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Congratulations to Martha Reed. Her short story, "The Honor Thief" was chosen for the 2021 Bouchercon Anthology, This Time For Sure. Hank Phillippi Ryan will edit the volume, which will be released in August at the time of the convention.
Margaret S. Hamilton's short story, "Killer Weeds," appears in the January 20 edition of Texas Gardener's Seeds: From Our Garden to Yours. Congratulations, Margaret, who, if you follow Facebook know, is a superb gardener herself!
Congratulations to Jennifer J. Chow for garnering a 2021 Lefty Nomination for Best Humorous Mystery Novel. We're crossing our fingers for Jennifer!
Congratulations to Paula Gail Benson whose "Reputation or Soul" has been chosen for Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical anthology to be released this spring.
KM Rockwood's "Stay Safe--Very Safe" appears in this year's 2020 BOULD anthology. Congratulations, KM!
Margaret S. Hamilton's "Dealing at the Dump" appears in Cozy Villages of Death Fall 2020.
Margaret S. Hamilton's "Black Market Baby" and Debra H. Goldstein's "Forensic Magic" appear in Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories Fall 2020.
Jennifer J. Chow's Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines (interview on WWK on 11/11) released on November 10.
Annette Dashofy signed with agent Dawn Dowdle of the Blue Ridge Literary Agency. Congratulations, Annette!
KM Rockwood's "Secrets To The Grave" has been published in the SinC Chesapeake Chapter's new anthology Invitation To Murder, released by Wildside Press on 10/6.
Susan Van Kirk's Three May Keep A Secret has been republished by Harlequin's Worldwide Mystery. The WWK interview about the book can be accessed here. We're so glad another publisher picked up this series.
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9 comments:
Great post, Annette. You are so right. I was lucky enough to learn from my students for 44 years. It’s a two-way street.
Wonderful post, Annette. I have cut and pasted and put in my plotting file for future reference.
I've not taught writing classes, but I did teach scuba diving - and yes, as Susan says, it's a two way street. Keep us informed of your classes. I know I'd love to take one.
Susan, it's definitely a two-way street.
Thank you, Kait. I don't have anything else lined up right now, but I'll keep you posted.
If my students over the years have learned as much from me as I have from them, I would be pleased.
I hear you, KM!
As a student of Annette's in the recent class, what I learned from her was to never forget the other characters in your story. Let them have a backstory and motivations just like the main character. The other characters should be working just as hard in the backwaters of your story as the main character is in the foreground. Thanks again, Annette. I promise I'll never take a secondary character for granted again.
Awwww... Thank you, Charlie! Your writing is so clean and intriguing, I feel I've shortchanged you because I've had so little to "critique" with your assignments. I'm glad you found the course helpful.
Interesting post, Annette!
I am not a writer but I did teach some graduate courses while I was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Toronto. I was considered an expert in my field (climate change research) but had no training from my employer (federal government) on how to develop course materials and teach in an academic setting. I had done plenty of (short) scientific presentations but that was to my peers. It was a steep learning curve and challenge to develop enough material for an entire semester and to keep graduate students engaged and interested! But I really enjoyed it. And you are right...it's weird how many references and facts I had to dig up from my own past work that I had forgotten about.
Your students are lucky to have you!
Thank you, Grace!
And you are so right about developing material. I've said in the past that if there's a topic I want to learn about but can't find a course or workshop on it, I create one of my own just so I can do the research for the class.
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