The Ins and Outs of Indie Publishing

Have you ever wondered what’s involved in self-publishing your work? Have you ever considered doing it yourself? Three Upper Hudson SinC members who took the plunge will share their experiences [More info]

From History to Mystery

How Four Historical Mystery Writers Bring the Past to Life The New York Times has called this a Golden Age of historical fiction, and we agree! Hear four acclaimed historical [More info]

Wily, Winning, Worldly, and Warmhearted

Women in the Sherlock Holmes Stories with Jeff Bradway The Sherlock Holmes stories are “adventures,” and adventures need heroes, comrades, villains, and, oftentimes, someone in need of rescue. Given the Victorian [More info]

Humor Hacks from a Sitcom Vet

Bestselling and award-winning mystery author Ellen Byron shares more than twenty easy-to-apply tips on how to mine the funny in a manuscript, culled from her years of experience writing popular TV comedies [More info]

Agatha Christie in Context

Her World and Her Influence on Crime Fiction In this program, Frankie Y. Bailey draws on a presentation that she made at the 2022 International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, England. Frankie [More info]

World-Building for Mystery Writers

Two-time Agatha Award-nominated author Mally Becker will share “lessons learned” to help writers build their characters’ fictional world. Whether you write cozies, Neo-noir mysteries, or anything in between, you’ll need to get [More info]

Carolyn Wells: The Famous, Forgotten Mystery Author

Carolyn Wells wrote 82 detective novels in the early twentieth century, including the classic bibliomystery, Murder in the Bookshop. She also wrote in other genres—children’s, young adult, poetry, humor—totaling 180+ books over her career. Some were [More info]

Christmas with Donna Andrews

When it comes to writing Christmas-themed mysteries, best-selling and award-winning author Donna Andrews is a champ. She’s also a genius at funny and punny titles, from Six Geese A-Slaying to How the Finch Stole [More info]

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