Sisters in Crime Colorado
@sinccolorado.bsky.social
We're the Colorado chapter of Sisters in Crime, a national group supporting crime writers since 1986. We offer education, advocacy, support and community for all writers. We're where writers belong.
If you're curious about writing mysteries or just love reading them, join Sisters in Crime Colorado! We're kicking off the new year a bit early, with a new website (sistersincrimecolorado.org), newsletter (Detection Connection) and chapter name (Rocky Mountain High Crimes Chapter). Check us out!
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If you're curious about writing mysteries or just love reading them, join Sisters in Crime Colorado! We're kicking off the new year a bit early, with a new website (sistersincrimecolorado.org), newsletter (Detection Connection) and chapter name (Rocky Mountain High Crimes Chapter). Check us out!
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A unique mystery with time loops and a 1950s feel.
G. P. Gottlieb recommends Who Killed One the Gun?
One the Gun is a Humphry Bogart kind of gumshoe who has a thing for his secretary and is racing against time before his time is up in this clever and unusual mystery. I love the fun names (One the Gun...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A unique mystery with time loops and a 1950s feel.
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My Dec. newsletter is out! Find it here: margaretmizushima.substack.com/p/happy-holi... #amreading #K9 #mystery #suspense #readingcommunity
Happy Holiday Season!
December News
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December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My Dec. newsletter is out! Find it here: margaretmizushima.substack.com/p/happy-holi... #amreading #K9 #mystery #suspense #readingcommunity
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Had a call with a national organization regarding usage of their organization in my book and opportunities to promote them once my book is published. So excited to announce this when ready. #WritingCommunity
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Had a call with a national organization regarding usage of their organization in my book and opportunities to promote them once my book is published. So excited to announce this when ready. #WritingCommunity
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Today's kid fanmail motivation is from Madeline, who drew me atop a mountain with a rainbow, which is my happy place. #kidlit #amwriting #writingcommunity
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Today's kid fanmail motivation is from Madeline, who drew me atop a mountain with a rainbow, which is my happy place. #kidlit #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Plotting the next installment of Audrey Lake Investigations series, with the help of some pistachios and a cup of Earl Grey while outside the snow is falling.
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Plotting the next installment of Audrey Lake Investigations series, with the help of some pistachios and a cup of Earl Grey while outside the snow is falling.
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"This complex gripping plot has many twists and turns, lots of suspense, and a few surprises." Check out this review and Q&A in Mystery and Suspense Magazine for 😵DYING CRY😵 by @margmizu.bsky.social! This snowy thriller is out now.
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Margaret Mizushima - Mystery and Suspense Magazine
The K-9 Mystery author on DYING CRY
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December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"This complex gripping plot has many twists and turns, lots of suspense, and a few surprises." Check out this review and Q&A in Mystery and Suspense Magazine for 😵DYING CRY😵 by @margmizu.bsky.social! This snowy thriller is out now.
https://loom.ly/vmJd_tw
https://loom.ly/vmJd_tw
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Looking for a cute mystery about an aging drummer who's talked into planning a robbery while rehearsing for an amusement park show?
Fun City Heist
Mo Melnick has perfect pitch, which didn’t help him in his career as a drummer, but he used to be in a rock band and now his job is sitting on the Jersey Shore renting out chairs and beach umbrellas.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Looking for a cute mystery about an aging drummer who's talked into planning a robbery while rehearsing for an amusement park show?
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Today's edition of my #Substack, The What If Journal, discusses not getting a "win" & and how social media can fool us into thinking everyone else is doing better than us.
Plus, a gift guide of suspense titles for the readers on your list (or you)!
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Plus, a gift guide of suspense titles for the readers on your list (or you)!
thewhatifjournal.substack.com/p/the-northe...
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today's edition of my #Substack, The What If Journal, discusses not getting a "win" & and how social media can fool us into thinking everyone else is doing better than us.
Plus, a gift guide of suspense titles for the readers on your list (or you)!
thewhatifjournal.substack.com/p/the-northe...
Plus, a gift guide of suspense titles for the readers on your list (or you)!
thewhatifjournal.substack.com/p/the-northe...
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Definitely experiencing the rollercoaster of author emotions as I edit today. Feeling like that time Fry wrote a novel. #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
a cartoon brain with the words now i am leaving earth for no raisin on it
ALT: a cartoon brain with the words now i am leaving earth for no raisin on it
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December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Definitely experiencing the rollercoaster of author emotions as I edit today. Feeling like that time Fry wrote a novel. #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
Congratulations to #SinCColorado member Cynthia Swanson, who was just named 2025 Indie Author of the Year by the Indie Author Project!
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Congratulations to #SinCColorado member Cynthia Swanson, who was just named 2025 Indie Author of the Year by the Indie Author Project!
Congratulations to #SinCColorado members Catherine Dilts and Merida Bass, who have a new mystery for pre-order! A mysterious ninja kidnaps a lonely senior citizen and places him with a family in need of a grandparent. a.co/d/gOHycl7
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Congratulations to #SinCColorado members Catherine Dilts and Merida Bass, who have a new mystery for pre-order! A mysterious ninja kidnaps a lonely senior citizen and places him with a family in need of a grandparent. a.co/d/gOHycl7
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Thanks, Christy and Rock is Lit! Loved writing this story and can't wait to share it with listeners & readers!
#BookSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity
#BookSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity
Rock is Lit is thrilled to congratulate Cynthia Swanson, winner of the Bill Hallberg Rock 'N' Roll Short Story Contest, General Submissions category, for “A Possibility Nonetheless.” Catch her reading her story on a Sept EP of Rock is Lit!
Shout out to @kimgottliebwalker.bsky.social, runner-up!
Shout out to @kimgottliebwalker.bsky.social, runner-up!
September 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thanks, Christy and Rock is Lit! Loved writing this story and can't wait to share it with listeners & readers!
#BookSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity
#BookSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity
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In sharp, insightful stories set in Canada, The Beauty and the Hell of It & Other Stories portrays muddled, saucy women who struggle with impending adulthood, difficult men, and dysfunctional families. newbooksnetwork.com/the-beauty-a...
September 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In sharp, insightful stories set in Canada, The Beauty and the Hell of It & Other Stories portrays muddled, saucy women who struggle with impending adulthood, difficult men, and dysfunctional families. newbooksnetwork.com/the-beauty-a...
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In today's edition of my #Substack, The What If Journal, I discuss the sunshine & unicorns that are not coming to save us —and why I'm speaking out rather than staying silent as we march toward authoritarianism.
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #politics
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#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #politics
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September 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In today's edition of my #Substack, The What If Journal, I discuss the sunshine & unicorns that are not coming to save us —and why I'm speaking out rather than staying silent as we march toward authoritarianism.
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #politics
thewhatifjournal.substack.com/p/yeah-ive-g...
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #politics
thewhatifjournal.substack.com/p/yeah-ive-g...
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The conference is in Denver Sept. 26-28. I'll be teaching a workshop on successful debuts. If you're a fiction writer at any stage, I highly recommend going to RMFW. Get your tickets at www.rmfw.org!
#writing #writers #fiction #authors
#writing #writers #fiction #authors
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
www.rmfw.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The conference is in Denver Sept. 26-28. I'll be teaching a workshop on successful debuts. If you're a fiction writer at any stage, I highly recommend going to RMFW. Get your tickets at www.rmfw.org!
#writing #writers #fiction #authors
#writing #writers #fiction #authors
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I had a fantastic time chatting with @azsultana.bsky.social in advance of the upcoming Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers conference!
Listen to the podcast here:
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Listen to the podcast here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Ve7...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
September 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I had a fantastic time chatting with @azsultana.bsky.social in advance of the upcoming Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers conference!
Listen to the podcast here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Ve7...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Listen to the podcast here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Ve7...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Hooray! Barnes & Noble is offering their preorder sale for DYING CRY again. Sale ends 9/11, so act soon to get your discounted copy. Find it here: www.barnesandnoble.com/.../dying....... Thanks to @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @akalit.bsky.social #amreading #K9 #mystery #books
September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Hooray! Barnes & Noble is offering their preorder sale for DYING CRY again. Sale ends 9/11, so act soon to get your discounted copy. Find it here: www.barnesandnoble.com/.../dying....... Thanks to @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @akalit.bsky.social #amreading #K9 #mystery #books
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🎉 August Anniversary Party: 75% OFF In the Event of Murder!
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75% OFF In the Event of Murder
It’s the star-studded event of the season in Silvercrest, Colorado—but some of the guests might not make it to the last dance alive in the second charming installment of the Starlit Booksh...
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August 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
🎉 August Anniversary Party: 75% OFF In the Event of Murder!
@crookedlanebooks.bsky.social
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@crookedlanebooks.bsky.social
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“I have never started a poem whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.” ~ Robert Frost
#booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting
#booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting
August 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“I have never started a poem whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.” ~ Robert Frost
#booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting
#booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting
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August 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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FYI for authors.
To all my friends who write books: make sure you have filled out the Author Contact page in the class action lawsuit against Anthropic, in the event your books were illegally pirated.
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Anthropic Authors’ Rights Class Action – Author Contact Page – Lieff Cabraser
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August 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
FYI for authors.
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Currently reading:
August 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Currently reading:
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Morning moose!
August 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Morning moose!
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Wonderful interview w/ blogger and fellow author @donnellb.bsky.social
about Anyone But Her, creative persistence, and the ghosts whose stories we simply must tell. Thanks, Donnell!
#AuthorSky #ghosts #WritingCommunity #psychologicalsuspense #thriller #mystery
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about Anyone But Her, creative persistence, and the ghosts whose stories we simply must tell. Thanks, Donnell!
#AuthorSky #ghosts #WritingCommunity #psychologicalsuspense #thriller #mystery
donnellannbell.net/cynthia-swan...
Cynthia Swanson Interview, ANYONE BUT HER | Author Donnell Ann Bell
I’m always unearthing facts and oddities regarding the places I’m writing about, particularly in earlier times. I also love boots-on-the-ground research—just
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August 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Wonderful interview w/ blogger and fellow author @donnellb.bsky.social
about Anyone But Her, creative persistence, and the ghosts whose stories we simply must tell. Thanks, Donnell!
#AuthorSky #ghosts #WritingCommunity #psychologicalsuspense #thriller #mystery
donnellannbell.net/cynthia-swan...
about Anyone But Her, creative persistence, and the ghosts whose stories we simply must tell. Thanks, Donnell!
#AuthorSky #ghosts #WritingCommunity #psychologicalsuspense #thriller #mystery
donnellannbell.net/cynthia-swan...