DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND author Dennis Lehane at the 2024 #Bouchercon

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If you are attending this year's #Bouchercon #crimefiction conference, be sure to check out our panel on international #thrillers / #mysteries, featuring Jeffrey Sigar, M.A. Monnin, Ragnar Jonasson, Pip Drysdale and Kelly Oliver.

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Bookmarks, Bouchercon, and the next Ginny Reese Mystery: updates!

https://mckennadeanromance.com/bookmarks-bouchercon-and-the-next-ginny-reese-mystery

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There's no way I can pack everything I need in 2 checked bags and one carryon to Bouchercon in a few weeks.

I see no other solution. I'm going to have to move to Nashville, y'all. 😆

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I'm on a deadline to finish book 4 in the Ginny Reese Mystery Series, A Nose for Death. Naturally, I'm prepping bookmarks for Bouchercon instead.

Will it keep people from tossing them? Probably not, but I find the act of choosing the beads, threading the ribbons, etc very soothing.

Anyone else out there going to Bouchercon at the end of August?

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#WritersCoffeeClub May 15: Have you ever attended a writer's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you?

I attended #Bouchercon, the World #Mystery Convention, in 2008 to promote a crime-themed #Poetry magazine I co-edited. The con went well and I got to be on a panel about crime and poetry specifically:

https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2008/10/poetry-in-motion-at-bouchercon-2008.html

I've attended Bouchercon as a fan three times since then. Still fun, but unlike having a book to promote.

Here's a nice round-up of the 2023 (crime fiction conference) Bouchercon from J. Kingston Pierce at The Rap Sheet:

http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2023/09/shooting-san-diego.html

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PSA: #Bouchercon, #COVID

ETA: "mild allergies" my foot; it's the long-term, unseen and unfelt damage COVID does to your organs that should worry you.