Sisters In Crime's Blog – March 2008 Archive (6)

Losing A Friend And A Fan

Dadmj_2 As some of you may know, my stepmother, Mary Jane, died unexpectedly of an aneurysm in February. She and her family lived next door to mine in New Jersey…

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Added by Sisters In Crime on March 31, 2008 at 10:53pm — No Comments

A Few Good Sisters in Crime Members Need

I'm sure all of you have thought about volunteering for Sisters in Crime. I have a great opportunity for you to join in and improve Books in Print.



As most of you know, Sisters in Crime had a difficult time this year making the transition from collecting data by hand for Books in Print to collecting data on the web site. For 15 years one person, currently Vicki Cameron, collected the data, edited the data, answered 3,000 e-mail per edition and worked endless hours. In this day and… Continue

Added by Sisters In Crime on March 24, 2008 at 10:14pm — 1 Comment

The Pursuit of Excellence

Sixteen years ago I set out to become a published novelist. During that year I took it upon myself to outline and write my very first book. After finishing the first draft I went through and re-wrote it before holding my breath and handing it to a few trusted readers. One reader, especially, who happened to be a professional proofreader, gave me lots (and lots) to think about. I re-wrote the book again. And again. And again.



After re-writing it a dozen times I began the agent search.… Continue

Added by Sisters In Crime on March 17, 2008 at 9:53pm — 1 Comment

Changing Small Pieces of the World

By Donna Andrews



As I'm writing this, it's late Sunday night at the Left Coast Crime convention hotel, and I just found an email reminding me that I'm at bat tomorrow for the Sisters in Crime blog. I suspect my fellow board members are probably hoping I'll post something profound about some of the contentious topics facing the organization, but I'm juggling post-convention exhaustion, the dregs of a cold, and a touch of altitude sickness, and I'm not sure I can do justice to any… Continue

Added by Sisters In Crime on March 12, 2008 at 2:40am — 1 Comment

Changes to Books In Print

Dear Sisters in Crime members:



We’ve had a few problems with our transition to entering titles online

into Books in Print (BIP) this past year. Our apologies to those of

you who were inadvertently left out of the BIP, or whose listings were

incorrect. We are working on ironing out the bugs. If your listing was

missing or incorrect and you haven’t told us already, please email

Beth Wasson: sistersincrime at juno.com. (The deadline for checking your

entry… Continue

Added by Sisters In Crime on March 8, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Staying Connected

By Marcia Talley



When I still worked “outside the home” at a job in Washington, DC, we were always being asked by our supervisors to accommodate “shifting paradigms.” This usually meant that a hot-shot management guru had treated our CEO to lunch, and presumably held him hostage over double martinis, prime rib and crème brulé until he’d signed the corporation up for the latest management craze — MBO, TQM. Remember?



If you don’t, never mind. After spending millions on… Continue

Added by Sisters In Crime on March 5, 2008 at 11:51pm — No Comments

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