance Writers of America (RWA), she's written 20 novels for both Harlequin and Dorchester and has spoken at regional and national conferences about writing private eyes in fiction.

Shaun Kaufman has worked in and around the criminal justice field for nearly 30 years, as a former trial attorney and a current investigator. Shaun is a popular speaker at conferences, entertaining and educating writers with his insights and expertise about investigations, crime scenes, how PIs effectively testify in trials, and more. His father always told him to be a writer, not a lawyer.

Classes will be conducted via a yahoogroups loop set up for the class.