HoTXSinC
March 10, 2019
LAURA BUSH COMMUNITY LIBRARY
9411 Bee Cave Rd
Austin, TX 78746
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
CHARLIE DISMORE
on
COPS, ROBBERS, and the WEAPONS THEY SHOULD USE
Charlie Dismore, native Texas, Marine Veteran, Military designated Rifle and Piston Expert is certified as an NRA Instructor in pistol, rife and shotguns. Charlie served in the Marines as a Combat Engineer, and his duty assignments took him around the world, some locations including Hawaii, Japan, Mediterranean Europe, as well as combat duty in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969. Charlie and his wife have made their in Austin since 2004. Besides his civilian career, Charlie is the principle operator of Texas FFL LLC-a business serving all levels of firearms shooters. See more info at http://www.texas.ffl.org. If you want to learn something about the weapons you’re writing into your story, Charlie’s the guy to ask.
For example. Your protagonist is a cop. What firearms would he/she use in your plot situation? If your cop needs to penetrate a certain substance at a certain distance, what weapon should you as the author put in your hero’s hand? What ammunition? Charlie is a military expert in rifles and pistols, and he is certified to teach people how to use them.
Bring your questions and notepads and prepare to make your fiction the most authentic it can be.
Sisters in Crime is an international organization of women and men whose mission is to promote the professional development and advancement of women crime writers to achieve equality in the industry. Speakers include published mystery authors and technical experts who help writers craft better mysteries and readers enjoy what they read. Meetings are free and open to all. For more information, check out the Sisters in Crime website at https://sinc-heartoftexas.com.
For information contact Joyce Arquette, Publicity (512) 266-6543
Check out our blog/newsletter, HOTSHOTS!, at https://sinc-heartoftexas.com/posts/
HoTXSinC
February 10, 2019
WESTBANK COMMUNITY LIBRARY
1309 Westbank Dr
Austin, TX 78746
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sisters in Crime Presents
Award Winning Author
JAN BURKE
Jan Burke is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She has won the Edgar for Best Novel, and the Agatha, the Macavity, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award for
Best Short Story, among other honors.
Her books have been published internationally and have been optioned or film and television. She is the author of over thirty short stories.
Her work in nonfiction includes serving as the associate editor (with Sue Grafton) for MWA’s Handbook, Writing Mysteries. Her forensic science and criminal justice columns appear in Sisters in Crime’s InSinC Quarterly.
January 13 , 2019
LAURA BUSH COMMUNITY LIBRARY
9411 Bee Cave Road
Austin, TX 78733
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Bill Woodburn
on
Twisted Villains & Wounded Heroes
A Counselors Insights into Troubled Minds
We often write about extremes of human behavior and its aftermath. To be believable, it helps to understand desperate motives and how extreme events shape our lives. Join Bill Woodburn, MEd, LPC-S, LMFT-S, author and counselor, for a Q&A session about your characters’ actions and reactions.
Sisters in Crime is an international organization of women and men whose mission is to promote the professional development and advancement of women crime writers to achieve equality in the industry. Speakers include published mystery authors and technical experts who help writers craft better mysteries and readers enjoy what they read. Meetings are free and open to all. For more information, check out the Sisters in Crime website at https://sinc-heartoftexas.com.
For information contact Joyce Arquette, Publicity (512) 266-6543
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Cafe Express
3418 N. Lamar, Austin 78705, 512 452-9888
Same time ~ 3rd Sunday in May, 2:15 pm
Parking behind restaurant! Great menu!
http://www.cafe-express.com/locations/austin
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Meetings are free and open to the public.
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HoTXSinC’s dues remain the same ~ $20 for the year.
For more about how to join or renew membership go to
https://sinc-heartoftexas.com/joinrenew/
(HoTXSinC members must also join
the national Sisters in Crime organization.)
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Sisters in Crime Heart of Texas Chapter meets
the 2nd Sunday of the month–
except in May, when we meet the 3rd Sunday—
at 2:15 p.m. at Cafe Express,
3418 N. Lamar, Austin 78705, 512 452-9888
For information about the Heart of Texas Chapter
contact Joyce Arquette, Publicity, (512) 266-6543
Check out our blog/newsletter at https://sinc-heartoftexas.com/posts/
We are writers and readers, men and women, who share an interest in crime fiction. Current members live throughout Central Texas–from Waco on the north to San Antonio on the south–but our territory has no borders: No matter where you live, you’re welcome here.
