2010 February | Mystery Writers of America

Midwest meetings, update

February 16th, 2010

Our Sunday meeting featuring Lee Williams and Helen Macie Osterman on how to get the most out of writers’ groups is shaping up to be terrific. Be sure to come by Centuries & Sleuths, 7419 W. Madison St. in Forest Park, IL (708)771-7243 , at 1 p.m.
In March, Raymond Benson has arranged a terrific field trip to the Headquarters of the IAN FLEMING FOUNDATION in Momence, Illinois. You will meet Doug Redenius, Vice President of the foundation, and curator of a whole lot of Bond stuff.
Raymond needs an RSVP of who all wants to go no later than March 8. There is no fee. Please email him at RBinPerson@comcast.net. If we don’t have at least 10 people, the event will be cancelled.
For more information, check out the calendar item.
Finally, Ted Hertel has arranged for Ben LeRoy and Alison Janssen of Tyrus Books to headline the MWA Midwest Chapter meeting in Milwaukee on Monday, May 17, at the Best Western near the airport. We’ll have more information on that soon.

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Midwest meeting in Milwaukee!

February 16th, 2010

May 17, 2010
7:00 pm	to	9:00 pm

Ben LeRoy and Alison Janssen of Tyrus Books will headline the MWA Midwest Chapter meeting in Milwaukee on Monday, May 17, at the Best Western near the airport.
More information soon.

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Weekend at MWA national

February 2nd, 2010

Hey, Tony Perona here. I just wanted to let everyone know that the reason I missed the January meeting in Chicago was because I was at the MWA Board meeting in NYC., which proved to be an incredible experience. Those of us new to the Board received excellent training from national, and it’s going to be a big help knowing the presidents in the other chapters. Already we’ve traded ideas on how to approach certain situations. MWA is a great organization, and everyone on the Board wants to make it even stronger.

We’ve got some very cool things going on right here in the Midwest chapter: Tim Broderick’s got the February meeting scheduled with a panel discussion on writers’ groups and how to get the most out of them; Board member Claire Applewhite and I are working on an outreach meeting in St. Louis for April with a panel discussion on “Ten Things Mystery Writers Should Know about Publishing in the Marketplace Today.” And Ted Hertel is working on another outreach meeting in Milwaukee for May, with Ben LeRoy and Alison Janssen of Tyrus Books. And Julie Hyzy is working on Printers Row for June. For those of you who don’t know about Printers Row, it’s a book festival in downtown Chicago where people who love books go to buy books from people who write books–people like us! So watch for more on all of these things.

The Midwest Chapter’s Board is meeting this month to talk about our goals for this year and the future, and that means figuring out how to add more value to MWA membership. We’ll be looking for new ideas, so expect to see more from us coming soon!

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