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Writing Lab: "Embarking on a Life of Crime (Crime Writing, That Is)" with Margaret Lucke

  • Friday, April 14, 2023
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Zoom Online Meeting

Registration

  • Premium Membership includes free entry to all General Speaker Meetings, Insider Workshops and Writing Labs for the year. You must be logged in to select this option. You will receive an invitation to the Zoom online meeting after you have registered and payment is complete.
  • Standard and Student members are provided a la carte access to Writing Labs at the Member rate of $45. You must be logged in to select this option. You will receive an invitation to the Zoom online meeting after you have registered and payment is complete.
  • Non-Members pay $90 for each Writing Lab. Please note that if you choose to join the Guild before registering for this event you will pay a $75 Membership fee, and then attend this event for $45 (50% discount). You will also gain all the benefits of membership in the Guild including 50% off future Writing Labs and 50% to 66% (Early Bird) off Insider Workshops. You will receive an invitation to the Zoom online meeting after you have registered and payment is complete.
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Embarking on a Life of Crime
(Crime Writing, That Is)

Guest Speaker: Margaret Lucke

About Margaret

Margaret Lucke flings words around as a writer and editor in the San Francisco Bay Area. She writes tales of love, ghosts, and murder, sometimes all three in one book. She is the author of four novels—House of Desire, House of Whispers, Snow Angel, and A Relative Stranger (an Anthony Award finalist)—and is the editor of Fault Lines, a short story anthology from the Northern California chapter of Sisters in Crime. She is a former president of Mystery Writers of America NorCal.

Margaret has also published two how-to books on the craft of writing and more than 60 short stories, feature articles, and scripts for mystery weekends. For many years she has taught fiction writing classes for UC Berkeley Extension and other venues.
Visit her at www.margaretlucke.com
and https://www.facebook.com/Margaret.Lucke.Author/



Description: Embarking on a Life of Crime (Crime Writing, That Is)

Crime fiction encompasses detective stories (from cozy to hard-boiled), police procedurals, and thrillers, and it is the one of the most pleasurable forms of storytelling for readers and writers alike. In this workshop we put this popular genre under the magnifying glass, giving you essential clues to writing successful mysteries of all types.

What you will learn:

  • The key types of crime fiction and the difference between mysteries and thrillers
  • The four key elements of any crime fiction story
  • How to create a detective your readers will root for
  • How to create suspense that will keep readers at the edge of their seats
  • What agents and editors look for in crime fiction

Location: Zoom Online Meeting

To receive a full refund minus a $25 cancellation processing fee, attendees must cancel their registration 5 days before the event. No refunds will be given after that time.

REGISTER

Unable to attend, no problem, all paid registrants will receive a video replay of this presentation.

You will receive an invitation to the Zoom online meeting after you have registered and payment is complete. Meeting begins at 1:00 p.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m.

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Event Contact: Ariella Moon
authorariellamoon@gmail.com