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As It Turns Out, You Do Know Jack
For years, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Lee Child’s novels about Jack Reacher. I love the way the Reacher stories thrum with pleasurable uncertainty while I roll my eyes as Reacher’s over-the-top, alpha-male infallibility.
Writing For Children & Teens
What? There are kids’ writers in Mystery Writers of America? Yes, there are. Quite a few of us, in fact.
MWA-NW Now Zooms Into Your Home (Or Other Places You Might Be)
An upside to the pandemic has to be “teleconferencing.” In April, our chapter joined the Zoom Revolution and in the last forty days, we’ve conducted three virtual events. Here is a quick synopsis of each.
Free Virtual Conference for MWA Members This July
Mystery in the Midlands, a FREE virtual conference sponsored by SEMWA and the Palmetto Chapter of Sisters in Crime, will be held on Saturday, July 25 between 10-2:30 EST.
Member News Recap From Our June 2020 Newsletter
MB Austin’s short story “Smithereens: The Unvarnished Truth Of The Pollensa Bay Blockade” is the in the Nuns with Guns anthology (Knotted Press Road, June 2020).
About the Mystery Writers of America
MWA is the premier organization for mystery writers, mystery readers, and professionals in the mystery and crime-writing fields. The Northwest Chapter serves members of MWA who live in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska.
MWA-NW offers a variety of services to chapter members, including dinner meetings with guest speakers, a regular newsletter with news, professional education, and more.
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