{"id":316,"date":"2011-04-14T14:27:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T20:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?p=316"},"modified":"2011-04-14T14:27:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T20:27:55","slug":"learn-to-write-a-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Write a Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of stuff has been going on with me lately, all having to do with promoting my latest Alafair Tucker book, <em>Crying Blood<\/em>.  My last scheduled event in the promotion schedule is coming up this Saturday, April 16. If you&#8217;ve ever thought about writing a mystery novel, this is a good opportunity to learn the basics from people who have done it before.  I&#8217;ll be teaching the workshop on Plotting, which is the first event off the bat at 10:00 a.m.  Here&#8217;s the skinny:<\/p>\n<p>On April 16, 2011, from 10:00 AM \u2013 4:00 PM at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, Scottsdale, Arizona, you can<em> Learn the Secrets of Writing a Successful Mystery!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Members of the Sisters In Crime National Mystery Writers Organization will present an all day workshop on the art of the mystery genre. Receive tips from the pros in the workshops \u201cMysteries vs. Thrillers\u201d, \u201cConstructing Killer Characters\u201d, \u201cCreating Murderous Plots\u201d, \u201cCapturing Perfect Settings\u201d and \u201cPitching Your Completed Novel\u201d. There will also be interactive workshops for feedback on your writing..Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.DesertSleuths.com\">www.DesertSleuths.com<\/a> for more information.<br \/>\nVisit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottsdalelibrary.org\">www.scottsdalelibrary.org<\/a> or call 480-312-READ to cancel so we may offer your spot to another person.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to see you there.  Check back here next week for more updates on what I&#8217;ve been doing, and what&#8217;s coming up in my life.<div id=\"attachment_318\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Donis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Donis-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-318\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking happy while book promoting<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of stuff has been going on with me lately, all having to do with promoting my latest Alafair Tucker book, Crying Blood. My last scheduled event in the promotion schedule is coming up this Saturday, April 16. If you&#8217;ve ever thought about writing a mystery novel, this is a good opportunity to learn the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writer-rant"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2H58s-56","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}