Rebecca B. Swets's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T01:45:35ZRebecca B. Swetshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RebeccaBSwetshttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60989952?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=24hody813gc4s&xn_auth=noSleuthfest 2011 -- Put Some Sizzle in Your Writingtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-08-06:537324:BlogPost:2453102010-08-06T17:28:59.000ZRebecca B. Swetshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RebeccaBSwets
<p>MWA-Florida's annual Sleuthfest 2011 is up and running....dates are Thursday, March 3 (Third Degree Thursday -- $75 extra), and March 4 - 6 (check website for cost), 2011, at the beautiful Deerfield Beach Hilton here in South Florida. Guests of Honor are Meg Gardiner (Friday) and Dennis Lehane (Saturday). Both will be on hand all weekend for the conference.</p>
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<p>The usual fun things will take place, including the Flamango contest (Barry Eisler should be there to relinquish his…</p>
<p>MWA-Florida's annual Sleuthfest 2011 is up and running....dates are Thursday, March 3 (Third Degree Thursday -- $75 extra), and March 4 - 6 (check website for cost), 2011, at the beautiful Deerfield Beach Hilton here in South Florida. Guests of Honor are Meg Gardiner (Friday) and Dennis Lehane (Saturday). Both will be on hand all weekend for the conference.</p>
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<p>The usual fun things will take place, including the Flamango contest (Barry Eisler should be there to relinquish his boa!), and the Sleuthfest 101 Dinner. We have some special surprises this year, so check out the website at <a href="http://www.sleuthfest.com">www.sleuthfest.com</a></p>
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<p>If you've attended in past years, please post your responses here as to how you enjoyed the conference, etc.</p>
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<p>We will be having a Forensics track with special guests and seminars. Third Degree Thursday is going to include something really different this year, so come check it out! The hotel rate is the same for 2011 as if was in 2010; that is the cheaper rate...so come on down and have some fun while you learn how to put some Sizzle in Your Writing!</p>Taking Time Off From Actually Putting Hands on a keyboardtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-13:537324:BlogPost:2349342010-05-13T20:54:27.000ZRebecca B. Swetshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RebeccaBSwets
<p>Do you ever write by "not writing"? in other words, do you ever stop typing, walk away from the keyboard, but still have the book going on in your head, scenes scrolling by on the movie screen in your mind....ideas percolating....? Anybody?</p>
<p>Do you ever write by "not writing"? in other words, do you ever stop typing, walk away from the keyboard, but still have the book going on in your head, scenes scrolling by on the movie screen in your mind....ideas percolating....? Anybody?</p>Working writers and new books....tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-10:537324:BlogPost:2346882010-05-10T15:26:55.000ZRebecca B. Swetshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RebeccaBSwets
<p>Well, folks I'm about 2/3 finished with the main plot on my new novel, GHOSTS, set in SC in the 80s. I am thinking about posting weekly as I write, asking for pointers, and possibilities, as the plot gets thicker, so to speak. I have about 15,000 words done, and am setting up my project board with the timeline etc tonight after the Elaine Viets booksigning at Murder on the Beach bookstore in Delray Beach, FL at 7 pm.</p>
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<p>The basic plot is a young girl was convicted of killing her…</p>
<p>Well, folks I'm about 2/3 finished with the main plot on my new novel, GHOSTS, set in SC in the 80s. I am thinking about posting weekly as I write, asking for pointers, and possibilities, as the plot gets thicker, so to speak. I have about 15,000 words done, and am setting up my project board with the timeline etc tonight after the Elaine Viets booksigning at Murder on the Beach bookstore in Delray Beach, FL at 7 pm.</p>
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<p>The basic plot is a young girl was convicted of killing her young toddler daughter 11 years before this, but believes she is innocent. She comes back home to fight for the truth, aided by her husband and a childhood friend who happens to be the local Sheriff. Add in mysterious doings with the daughter in question, a child-napping ring, a cousin with murderous secrets to hide, and a new freelance career as a photographer, and things start happening pretty quickly.</p>
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<p>I'm working on the sideplots/red herrings now in a handwritten notebook (thanks, Jon King!), and will set up the timeline using post it notes and various colored markers. I'm also in the process of working on biographies for all the characters, even the side ones, so that they will be real to me. If they are real to me, they will be real on the page.</p>
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<p>Here's my question to kick start the discussion: What do you do when things bog down in the middle of the book, or you're bored with it...ideas, anyone?</p>Martha Grimes in South Floridatag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-04-15:537324:BlogPost:2326702010-04-15T14:01:36.000ZRebecca B. Swetshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RebeccaBSwets
Martha Grimes will be signing her new book, The Black Cat, at Murder on the Beach bookstore in Delray Beach, tonight at 7 pm. If you are in the area, please come. I plan to be there soaking up information, and having a great time in my favorite bookstore.
Martha Grimes will be signing her new book, The Black Cat, at Murder on the Beach bookstore in Delray Beach, tonight at 7 pm. If you are in the area, please come. I plan to be there soaking up information, and having a great time in my favorite bookstore.