Love Is Murder Conference

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Hometown:
Chicago, IL
About Me:
Love is Murder (LIMCON) is the Midwest's premier and Chicagoland's only conference and convention for readers and writers of mystery, suspense, romantic suspense, horror, thrillers, paranormal, and all other dark fiction. Always the first weekend in February, you can find out more and register at the Love is Murder website.
Love is Murder NPO, is also an independent, not-for-profit organization that organizes an annual convention open to writers, readers, educational groups and for-profit vendors. In addition, Love is Murder NPO, provides an educational forum to writers and readers to further their knowledge of writing, publishing, and the business of book production. In addition to the annual convention, Love is Murder NPO endeavors to sponsor other educational and/or writer focused programs throughout the year.

We are committed to the following:

- Providing a showcase for first time authors to discuss their work
- Providing an environment where first time authors can mingle with, learn from, and work alongside more experienced writers to better their writing and their understanding of publishing.
- Providing an environment where experienced and published authors can meet and discuss their work with other experienced and published authors, with budding authors, and with readers of their work.
- Providing financial support for students wishing to learn about writing and publishing through contributions to other organization who support writing for youth.
- Providing financial support for students through competitive writing based scholarships.
- Providing a showcase for Midwest writers
- Providing a environment where non-writers interested in writing can meet with authors and learn about their craft.
- Promoting writing and authors
- Actively engaging in education activities related to writing and publishing.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer, Librarian, Publisher, Editor, Agent
Website:
http://www.loveismurder.net
Books And Authors I Like:
This year's mob and molls (featured guests) include:
LEE CHILD & TESS GERRITSEN
WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER & CAROLYN HAINES
BARRY EISLER & MELINDA WELLS
AND OUR LOCAL GUEST OF HONOR: J. A. KONRATH
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Why watch TV when you can be a star at Love is Murder? Visit our website for contact info to be considered for a position as a panel member--but act NOW, 'cuz those panels are filling up fast! ATTENTION PUBLISHERS--we have a limited number of sponsorship opportunities for this year's 10 anniversary gala. Please see the website or call for more information.

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  • Jennie Bentley/Bente Gallagher

    Thanks for the invitation. I might stop by at that...

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Michael W. Sherer

    Hope to be on your program some day. My series character, after all, is based in Chicago.

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Morgan Mandel

    It's getting kind of hot here right now. Maybe thinking of February will cool me off some.
    All kidding aside, I'm very much looking forward to the 10th Love is Murder Conference. I've been to every one of them and they've all been terrific.
    Morgan Mandel

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Janet McClellan

    Thank you for the invitation. I will see what I can do!

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Patricia Harrington

    I'd love to attend as I've heard so many good things about the conference. Did note, that in the blurb above it doesn't give the data/days but lots of other good info. (I know it's the first weekend in Feb, though.) I'll check out the website to get that info. Just returned from Antigua where I'm finishing up Murder Visits Antigua, a Golden Age Mystery. You have to admit that this research thing can be hard work:-)

    Thanks again,

    Pat Harrington

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Andrea Campbell

    Thanks for inviting me on board.

    Your conference sounds like a hoot. I feel like I'm slow on the uptake, I didn't really know about your set-up. And now I do.

    Cheers,

    Andrea

    Aug 5, 2007

  • david boggis

    Hi, Limcon, Thanks for the invite. I've been out of print for a few years lately, but I'm back there, trying, this time with a French publisher - in line with my move, six years back now, to Brittany in NW France. I'll be back to you! Best, David

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Jordan Dane

    Thanks for the info on your con. It looks great and I love Chicago.

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Dennis Leppanen

    Bbbbrrrr---Could we change the conference to August?
    Like Jordan, I love Chicago---just not in February.

    Dennis

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Louise Titchener

    Thanks for letting me know about your Conference. I'
    ll definitely try to make it. Louise

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Jeff Markowitz

    Thanks for the invite from my favorite mystery conference. I just got back from the Thorndike Press/Five Star Author Day and had a chance to chat with Michael Black about the conference. I look forward to going back to Chicago next February.

    Jeff

    Aug 6, 2007

  • JackBludis

    Thanks for the E-vite. This is a conference I have thought a lot about. It's the Chicago winter weather that spooks me, but I'll think about it.

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Shirley Wells

    Thanks for the invite. The conference sounds brilliant.
    As I live in the UK, there's no way I can make it, but I'll look forward to hearing all about it and wish you every success with it.

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Camilla Trinchieri

    Thanks for the invitation. Your conference sounds like fun and instructive. Ciao Camilla

    Aug 7, 2007

  • Bethany K. Warner

    I'm really thinking about going! Thanks for the invite!

    Aug 7, 2007

  • Penny Rudolph

    Hey guys, nice to meet you. What an excellent list of commitments. I've always thought Love Is Murder was for romantic suspense writers. Am I wrong? If so, since I have 2 books coming out next month, and since I'm a native Chicagoan, I just might make my one conference trip next year to Chicago. Although set in Los Angeles, my first book sold well in Illinois and neighboring states, probably because it was lucky enough to garner a super review in the Chicago Trib. At any rate, best of luck with your organization.

    Aug 7, 2007

  • okubak

    Thank you very much for inviting me, do you read some french literature ?
    best regards
    Okuba

    Aug 8, 2007

  • Michael Allan Mallory

    Thanks for the invitation.

    Aug 8, 2007

  • carole gill

    believe me i wish i could get over there for an event!

    Aug 12, 2007

  • Jason Starr

    Thank you! Hope everything's going well!
    Cheers, Jason

    Aug 12, 2007

  • Cormac Brown

    Thanks for the invite and certainly if there is anything that would make me miss the Super Bowl and brave the Chicago cold, it would be this event!

    Aug 13, 2007

  • Bethany K. Warner

    I'm seriously considering it! Does it matter if it's not really a mystery book?

    Aug 16, 2007

  • J. D. Webb

    I'm looking forward to my third LIM. What a blast you guys have there. And where else should you be in Feb, but inside having a ball at LIM?
    Dave

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Lynette Hall Hampton

    I'd love to make a LIM conference sometime. I have some friends in Chicago and look forward to seeing them again. Maybe this Feb. would be just the right time. Thanks for the invitation.

    Aug 17, 2007

  • PulpStar

    We're hoping to hit LIM. Great concept. Here's pulp in your eye!

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Maryann Mercer

    Hi all! Thanks for linking this on the conference site. What a great way to get acquainted with other lovers of mystery. I'll be there with a smile and hopefully something to pitch. There's no warmer place in Chicago in February than the Wyndham :o)

    Aug 18, 2007

  • Jon Jordan

    We at Crimespree love our Feb weekend at Love is Murder. Good folks to hang out with, a nice bar and a pool table!

    Oh.... And the conference is great too!

    Aug 20, 2007

  • Norm Cowie

    Ah... thanks for the invite... I completely forgot I need to get signed up for next year.

    I'm in.

    (heard the wonderful rumor about a HUMOR panel!! ... and maybe that you want a certain balding bow-legged dude on it.)

    Aug 21, 2007

  • Norm Cowie

    I just learned a valuable lesson... never register for a conference in a thunderstorm.

    The power went off half way through my registration for LIM ... so I probably ended up registering several times... as a writer, a reader, a 65 year old and everything else.

    And I'll be getting both the chicken and beef and probably volunteered to moderate, clean up afterwards and help steer Joe Konrath and Rob Walker away from the bar late in the evening, or early morning.

    Hopefully it all worked. My PayPal payment went through...just once, I think, er, hope.

    Norm

    Aug 24, 2007

  • Cyndi Martin

    If I can manage it I'll be there! Sounds awesome!

    Aug 25, 2007

  • Marilyn Meredith

    I'm in the process of registering for Love is Murder. I'll be a first-timer and am looking forward to it.

    What I'm wondering is what day should I fly in? I don't plan on participating in any of the classes ahead of time. And what happens on Sunday? Should I wait until Monday to fly out?

    Marilyn

    Sep 1, 2007

  • Love Is Murder Conference

    We're still working on the definitive schedule--and probably will be up 'til the last minute. That said, if you time your flights to arrive early Friday afternoon (if you're not taking advantage of the Master classes), you'll still have time to get into a Friday afternoon workshop or two, rest up, network, and enjoy the evening's festivities. The LIMCON hotel is very close to the airport, so it's a very, very quick trip. I'd recommend a Sunday mid-afternoon departure, and depending on destination you should get home in time for that evenings' bowl game.

    Sep 3, 2007

  • Love Is Murder Conference

    Hey, help us out here!
    If you're on MySpace, why not add LIMCON as a friend there as well? That way, we'll have more time to recruit more editors and agents and fascinating authors for this year's 'con. After all, what are friends for?

    Sep 4, 2007

  • Russ Heitz

    Sounds like a good conference. Too bad I don't live in Chicago. Have fun!
    Russ

    Sep 8, 2007

  • Charlotte Williamson

    Did I hear you say you're an agent? You're one of those hard-to-get, rare animals? Awesome.
    One of these days... Ah... well.

    Sep 11, 2007

  • Charlotte Williamson

    I don't think I could ever stand being in Chicago in February. When the temperature dips below 80, I dig out my coat. If the temperature gets down to 70, we turn on the heat. Actually, we leave the A/C on year round. We wear shorts year round. Maybe one of two days of the year, we might have to put on long pants and a pair of socks. Thankfully, those days are few and far in between. But I really do HATE the hurricanes. That's the only downside to living down here (other than the HIGH property insurance rates).

    Sep 12, 2007

  • Love Is Murder Conference

    We'll turn the heat up just for you folks from the South.

    Sep 12, 2007

  • James K. Bashkin

    Thanks for the heads-up, sounds like fun. The Southerners can take solace in the fact that it is only cold if you go outside! So, just make the tough Northerners do all the coffee and doughnut runs, and expect to be cocooned by the closeness that accompanies a good murder shared. Hope to see you at my site! I'm reviewing pretty fast, going through almost 49 years of unwritten thoughts. Almost everything is just by memory at this stage, so I call them impressionistic reviews. I'm not doing much negative reviewing (unless I can balance it with other good work by the same author). I'd rather lead towards than deflect away. Jim

    Sep 14, 2007

  • Timothy Hallinan

    Hi, and thanks for the invite. I wish I could attend the conference, but I'll be in Asia, working on my next book, from January to June. I miss so many interesting activities because of this schedule, but it's the only way I really know how to work.
    But best of luck with the 10th annual meeting.

    Sep 14, 2007

  • Jamie Livingston

    I've had a postit note on my calendar for weeks, to remind me of the deadline for fees. Finally a conference that's close by and during a time of year when I can get away from the restaurant.

    Jamie

    Sep 14, 2007

  • Love Is Murder Conference

    We're ready! If you wish to be considered for a position as a panelist or moderator at our 10th annual Love is Murder Conference/Convention, please answer our 2008 Call for panelists ASAP--deadline is 1 November 2007!

    Oct 5, 2007

  • Craig McDonald

    Thanks so much for the invite...Love so often IS murder.

    Oct 11, 2007

  • Sean Chercover

    I'm psyched about going to Love Is Murder. It's one of the friendliest conferences around. Had a great time in '06 (sadly had to miss '07) and can't wait for '08.

    See y'all there!

    Oct 26, 2007

  • Love Is Murder Conference

    The clock is ticking! If you wish to be considered for a position as a panelist or moderator at our 10th annual Love is Murder Conference/Convention, please answer our 2008 Call for panelists ASAP--deadline is 1 November 2007!

    Oct 28, 2007

  • Love Is Murder Conference

    That's all folks! Many thanks to those who applied for consideration as panelists or moderators at the 2008 LIMCON. It looks like we're going to have a very interesting crew! Applications are now closed, but the next important deadline is 1 December, which is when the discount for early registration goes away. See you at LIMCON!

    Nov 7, 2007

  • Sarah M. Chen

    Conference sounds great! Just met Lee Child at New England Crime Bake. Will seriously consider attending.

    Dec 8, 2007

  • Denis OLeary

    Thanks for your invite. Denis.

    Dec 10, 2007

  • Brian L Porter

    Thanks for the invite, glad to come aboard. Tess Gerritsen is one of my personal favourites and she's been good enough to send me good wishes for the success of my Jack the ripper novel due out next year. A superb lady!

    Dec 29, 2007

  • Harry Shannon

    One of these years...

    Mar 28, 2008

  • JackBludis

    Love the idea of your conference, but you just have it at the wrong time of the year.

    Dec 22, 2008