The All Expense
Spared World Tour™ resumes for Conference Month 2016. If you’re in any of these
places, please stop by and say hello. A willingness to imbibe adult beverages
is always welcome, especially if you’re paying.
Thursday September
15 – Sunday September 18
Bouchercon
New Orleans
Marriott
555 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA
70130
(Room number TBD.
Knock once, then twice, then once again.)
Thursday @ 7:00
A Toast to Five
Years of Criminally Good Books
Cosimo’s
1201 Burgundy
Street
New Orleans LA 70116
I’ll be reading
with several other Down & Out authors, including James Ray Tuck (MC), Eric
Beetner, G.J. Brown, Jen Conley, Jeffery Hess, S.W. Lauden, Gary Phillips, Tom
Pitts, Ian Truman, J.L. Abramo, Grant Jerkins, and Danny Gardner. A good time
is guaranteed. Tom Pitts says he has a surprise for me. (I thought Joe Clifford
burned those pictures. Damn it.)
Friday @ 7:00
Shamus Awards
Banquet
Pere Marquette
Hotel
817 Common Street
New Orleans LA
70130
Did I mention I’m
nominated for a Shamus for Best Paperback Original? Must have slipped my mind.
Saturday @ noon
LaGalleries 6
Moderating the
panel, “Dark Necessities - Balancing the dark and light in stories” with
panelists Heather Graham, Patrick Hoffman, Debbi Mack, and Terrence McCauley.
I’ll be circulating
through panels pretty much the rest of the time, so please say hello. There is also a distinct possibility I'll be at the bar in the evenings. It's been known to happen.
Friday September 30
– Sunday October 2
Creatures, Crimes,
and Creativity Conference
Sheraton Columbia
Town Center
10207 Wincopin Cir,
Columbia, MD 21044
Friday, September
30 @ 1:00
Moderating the panel,
“Writing Outside the Box: Crossing Genre Lines to Tell Your Story” with
panelists Sandra Webster and Michelle Markey Butler.
Friday @ 2:00
Panelist for, “Mysteries
– Noir, Cozy, Police Procedural, Detective etc. What makes them so different?”
Moderator and other
panelists TBA at press time.
Friday @ 5:00
Book signing open
to the public.
Saturday, October 1
@ 3:00
Panelist: “Suspense,
Action or Conflict? The prime elements of a thriller / mystery.”
Moderator: Michael A.
Black
Other panelists; Austin
S. Camacho and Reed Farrell Coleman.
Saturday @ 5:00
Book signing open
to the public.
I’ll also be
roaming the halls in general for the rest of the conference. C3 is a relatively
new conference that has already shown great promise and is well worth working
into your schedule. This will be my third year and it’s already earned a
permanent spot on my schedule.
(PS. That bar thing I mentioned at Bouchercon? It could happen here, too.)
Enjoy, but this time I wouldn't be leaving Corky in a bar with strange writers.
ReplyDeleteGoing to miss this one after three years in a row. Nobody talks to me if Les isn't there and he said he has too many outstanding warrants and angry husbands.
Uh-huh. TFA wins an award and now he's too good for the peons. At least the people staying in what would have been the rooms on either side of you and LEs will be able to get some sleep.
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