tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77886779615867582012024-03-05T14:37:53.075-10:00Sisters In Crime/HawaiiThe Official Site of Sisters in Crime/Hawaii (an affiliate of Sisters In Crime, Inc.) The Gathering Place for Active Members, and for Interested Readers and Writers of all Genres. Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-27242355789325097282018-02-21T23:05:00.000-10:002018-02-21T23:05:00.443-10:00Sisters in Crime/Hawaii New Website<div style="text-align: center;">
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A long time coming, an anthology of 17 mystery short stories set in Hawai'i, by 17 local authors, has been in the planning stages for two years. On <span style="color: red;">Friday, March 31</span>, they will hold a "Cover Reveal" <br />
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Community Library 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Celebration, September 17 and 18,
2016. As a volunteer-run <span style="color: black;">library, they are dependent on donations. They also sponsor SinC/Hawaii
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discussions focused on the art and craft of writing. SinC members introduced fresh
topics each hour during the celebration. Library patrons were encouraged to
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Makiki Library Board Members, President Wendy Maxwell and Della Au Belatti<br />
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Special Spinning Wheel game for the kids to win lots of donated prizes! <br />
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Makiki Library Board Members Johnny and Linda Prado "manning" the Spinning Wheel game and keeping the table refreshed with enticing prizes for the neighborhood children. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Makiki Library Board Member Julie Wo </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Makiki Community Library on September 17th and 18th (Sat. and Sun.) from 12:00 to 4:00. Come and join us in the following activities:</span></span><br />
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<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">A big used book sale, including a variety of children's books, vintage books, DVDs and records. </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Get your free book coupon to use at the book sale when you come to check-out books, before the anniversary weekend.</span></li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Sisters in Crime will be hosting round table discussions with local authors on Sat. until 4:00 and Sun. until 3:00. The public is welcome to participate. </span></li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Fairy Grandmother will bring magic and fun to the keiki on Sunday at 3:00.</span></li>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Wednesdays 2-6 pm<br /> Saturdays 12-4 pm<br /> Sundays 12-4 pm</span></span><br />
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You can visit with Frankie Bow at these sites: <br />
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Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/frankie.bow.1" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/frankie.bow.1</a><br />
Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Frankie_Bow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Frankie_Bow</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kimo Silva, Honolulu’s incoming mayor, inherits a city that faces hard times. Economic decline, Asian conflict, and internal ethnic strife threaten to unravel the Aloha Spirit that keeps Honolulu’s diverse population at peace. </span><br />
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<strong><em>A K GUNN: </em></strong>Many of the issues involving Hawaii are similar to those facing many areas on the mainland, but Hawaii has been uniquely successful in dealing with them. Ethnic diversity, an unhappy indigent population, homelessness, crime, and economic disparity are examples. In addition, we have some unique problems. <br />
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We are dependent upon two major industries—tourism & military--both of which tend to be cyclical, so we’re vulnerable to difficult economic shifts. In addition, we host a high percentage of transient residents (tourists & military) who inevitably bring attitudes and viewpoints to our shores that differ from those held by people who live here permanently. Expenses are high here, particularly in housing, and people have to work harder to keep a positive cash balance. We’re over-crowded in Honolulu, and our infrastructure, particularly transportation, hasn’t kept up. <br />
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These negatives are offset by some positives, including the great climate, the physical beauty of both the land and the sea, and—most important—the Aloha Spirit. Our society is uniquely tolerant and acceptant of people with ethnic differences and different points of view. It’s the Aloha Spirit that makes Hawaii paradise, that makes our aina a garden of Eden instead of a jungle. </div>
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scientist. He has published three novels under the name Alain Gunn, and one
novel under the name A K Gunn. He has also authored forty-eight scientific
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<span style="font-size: large;">You've just finished reading a book that entertained you over a period of twenty-four hours or seven days. Everyone has their own pattern. Some pick up a book at bedtime for a half hour of reading, others don't set the book down until they reach "The End".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Actually, word-of-mouth is a terrific means of promoting a book you like. Who better to recommend a book than someone who read it and was entertained by it, maybe even used it to escape the duties of daily life for a time. Fiction is meant to "take the reader for a ride" away from the normal stress of everyday activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A word-of-mouth recommendation is, in essence, an audio book review. Any author would be most grateful to know you are discussing their latest book, or even the one they wrote five years ago. Contrary to popular belief, some authors do have considerable egos. (Even Stephen King still wants to know you liked his latest installment in horror.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently, a reader enjoyed all of the short stories and decided to write a review for the anthology <em>MYSTERY IN PARADISE 13 Tales of Suspense. </em>Each story is set in Hawai'i and written by an author living in or having strong ties to the 50th state. (You're right, that is why it's called <em>Hawaii 5-0</em>).</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: large;">Thanks for your question. The simplest answer is that the story is not about the traditional myth of Nanaue. While the legends of Nanaue and Kamohoali’i are the most well-known shark man-stories in Hawaii, there are many tales throughout the Pacific about literal sharks, aumakua sharks, demi-god sharks, and chiefs who are shark-like. Building upon those traditions, <i>Tourists</i> is actually an adult side story to a middle grade/young adult series I write called the Niuhi Shark Saga. <i>One Boy, No Water</i>; <i>One Shark, No Swim</i>; and <i>One Truth, No Lie</i> are all set on Oahu in fictional Lauele Town where Hawaiian myths, gods, and legends are real and exist beneath the radar of most of the humans. The series is centered around a boy who is allergic to water. His name is Alexander Kaonakai Westin, but he’s called Zader. Throughout the series, Zader discovers who he really is and why his biological family hid him in Lauele Town. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: large;">In this world, there are Niuhi who have the ability to appear as human on land or as sharks in the ocean. (In Hawaiian, niuhi is the word used to describe a shark big enough to attack a human and is usually translated as a large tiger shark.) Kalei is a character in the series. His full name is Kalei-O-Mano, which refers to a war club ringed with shark’s teeth or a shark’s mouth. In the series, he’s a scary bad dude who is mostly called The Man with Too Many Teeth by Zader. By the time his name is revealed, it’s very clear that the series is not a retelling of Nanaue, so there’s no confusion with Kalei-O-Mano and Kalei the maiden in the most well-known version of the Nanaue legend. In this short story I just called him Kalei because it’s simple and what he’d probably tell a tourist—and really didn’t consider there might be confusion with the Nanaue legend. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our guest today is Lourdes Venard, a journalist with more than 29 years of reporting, editing, design, and project management experience. She has worked at major newspapers such as The Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Newsday. She currently operates her own freelance business, CommaSense Editing.</span><br />
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-91527621481952152762016-02-03T11:30:00.000-10:002016-03-09T18:36:46.315-10:00Today’s Spotlight Shines on Author Laurie Hanan<div style="text-align: center;">
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Annual membership is $10.00. This year, our blog site is focusing on members of
SinC/Hawaii and their writing progress as published and as-yet unpublished
authors. As a group, we support each other’s work, and offer friendship and encouragement
in new projects. Several events throughout the year help to spotlight our
interests, including book fairs/festivals and panel discussions or book
readings. Check out the Meetings/Events page for upcoming events (and directly below
for the February, 2016 meeting.)</span></div>
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author Laurie Hanan. Laurie is the successful author of the Louise Golden series, mysteries
set in Hawaii. After publishing her fourth Louise Golden mystery, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stairway to Heaven</i>, Laurie wrote a
novella for a Kindle World, the Lei Crime World of author Toby Neal. Laurie’s
novella is entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hoaka Moonshine</i>.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">When Dee Maltin bought the little beach cottage on Maui, all she wanted
was to leave her memories behind. Now, fifteen years later, things are starting
to go awry. Why does everyone else deny hearing the feral cats that keep Dee
awake all night? What’s the smell that permeates her house no matter how much
she scrubs? Why does her strange neighbor, who hasn’t spoken to her in all
these years, choose this moment to strike up a conversation? A woman shows up
at Dee’s door looking for her birth mother. Is she a con artist, or just
deluded? Dee searches for answers and is soon over her head in one big
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story captured my interest with the suspenseful opening lines. The characters
immediately triggered reactions from me. Several times, I wanted to thrash the
ears of the grown son, although I admit to having given more than a little
leeway to “grown” children in my own family. Hearing that Dee, the protagonist,
was “too old” to suck in her belly for appearance sake endeared me to her from
the start. She is someone I would enjoy spending a day with in comfort.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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plot of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hoaka Moonshine</i> (I love this
title) held enough twists and complications to keep me reading, but never
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today; and we look forward to having you as our Guest Speaker at the February,
2016 SinC/Hawaii meeting. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif;">At the February meeting, you will discuss Amazon’s Kindle Worlds
and your submission of the novella, <i>Hoaka Moonshine</i>, to The Lei Crime
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writing <i>Hoaka Moonshine</i>. Since it wasn't part of my series, I took a lot
of liberty in creating the characters and developing the plot. With Louise
Golden, I keep more or less within the bounds of a traditional mystery style:
Mail carrier Louise discovers a crime has been committed on her mail route,
there is a villain who needs to be found out, Louise eventually solves the
crime when the police could not. Though there are mysterious events and
questions that demand answers in <i>Hoaka Moonshine,</i> the story doesn't fall
into the typical mystery genre. I never explain whether the events are
paranormal, figments of the character's imagination, or bizarre coincidences. I
leave that for the reader to decide. There is no crime to be solved, no villain
to be discovered and caught. It was a new kind of story for me and I had a lot
of fun with it.</span></span></div>
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is the Kindle World of Toby Neal, author of the Lei Crime Series that currently
includes 11 novels (and counting.) During the writing process, did the author
have any involvement in or offer you support during this new venture?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Laurie Hanan:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Once I'd completed <i>Hoaka Moonshine </i>to
my satisfaction, I asked Toby to look it over. Involving the author is not a
necessary--or even a usual--part of the Kindle Worlds process, but I wanted to
be sure Toby was okay with my use of her characters. Toby graciously took the
time to look over my story. She was very encouraging, which I totally
appreciated, coming from such a successful author as her. After hearing Toby's
comments, I wrote some additional scenes. Her advice greatly enhanced the final
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information about writing novellas and about Kindle Worlds. We look forward to
having you as our Guest Speaker on February 17, 2016 and hearing even more in
depth information about the world of writing novellas.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Guest Speaker: Laurie Hanan</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Skype Interview arranged by member/author
Kent Reinker</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Toby Neal, bestselling Maui author of the Lei Crime Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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This month Sisters in Crime/Hawai'i begins our spotlight series, introducing our members to the world of mystery and to Sisters in Crime members around the world! </div>
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Our first spotlighted member is Lizbeth Hartz, author of the true crime novel, <em>ANGEL HERO</em>. </div>
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participate in a panel discussion at a Sisters in Crime meeting at Makiki
Library in September, 2015, I’d done my research. In a small hot area enclosed
by bookcases, twenty or so of us Sisters (and Misters) of Crime pulled our
chairs close to round tables. I sweated, fanned myself with a red round fan courtesy
of the library, and glanced at my notes about two questions I’d agreed to
answer. Which author, living or dead, would I choose to do lunch with and why?
What height of accomplishment did I reach when my book Angel Hero was published
last year?</span></span></div>
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My immediate choice of authors was Ray Bradbury,
famous fantasy writer. As a wide-eyed child nurtured by fairy tales and magic,
the no-nonsense diet doled out by my just-the-facts-ma’am dad left me starving.
Ravenously, I devoured Bradbury’s enchanting short stories and novels, shouted “Yes!”
to battling witches’ sinister spells, felt my thumbs prickle when Mr. Electro
sizzled and embryos in bottles haunted dark carnivals, rode a rocket to the murmuring
canals of Mars where gray-eyed Martians seeped into my bones, got sloppy drunk
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In his book Zen and the Art of Writing, Releasing the
Creative Genius Within You, Bradbury recommends writers write about what they
love and what they hate. “What do you want more than anything else in the
world?” he asks. “Find a character like yourself who will want something or not
want something with all his heart.”<o:p> </o:p></div>
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<o:p></o:p>In my book I, like Bradbury, wrote about a character
who wanted something with all her heart. One big difference between this
fiction master and me is that, while his characters are a little like him, they
are also a whole lot different. In my book, however, the main character is
essentially me, and the other characters are essentially them. And my story is
true except for names, dates, and locations, whereas Bradbury’s are as
fictional as fiction gets.</div>
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What did I want more than anything
else in the world? To love a Prince Charming who also loved me. What did I have
to armor up against, and go to battle with, in order to find love? My squelched
voice, which became even more stifled when a killer searched for me and fear
wrapped its tendrils around me. Fear, strangling me, terrifying me out of
telling the truth. That devil fear whispered, “Telling the truth could cost you
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I had to tell the truth and shame
the devil before I was given to understand that devils are liars. Writers can
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them on paper. “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect,”
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Bradbury said, “Give your character
his running orders. Shoot him off. Then follow as fast as you can go. The
character, in his great love or hate will rush you through to the end of the
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Unlike Bradbury, I relied on
experience rather than my imagination to give me my running orders in Angel
Hero. “Want to know love?” Life asked. “Learn to speak up for yourself. Take
risks. Say no to ogres who try to shut you up, or victimize you. Say yes to
fearless heroes.” Vic told me the same thing in different words: “Grow some
guts, girl. Pussyfooting around ain’t no good way to live.”</div>
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I must have learned from Vic
because I didn’t pussyfoot around when the moderator asked me what height of
accomplishment I’d reached when Angel Hero was published. I rattled on for so
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“One accomplishment was great
personal satisfaction that I kept my 29-year-old promises to Vic,” I told the
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“Another accomplishment is finding
a way to let my voice be heard. Although in my day-to-day life I sometimes
still have difficulty speaking up, within the pages of Angel Hero I let my
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“The events described in Angel Hero
really happened. When Mighty Quill Press published the book in April, 2014, I
disguised it as an inspired-by-a-true story novel. Next month, in October, I am
giving my book a facelift with a new cover and an updated About the Book
section, and removing the façade of fiction I constructed around the book.
Angel Hero’s actual genre is that of fictionalized memoir or spiritual mystery.
My book describes the crime I survived and the love that still takes my breath
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of my experience. God did solve the mystery for me even before I prayed for an
answer. Seven months before, in fact. Which demonstrated the truth of Matthew
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I had to feel the fear all the way
through and tell my truth anyway before the truth of what the argument was
about was revealed to me. And it set me free, as was promised in John 8:32:
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” The truth
killed my fear of the gunman, and intensified my determination to get Vic’s
story in print or die trying.</div>
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In his review of Angel Hero, Steve
Morrill, author and director of writerscollege.com, wrote: “… In this gripping
page-turner (I read it at one sitting) Lizbeth has honored Vic as she promised
to do so very long ago.”</div>
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As I told my audience, “Keeping my
promise to Vic is the accomplishment of which I am most proud. More than any
man I’ve ever known, he deserves to have his story told.”</div>
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Thinking about it later, I realized
I also wanted to leave my readers with a lantern in case they ever needed it
during their darkest night. As author Jane Roberts wrote, “You are a portion of
All That Is; therefore, the universe leans in your direction<span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; display: none; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-hide: all;">You are a portion of All That Is; therefore the universe leans in your
directionYou are a portion of All That Is; therefore the universe leans in your
direction</span>.” As Detective Jet told me, “God is good.” As it states in
Matthew 7:7: “…Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and the door will be opened.” I
am still awestruck recalling that, even before I knocked, The Creator knew I
would and opened the door.</div>
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In Elton John’s lyrics to the song
“Candle in the Wind,” written in memory of Marilyn Monroe after her death by
drug overdose, this line struck me as especially poignant: “And it seems to me
you lived your life like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to
when the rain set in.” My wish is that all people, especially those who, like
me, are forced to face something truly terrifying, find comfort in knowing they
never need to be afraid, not even when the rain sets in.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The link to Lizbeth Hartz’ facebook page is </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004366997121"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004366997121</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The website for Lizbeth’s website/blog is </span><a href="http://mightyquillpress.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">http://mightyquillpress.com</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Lizbeth's twitter account is Lizbeth Hartz@LizbethHartz or </span><a href="https://twitter.com/LizbethHartz"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">https://twitter.com/LizbethHartz</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The link to Lizbeth’s Amazon Author Page is </span><a href="https://amazon.com/author/angelhero2ndedition"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">https://amazon.com/author/angelhero2ndedition</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Vicki and her husband Don make up the writing team of D.V. Whytes.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div>
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out of your busy schedule to participate in a Sisters in Crime/Hawaii
interview, Vicki.</span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">You and your husband Don
write mysteries under the nom de plume of D.V. Whytes. The setting of your
mystery novel </span>Prism Poison</em><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> is an African Cruise. </span></em>How did you come
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book had several titles ... <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Fever
Tree</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On the Limpopo</i>, and others.
None seemed to fit. There is a murder by poisoning and there is diamond
smuggling, so we decided <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Prism Poison</i>
was the name.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">VICKI WHITE:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"> I
had just been laid off from my job, the department I was working for closed. So
Don and I went on a trip. We flew from Honolulu to Nairobi in about 40 hours. I
can't sleep on planes. Don slept through the trip.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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we arrived in Nairobi, they took us to the Karen Blixen home at the foot of the
Angola Mts. Then we went to our hotel to clean up and go to a dinner at the
Magnificent 5, where they serve rhino, giraffe, wildebeest, lion and elephant. I
tried to settle down with a diet coke and piece of toast, but couldn't do it
because I was so tired. We missed the dinner.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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did 2 safaris, one in Amboeseli and one in Tsavo. We arrived in Mombassa the
day of the bombing to catch a cruise ship to travel the east coast of Africa to
Capt Town. The trip was terrific and we decided to write the trip into a
Novel/murder mystery.</span></div>
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was it like for you, Vicki and Don, to be in Mombasa the day of the bombing in
November 2002, and how did you incorporate your experiences into the novel?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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The city was in mayhem, but we thought it was somewhat normal, as Africa is
always in some type of turmoil. They have no organizing skills there that we
have ever seen. The security to board the ship was heightened, but no one told
us about the bombing.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">When
we got to the ship's restaurant for dinner, there was a great crowd. One woman
was sitting on the floor. I spoke with her. She was on the El Al plane that
diverted from the land to air missile.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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dinner the Captain gave the announcement and also told us we would not be going
to Zanzibar as it was an Al-Qaeda hideout. This was a direct order from Great
Britain Prime Minister and the President of the US.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">I
had made a daily diary of our trip and used it with our pictures that we took
on the trip. There was a hotel that was bombed and we just imagined what it
might have been like to have been there.</span></div>
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you have plans for another novel based on your travels?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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Most definitely. We have one coming out very soon titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cookie Crumbs, Green Eyes and Murder. </i>This is taken from our trip,
when we caught a cruiseliner from Thailand and sailed to Venice. A most
wonderful 30 days. This book is great. It is our hope to continue the Greystone
Murder Mysteries into a series of several exotic travels.</span></div>
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available at Amazon.com </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">under the nom de
plume of D.V. Whytes.</span></em></span></div>
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Honolulu. On April 21, 2015, Sisters in Crime/Hawaii had an opportunity to tour the HPD lab and
museum. Due to an emergency call-out, the lab
was being shut down early, so our museum tour was halted while Officer Fatu escorted all 24 of us down to the lab first. Rather than cancel the tour, the HPD tour officers
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liked the historical background that Eddie Croom gave us (in the museum). The
fact that the police department has existed under the monarchy, independent
republic and American state of Hawaii is very interesting, particularly since
the historical roots continue to be represented symbolically on the present-day
badge, which includes depictions of both the kapu sticks of authority and the
law of the broken paddle. I was also fascinated by the real-life origins of
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the HPD cops felt about the TV series Hawaii Five-O. "We laugh
at it. We think it's funny. It's off the mark in so many ways, including the
kinds of crimes really taking place in Hawaii and the weapons that are used by
both criminals and HPD." That said, he wanted to audition for the role of
Kono Kalakaua in the reboot. "The original Kono was a big, Hawaiian guy
like me, but they said, 'No, we're going with a Korean-Canadian actress for
this!'" He did get to appear in the series however. "Look at this
handsome guy!" he cracked, showing me footage of him firing a gun in a
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At almost the last minute, Vicki White pointed something out to me in the museum: The Deceptograph, Lie Detector Desk Model, HPD, 1948. Every inch of this ordinary-looking desk was wired to hunt down the lies of the suspects hooked up to it. </div>
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the luncheon at Auntie Pasto’s afterwards. The photographs I took tell much of
the story. Our visit to the science lab (SIS) was a whirlwind tour due to an
emergency call-out of the crime scene techs, but the sights and information
imparted by our guide were invaluable to us as mystery writers and Hawaii
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that helps identify the amount and type of chemicals present in a sample by
measuring the mass-to-charge ratio and abundance of gas-phase ions. A Mass
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Detectives is first turned over to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Evidence
Lockers</b>, to protect chain of custody and to label and record. Any evidence
that must be tested is then sent to the Lab, most often drugs such as marijuana
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Once the evidence is tested, if it leads to a suspect
already recorded in NCIC, National Crime Information Center, then a sample of
the evidence is sent to the agency that entered the information. That agency
then verifies if the sample is a match. If it does match, then the Honolulu
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capability to conduct any type of examination
associated with weapons offenses as well as toolmark examination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rear room of the laboratory is a one-lane
indoor firing range, where test fire examinations are held. They also compare
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target materials at the scene. Clothing or other items submitted to the lab can
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residues, movement and/or washing of the body prior to autopsy will diminish or
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Sisters in Crime/Hawaii member, for scheduling the tour and for working closely
with Officer Fatu to ensure we received a tour of Scientific Investigation
Section of the Honolulu Police Department.</span></div>
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guest and member of Sisters in Crime/Hawai’i, Gloria Andrada, is the author of the
children’s picture book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stanley’s Bummer
Bus Ride. </i>Thank you for taking time to visit, Gloria, and to give us a look
at your new book. First, please tell us a little about yourself.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GLORIA ANDRADA:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Thank you. I was born and raised in a
small town called Waipahu, on the island of O’ahu in Hawai’i. My parents were
immigrants from the Philippines. My father was hired to work as a heavy
equipment operator for the O’ahu Sugar Plantation. My world of haul cane
trucks, sugar cane and plantation took a major turn at age 7 when I spotted a
book called, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ in a bookstore in Honolulu.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GLORIA ANDRADA:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It took a while to decide, because I wanted to write about my
paranormal experiences and share the pictures. I won two Storytelling contests
in Moiliili when Glen Grant was hosting those. In fact he asked to tell my
story and show the pictures. I won, and one of the prizes was one of his
Chicken Skin books. He autographed it and it inspired me to reach a goal like
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
convinced me was a lady named Terri Madden, who’s a director, actress and owner
of Play Builders. When I auditioned for a part in the play <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wahiawa: Remembah Wen</i>…,I used the Stanley story, but it was a rough
form of the book. She told me it was a good story, what I needed was a good
illustrator to bring it to life. That became a two-year journey for Stanley to
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is the kid in all of us. He goes and spends a day with his friends and has an
experience, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and how he handles the situation
without depending on a parent is amazing. I wanted a book that the kids in
Hawaii could relate to, with words and places they knew, and where they could
meet a real, live author who would encourage them to read, get out in Nature
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GLORIA ANDRADA:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
name Stanley came from my favorite comic book writer, Stan Lee. He wrote about
super heroes, like Spiderman. And he is in his 90’s now and is very active.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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Stanley in the Urban Dictionary describes him as a sweet, cute and funny guy.
He takes care of his friends and is talented at whatever he does. He’s
independent and a good friend to have. It’s good to look up your name and see
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GLORIA ANDRADA:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
age range of readers is 5-12 years old. It seems their parents enjoy the book
as well and experience a deeper meaning to what is not written down but is felt.
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GLORIA ANDRADA:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is my first, self published book, and what I’m doing is reading in the schools
and libraries and getting my name known. So far some the schools and libraries are
carrying my book. Kids approach me and tell me I’m the author of Stanley. They
have a conversation with me. I think I have a following. Adults approach me and
ask it they could be in the next book. I hope I inspired some of the kids to
become writers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you
for sharing your interesting writing experiences with us, Gloria. We look
forward to seeing your book in print. Best of success to you in a long and
glorious career.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please visit Gloria's website for more information about the author and her writing, and learn how to purchase her book, Stanley's Bummer Bus Ride, for all the children in your life!</span></div>
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-48970392125944489792015-02-24T21:00:00.000-10:002015-02-25T12:50:45.811-10:00Author Jenny Duhaylonsod Delos Santos: On Writing a Memoir<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aloha Everyone, and Mahalo for joining us today at Sisters in Crime/Hawaii.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s guest author is one of our newest members to Sisters in Crime/Hawaii, Jenny Duhaylonsod Delos Santos. Welcome, to SinC/Hawaii, Jenny and thank you for participating in today’s interview. First, won’t you please share a bit about yourself?</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you. I live in the McCully area, near the Hawaii Convention Center. Technically, I grew up in Ewa Beach and went to James Campbell High School. I’m married to my husband Pancho Delos Santos, and I have two adult children from a previous marriage.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I work at Honolulu Star-Advertiser as an editorial assistant for the newsroom, and I have been there for the past 13 years. My responsibilities include writing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On the Move</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Business Calendar</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Get Involved Calendar</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ship Arrivals</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hawaii Mutuals</i> on a daily basis as well as the obituaries (once a week), payroll (for 120 newsroom employees) when in need and other office duties.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You have written a story about an important time in your life. When did you decide to write a Memoir, and why?</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My decision to write a Memoir came from many people encouraging me to write a book about my life since they knew I went through a great lot. I became more focused in writing a book when I was told that I couldn’t become a news reporter because I haven’t published anything for the past 10 years. As a result, I thought that I would write my own books, especially since I was fond of reading and writing.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My intentions to write a Memoir is to give people, who went through domestic abuse or a traumatic experience, “hope” and “dreams” knowing that if I can go through all that I went through…they also can turn around their lives and become successful in their own way. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also want people to know that not everyone abuses the Department of Human Services system, which offers benefits such as food stamps, medical and financial help to the needy, disabled and homeless. Many people end up under dire circumstances, because something traumatic happened in their life, and they just need help to get back on their feet. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why did you decide to join Sisters in Crime/Hawaii?</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By joining a group of writers (such as Sisters in Crime Hawaii), meant that I could be part of a support group, consisting of people who loved to read and write. I remember going to a Sisters in Crime meeting in Kapolei last November, and I was so determined to attend it for the first time. However, I had no idea where Kapolei Library was, and I knew it would take me two hours by bus to reach the destination where the meeting was held. When I finally got to the library, I was in complete awe when I was heartily welcomed by members from the Sisters in Crime Hawaii. Imagine…I finally got to meet real writers, who published numerous books. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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What’s romance without a little intrigue to keep you on the edge of your seats? Secrets are sure to keep things interesting. Join our favorite romance writers as they share their different perspectives on this fun topic just in time for Valentine’s Day! Readings and book giveaways are also planned. </div>
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Presenting the Romance Writers of America, Aloha Chapter…. <br />
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Michael Little is the author of the novels Chasing Cowboys and Queen of the Rodeo. He is also the author of the short stories "Walter Gets Romantic”, “Pickles and Shawnilynn and Me at the Mall," “Mango Lessons,” “Walter and the Dream Girls,” “Seven Ways to Tell If You Married a Cosmo Girl,” and “Walter! Walter!” Michael co-edited the anthology The Breakup Queen and Other Romantic Tales by Hawaii Writers and was co-editor of Sunset Inn : Tales from the North Shore. He edits Island Voices, a blog for writers at <a href="http://www.islandvoiceswriters.blogspot.com/">www.islandvoiceswriters.blogspot.com</a><br />
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Lynde Lakes holds a Masters degree from University of California and a California lifetime teaching credential. She is the author of twenty novels including the Virgin Wolf Series and the Ryan Ranch Series. Her current releases are Virgin Wolf I, II, III and IV Circus Wolf with Evernight Publishing, Cowboy in my Sights with MusItUp Publishing and Cowboy Lies with Wild Rose Press. Find excerpts at <a href="http://www.lyndelakes.com/">www.lyndelakes.com</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">www.facebook.com/</a> <br />
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Shauna Jones has a degree in history and professional journalism experience. Her work has appeared in the Hawaiian Church Chronicles, several newsletters and The Breakup Queen. Shauna is the Hawaii State representative for the International Women Writers Guide and the Romance Writers Association of America Aloha Chapter Secretary. She has been coleading a weekly writing group since 2000 and enjoys writing romantic suspense and historical romance. <br />
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Leslee Ellenson has written several hundred poems, dozens of short stories, several articles on Government Contracting and a manuscript of a contemporary romantic suspense novel titled Isles Apart. Her work has appeared in the anthologies Strong Currents 2 and Sunset Inn: Tales from the North Shore. A past president of the RWA, Leslee holds both a B.S. and an M.S. in Education. She works full-time as the Proposal and Contract Manager for the Government Sales Department of Hawaiian Telcom, Inc.<br />
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Gail Baugniet is the author of the Pepper Bibeau mystery series. She has worked in law enforcement as a first responder, police officer and dispatcher. After living through many snowy winters in northern states, she now calls Honolulu, Hawaii her home. She is president of the Sisters in Crime Hawaii Chapter. Her novels are available at Amazon.com in trade book and e-book format.<br />
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<br />Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-30073681732824436052015-01-25T21:00:00.000-10:002015-01-26T11:48:16.131-10:00SPECIAL HAWAII AUTHOR EVENT with ALAIN GUNN<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 32px;">Special Author Event</span><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;">Villages of Kapolei Recreation Center Conference Room</span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">February 26 at 6:30 p.m. </span></strong></div>
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Author Alain Gunn will be at the Kapolei Book Club to speak about his novel, If Pigs Could Cry. The story, which takes place on the Big Island of Hawaii, merges medical horror, science fiction, and current events to bring up disturbing questions regarding medical experimentation on animals, the meat industry, and what makes us human. Meet the author and join the discussion! Books will be available for purchase.</div>
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Alain Gunn’s writing benefits from a diversity of experience. He is a surgeon, an educator, a military officer, a hospital administrator, a scientist, and a world traveler. His publications include newspaper articles, textbook chapters, scientific research, short stories, and novels. He has published four novels to date: <u><em><strong><a href="http://wix.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=456a17d8d9e70853dcfc4bd44&id=c4fcbd1560&e=b6b583bc43" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">A Tale of Two Planets</span></a></strong></em></u><span style="color: blue;">, </span><em><a href="http://wix.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=456a17d8d9e70853dcfc4bd44&id=b8dcd2f772&e=b6b583bc43" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Red Exodus</span></a></em>, <em><a href="http://wix.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=456a17d8d9e70853dcfc4bd44&id=9c0456b393&e=b6b583bc43" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">If Pigs Could Cry</span></a></em>, and <em><a href="http://wix.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=456a17d8d9e70853dcfc4bd44&id=8d9d39080d&e=b6b583bc43" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The Honey Bee</span></a></em>. He also contributed a short story to <em><a href="http://wix.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=456a17d8d9e70853dcfc4bd44&id=2f8acaced4&e=b6b583bc43" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Mystery in Paradise: 13 Tales of Suspense</span></a></em>.<br /> His service in the US Army spans more than twenty years, including the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. Following his military career, he was Chief surgeon and chief of the medical staff at Shriner's Hospital where he treated patients throughout the Pacific basin. A Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in Hawaii and Texas, he has lectured or worked in over thirty-five countries, on every inhabited continent. He serves on the editorial board of one orthopaedic journal, reviews submissions to two others, and is author or co-author of more than forty scientific articles published in orthopaedic or genetic journals.<br /> Born and raised in Lakewood, Ohio, he currently lives in Honolulu. He is married and has three children. Hobbies include scuba diving, underwater photography, ocean kayaking, playing banjo in a jazz band, and singing in a choir.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our guest speaker for January was John Madinger. He is the
author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Death on Diamond Head, a Kimo
Rigg mystery. </i>He also authored<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Money
Laundering: A Guide for Criminal Investigators </i>(not a “how-to” book, but
about anti-money laundering).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">He is a Special Agent- Retired – with the </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="company"></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?company=United+States+Department+of+the+Treasury&trk=prof-exp-company-name" title="Find others who have worked at this company"><span style="color: #2222cc;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bookmark: company;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">United States Department of
the Treasury</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: company;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: company;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">. He is </span>an <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Anti-Money
Laundering Consultant at United States Department of Justice OPDAT, and is currently
working with the Deauville Partnership and US DOJ on stolen asset recovery
issues in the Middle East and North Africa - Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and
other countries.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">During his excellent talk, John gave a detailed history of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Opium Smuggling in Old Hawaii.”</i> While
he wasn’t able to smuggle any samples into the meeting, he did pass around several items from his
fantastic collection of opium tools and containers.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In attendance: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Vicki White, Pamela Gibson, Daisy Chun Rhodes, Rose Mary Thompson, Doris Chu, Dennis Keating, Jenny Delos Santos, Dawn Casey, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rosemary and Larry Mild, Gloria Andrada, Gay Gale, Jan and Fred Hines, Holly Madinger, Ramona Kazma, Burke Holbrook, Gail Baugniet</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wooden-handled Opium pipe from John Madinger's collection</td></tr>
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Today's Sisters in Crime/Hawaii guest, <strong>Frankie Bow,</strong> <br />
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<em>Frankie Bow:</em> Molly herself would say yes, although in <em>The Musubi Murder</em> life throws her a few distractions (the most distracting of which is probably the handsome local entrepreneur Donnie Gonsalves). Molly takes great pride in her teaching. She wants to give her students—many of whom have never been off the island—a real college education. This seemingly admirable goal puts her at odds with her bottom-line-focused dean (‘having standards is fine, but don’t make a fetish out of it!’) and with the powerful Student Retention Office. </div>
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Molly is not interested in making an easy life for herself, as her next-door colleague Rodge Cowper has done. “Dr. Rodge” hasn't published a word since he got tenure. He gives no midterms or finals, assigns no homework, and spends most of his class time showing entertaining videos. Every year, the Student Retention Office nominates Dr. Rodge for the campuswide teaching award. <br />
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Rodge’s embarrassing self-affirmations are clearly audible through the thin wall that separates his office from Molly's. The worst part is when Molly has a student in her office, and they both have to listen to Rodge reciting, "I am a potent, powerful, and sexual male! I am well groomed, and my hair is attractively styled!" </div>
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<em>Sisters in Crime:</em> You could describe Professor Molly Barda as a fish out of water. How did this self-described “big city girl” end up teaching at remote Mahina State University? </div>
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<i> I earned my doctorate in one of the top ten literature and creative writing programs in the country. I’m not saying that to brag. I’m putting it here as a warning to anyone who starts a Ph.D. in English thinking that they’re going to end up with a full-time job leading graduate seminars on Kafka or something. </i><i><br /></i></div>
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<i> My dissertation advisor was devastated when I told him that I had accepted a position in the Mahina State College of Commerce, teaching business communication. He lamented that Hawaii was thousands of miles from anywhere that mattered, and that “trying to teach a room full of slack-jawed baseball caps how to pad their resumes” would be a grievous waste of my fine critical mind. I pointed out that the last full-time English department job I’d applied for had nearly a thousand applicants, and my “fine critical mind” was telling me that after a year of fruitless job-hunting, I needed to start earning a living wage. He accused me of selling out for the money. Of course I sold out for the money. Why else would you sell out? </i></div>
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Molly has had to readjust her priorities a little. But that doesn't mean she's willing to compromise. For example, she'll never trade in her 1959 Thunderbird. No matter what the judgmental and unimaginative Earl Miyashiro of Miyashiro Motors (who is the only mechanic on the island who will go near her car) says about it. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">In addition, Molly’s occupation puts her in a perfect position to investigate. Research is an important part of Molly's job. That means that she's not just allowed to poke around and ask questions--she's expected to. Because her field of business communication is so broad, she can ask anyone anything and make a convincing case that it's for her research. In the course of her work she's managed to dig up, sift out, and stumble over more than her share of trouble. </span></div>
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<em>Frankie Bow:</em> <em>The Musubi Murder</em> is the first of the Molly Barda Mysteries. </div>
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#2 is The Cursed Canoe, which takes the reader into the competitive world of Hawaiian canoe paddling and the excitement around the big Labor Day Race. </div>
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#3 is Molly Barda and the Black Thumb, in which Molly reaches out to a grad school frenemy, an act of hospitality she comes to regret when she ends up getting involved (to put it mildly) in a murder investigation. </div>
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#4 is Molly Barda and the Invasive Species, in which Molly is thrilled to get a grant to investigate attitudes toward biotechnology--and immediately finds herself embroiled in the bitter fight between big biotech and anti-GMO activists. </div>
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I am currently writing a prequel, tentatively titled The Case of the Defunct Adjunct.</div>
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<em>Frankie Bow:</em> I believe that <em>The Musubi Murder</em> is the first campus murder mystery set in Hawaii. While it does address some serious issues, the overall goal is to provide an engrossing, entertaining read. I hope to make the reader burst out laughing at least once!<br />
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While all persons and events in <em>The Musubi Murder</em> are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental, I do work at a public university. Much of what you'll read in The <em>Musubi Murder</em> is the product of observation, rather than invention. </div>
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<em>Frankie Bow:</em> I love living and writing in Hawaii. We have a vibrant creative community, with talented and generous artists, musicians and writers, including our own terrific Sisters in Crime chapter! </div>
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Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Frankie_Bow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Frankie_Bow</a><br />
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Goodreads:<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22945348" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22945348</a></div>
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Preorder <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1432830740/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1432830740&linkCode=as2&tag=safetywormcom&linkId=KWMWTZ5HCZQGN54J" id="static_txt_preview" style="color: #996633; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;" target="_blank">The Musubi Murder</a> on Amazon. Ships August 2015</div>
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-73388865695085947212014-10-24T20:00:00.000-10:002015-01-25T12:06:23.787-10:00Kapolei Library Panel Discussion: Short Story Writing<br />
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in Crime/Hawaii presented a panel discussion on short story writing to an
audience interested in reading and writing mystery stories as well as other
genres. As the group’s president, I had the pleasure of moderating the
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in Crime, Inc., an international </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">organization consisting of "authors,
booksellers, editors, agents, librarians, critics, teachers and readers, whose
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encourage new writers with various projects throughout the year. One such
project consisted of compiling and publishing an anthology of</span> mystery short
stories set in Hawaii, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">MYSTERY IN PARADISE
13 Tales of Suspense, </i>available in eBook and print at Amazon.com.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our discussion for Saturday afternoon addressed the different
aspects of writing a short story. Panel members were SinC/Hawaii members Kent
Reinker, Laurie Hanan, Greg Field, Doris Chu, Dawn Casey, and Gail Baugniet.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-29358446914184549282014-10-23T11:30:00.001-10:002014-10-23T11:34:05.972-10:00Author Patricia Morin: CONFETTI, A COLLECTION of COZY CRIMESHello SinC HI Friends, <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I'm very pleased to pass along some great news! My third short-story collection, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Confetti</i></b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Collection of Cozy Crimes</i></b>, recently received a five star review from San Francisco Book Review and a very favorable review from <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Mill Valley Literary Review. </span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Oh, just delightful! ... I found myself laughing at the twists and admiring the writer's craft." <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SF Review</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Confetti, Patricia Morin's fresh and unique look at the world of crime ... attest to her ability to illuminate, to surprise, and to entertain her readers." <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mill Valley Literary Magazine</b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">You can check out both reviews on my website under the Story Collections tab for <i>Confetti</i> by clicking on: </span><a href="http://www.patricialmorin.com/confetti.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.patricialmorin.com/confetti.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">To purchase <i>Confetti</i>, you can either click on: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Confetti-Collection-Patricia-L-Morin/dp/1496011864" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Amazon.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> or the Amazon Link <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">above the reviews on my website. <span style="color: red;">To celebrate the reviews, the Amazon Kindle version has been reduced from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">$4.99 to $.99</b> for the next <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">30 days</b>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I hope you enjoy the stories, and get a chance to post your review of <i>Confetti </i>on Amazon. Thanks.</span></div>
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-20697289696203907692014-09-11T19:00:00.000-10:002014-09-11T19:00:03.662-10:00"13 FRIDAYS" INTERVIEW With EDITOR LOURDES VENARD
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project management experience. She has worked at major newspapers such as The
Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Newsday. She
currently operates her own freelance business, CommaSense Editing.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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material for MYSTERY IN PARADISE 13 Tales of Suspense, an anthology of short
stories set in Hawaii and written by local authors.</span></div>
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today for an interview, Lourdes. Can you please offer a brief insight into
something humorous, poignant, or unusual in your life that led you to a career
as an editor?</span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LOURDES VENARD:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I don’t know that it was that unusual. I’ve been
involved in journalism since high school and even then I had editing roles (I
was editor in chief of the school paper my senior year). I was the kid who
edited the valedictorian’s English essays; while she was brilliant, she still
needed grammar help! Nevertheless, I started out my career as a reporter. After
a few years, I realized I really enjoyed and was more suited to the editing,
rather than to chasing people who didn’t want to be interviewed. I found I have
a real passion for editing. Sometimes I think, ‘What am I doing? I spent half
an hour arguing over a hyphen with a cover designer.’ But, really, that hyphen
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Sisters in Crime/ Hawai`i:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you become involved in the editing
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<i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LOURDES VENARD:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> When I found out that a group of Hawai’i authors
was compiling an anthology, I jumped at the chance to edit it. Hawai’i is a
special place for my husband and I (we have a second home there). It is unlike
any other place in the United States, and I was excited about the possibility
of stories set there. Also, short stories seem to be making a renaissance. The
short story lends itself to our fast-paced, time-crunched culture. But writing
a good short story is just as hard as writing a full-length novel. The short
stories in this anthology are truly unique, shaped by the Hawaiian culture,
lore, and landscape. They are also quite diverse. That’s another thing I love
about anthologies: Authors might write about the same subject, but their take
is always so different! All of these aspects drew me to editing this anthology,
and I was glad to have a small part in bringing MYSTERY IN PARADISE to readers.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LOURDES VENARD:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I’ve been judging this contest for 10 years. It
awards scholarships each year to three college students who show promise in
copyediting. Many students gravitate to the more glamorous reporting end of
journalism, but few have a love (or aptitude) for the behind-the-scenes end of
it: fixing holes in stories, working with authors to make the stories more
lively or readable, writing headlines and captions, designing pages, etc.
Copyeditors are the last set of eyes on stories, so it’s an important job—and
ACES wants to encourage that. Each year, we get a stack of applications and we
carefully winnow through them and then the judges go back and forth to decide
which students get the scholarships. It’s a lot of work, but we feel it’s
important to the future of copyediting.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Sisters in Crime/ Hawai`i:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you tell us a bit about your current
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editing two manuscripts: one science fiction and one crime fiction, my two
favorite genres. I’m also writing my own book. I work with many first-time
authors and they always have questions that go beyond the editing (Should I
self-publish? Look for an agent? How do I write a query? How do I format my
manuscript? How do I market my book?). It’s quite a learning curve these days
to publish a book, especially with so many options. So I’m writing my own
ebook, which will hopefully answer some of those questions. In between all of
that, I’m editor for a newsletter for 500-plus mystery authors, the Guppies, a
subgroup of Sisters in Crime. The deadline for the next issue is coming up, so
I’m editing articles, designing the newsletter, and soliciting articles for
upcoming issues. Finally, I teach a copyediting course online through the
University of California, San Diego, and I’m in the middle of the summer
semester.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-59132344836113275222014-09-04T19:00:00.000-10:002014-09-04T19:00:00.370-10:00"13 FRIDAYS" INTERVIEW With AUTHOR PATRICIA MORIN
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author of<i> Confetti, A Collection of Cozy Crimes 2014; Crime Montage, crime
short stories 2012; and Mystery Montage, mystery short stories 2010.</i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div>
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full range of her capabilities, from cozy to suspense to noir- and every genre
in between." Marcia Muller, Grand Master, Mystery Writers of America</span></div>
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you for sharing with readers your short story, included within <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">MYSTERY IN PARADISE 13 Tales of Suspense,</i>
and for taking time to visit today.<span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Can you please offer a brief insight into something
humorous, poignant, or unusual in your life that led you to a career in
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dachshund, frisky as can be--a short and funny dog that watches over me
..." It won the poetry contest at my school. However, sixth grade, I wrote
a sequel to "West Side Story", a short story about a sixth grade gang
in a Catholic school--can you just imagine? Gangs weren't as they were today,
so it was quite funny. We patrolled the school yard for trouble.</span></div>
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in Crime/ Hawai`i:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Why did you choose to
collaborate with 12 other authors to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">participate in a short story anthology?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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Kauai, and four in Oahu. We went from the NY minute to the Hawaii month. What
most interested me is how the O'hana would gather in garages made into rooms,
with couches, to drink and "talk story". We were invited into several
people's Oahu for some beer, a bit of Ukulele songs--singing "Honolulu
Nights" (so beautiful) and discussing the fate of the culture. I wrote a piece
in my writer's journal about the garage meetings. With that, was a bit I wrote
about the dangers of the boars and wild pigs. People have gotten killed by
them! When I heard about the anthology, I had the setting. The rest unfolded
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PATRICIA MORIN:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Love Shack</i>, the
scene that reflects something about me as a writer is the dream sequence where
the mother comes to him as a mermaid. As a therapist, my forte was dream
analysis, and I often have dream sequences in my stories.</span></div>
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a nine story collection--with one novella--all mostly cozy and character
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eased onto the plush captain’s chair and threw out a fishing line without bait
or direction or a care as to catching a fish. A tug on his line caught his
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Makonu, I have something to tell you,” it sung in his mother’s
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mermaid appeared. She looked like his mother with fins and a tail--not a pretty
sight. “Makonu, you’ve been a good husband, and would have been a good father,
if that <i>you-know-who</i> didn’t ruin your life, and decide not to have
children. Sure your business did not bring much, but the times were hard on the
island. The economy dropped. Sure, you had to take a little money out of the
house. But you have the insurance policy. Think freedom. Maybe she could have a
little accident. A makana (gift) for you.”</span></div>
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print and ebook format. It can also be ordered in Barnes and Noble.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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A Collection of Cozy Crimes 2014; Crime Montage, crime short stories 2012; and Mystery
Montage, mystery short stories 2010.</span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div>
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-70770463184108389382014-08-28T19:00:00.000-10:002014-08-28T19:00:01.354-10:00"13 FRIDAYS" INTERVIEW With AUTHOR BOB NEWELL
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Today’s guest for the “13 Fridays Author Interviews” is Bob
Newell, author of the short story, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Kahala Caper, </i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">included
within the anthology, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">MYSTERY IN PARADISE
13 Tales of Suspense</i><span style="color: black;">.</span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sisters in
Crime/Hawai`i:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> T</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">hank
you for sharing with readers your short story<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,</i> and for taking time to visit today, Bob.<span style="color: #7030a0;">
</span><span style="color: black;">Can you please offer a brief insight into
something humorous, poignant, or unusual in your life that led you to a career
in writing?</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">BOB NEWELL:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> I
can't point to any one thing. Writers <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">have</i>
to write. It's part of who and what they are. I write because I can't not
write. If you're a writer or some other type of artist, you'll know what I
mean.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sisters in
Crime/Hawai`i:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Why did you choose to collaborate with 12 other authors to participate
in a short story anthology?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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for anthologies is a lot of fun. It's a chance to join in providing the reader
with a rich and varied experience. It's an opportunity as a writer to compare
notes with other writers and see different ways of looking at things.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sisters in
Crime/Hawai`i:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Kahala Caper</i>,
what is one phrase or scene that reflects something about you as a writer?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">BOB NEWELL:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The
story wasn't written to be filled with layers of existential meaning, but I
think if you look at the relationship between Jasmine and Jimmy, there's
something deeper. What does it reflect about me as a writer? Putting that into
words is difficult, and I'm not sure I even really know in a conscious way.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sisters in Crime/Hawai`i:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Can
you tell us a bit about your current project?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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have a few things going on. Top of the list is a novel with the working title
"Courting Jane" which is most of the way through a second draft. It's
a romance at heart but it has sci-fi elements and some of it is set in
Honolulu. I hope to have it out by the end of 2014, but we'll see how it goes.
I also have a couple of short stories that I'm getting ready to try to market.
I'd like to write a few more Jimmy Chan stories but I won't get to that right
away.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sisters in
Crime/Hawai`i: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What's it like to be a writer in Hawai`i as opposed to the
mainland or elsewhere?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">BOB NEWELL:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> I
have to say that it's definitely different. There is a vibrant community of
writers here. That's true elsewhere, of course, but the attitudes and
approaches are, well, Hawaiian. That means friendliness, mutual support,
rejoicing in one another's successes rather than being jealous, a sense of
family and taking care of one another, and of course gathering to write where
there's plenty of food.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most of us tend to write about Hawai`i or at least include
Hawaiian settings in our work. I've got one novella in draft that explores a
romance between a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">haole</i> and a leader
in the Hawaiian independence movement, and I have a project in the planning
stage that reimagines <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pride and Prejudice</i>
in the Kingdom of Hawai`i.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bob Newell can be found at his Internet website, where he shares </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">a variety of entertaining and educational
material on a range of subjects, from checkers to tea to Talmud</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.bobnewell.net/nucleus/bnewell.php"><span style="color: #2222cc;">http://www.bobnewell.net/nucleus/bnewell.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-31782749222186873062014-08-23T10:56:00.001-10:002014-08-23T11:06:35.264-10:00A TASTE OF BOOKS Makiki Library Fundraiser Event
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sisters in Crime/Hawaii meets at The Makiki Community Library on
the third Wednesday of the month. As a writers’ group, we are always eager to
support the library. Recently, we were able to present a check of $1,000.00,
representing a library grant the library won from Sisters in Crime, Inc. The award money
from Sisters in Crime, Inc. to libraries is for the purchase
of library books of any genre.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>On September 23, 2014</strong>, The Friends of Makiki Library will hold “<strong>A
TASTE FOR BOOKS”</strong> a tasty fundraising event for The Makiki Community Library, an
independent library in Honolulu. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The luncheon and
auction will be held from 6-9 pm at Parish of St. Clements, 1515 Wilder Avenue,
Honolulu, Hawaii.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">In support of the Makiki Library fundraiser, Sisters in
Crime/Hawaii (SinC/HI) will donate</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">a basket of books by authors who support SinC/HI.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">At the monthly SinC/HI meeting on September 17, we
will collect the books from those interested in donating one or more of their
published works.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">(All genres are welcome.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">If you are unable to attend the meeting, and want to
donate something,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">please contact Gail Baugniet at 808-292-2565</span></span></div>
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THE MAKIKI LIBRARY FLYER:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Friends of the Makiki Community Library are holding their showcase
fundraising event on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, to maintain the library’s
operations and service to the community.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“A Taste for Books” will include a special menu highlighting the
businesses and diversity of Hawaii’s urban community. A silent auction will
feature artwork, crafts, books and services from the community.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tickets are $25 (standing) and $50 (seated) and can be purchased
from Suzanne Ivey, at (808) 342-6777. Call today as we intend to sell out!</span></div>
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Gail M Baugniet - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543343067963247963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788677961586758201.post-51318001141337434862014-06-24T10:56:00.000-10:002014-06-24T11:01:54.769-10:00Makiki Library Accepts Sisters in Crime Grant Money for Books<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">ALOHA
EVERYONE, Thank you for joining us today for a short but exciting event. One
goal on most everyone’s wish list of accomplishments is to be “A WINNER.” Few
people set goals without having a desire to accomplish that goal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The
main goal of the organization Sisters in Crime is to promote the ongoing
advancement, recognition, and professional development of women crime writers.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And
they LOVE LIBRARIES!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">SinC/Hawaii members Dawn Casey, Gay Gale, and Kent Reinker </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">socializing with Makiki Library staff, Lani and Julie. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Libraries
within the U.S. can enter a monthly drawing for the Sisters In Crime ‘We Love
Libraries’ grant by submitting an entry form along with a photograph of one or
more staff members holding up three books by Sisters in Crime members in their
collection. The grant money must be used to purchase books for the library, in
any genre by any author, at the library’s sole discretion.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In
February, 2013, as president of Sisters in Crime/Hawaii, I approached the
manager of The Makiki Community Library, to suggest the library submit an entry
for the Sisters In Crime ‘We Love Libraries” grant. I took a couple of pictures
with four of the library’s staff members holding up Sisters In Crime novels. The
library submitted the entry and we all crossed our fingers that Makiki Library
would become A WINNER.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Our
local chapter, Sisters in Crime/Hawaii meets at The Makiki Community Library once
a month, usually on the third Wednesday. Library staff member Nicole kindly
volunteers her time to watch over us on those evenings. Thanks to efforts of
the library, works of several SinC/Hawaii members who are also members of
Makiki Library are displayed on the “Local Authors” shelf.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Laurie
Hanan’s mystery series features protagonist Louise Golden, a Kaneohe mail
carrier who oftenfinds herself in the thick of a murder investigation. Events
in Louise’s personal life and her subtle sense of humor keep the reader engaged
in Laurie’s stories from beginning to end.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Rosemary
and Larry Mild are Sisters In Crime/Hawaii’s Partners In Crime. They have two
mystery series available to readers; and a stand-along novel, Cry Ohana, set in
Hawaii. Rosemary also writes non-fiction, including a memoir entitled Miriam’s
World - And Mine; and her latest work: Love! Laugh! Panic! Life with My Mother.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Kent
Reinker publishes under the pen name of Alain Gunn. His latest novel, If Pigs Could Cry, is a medical thriller. In A Tale of Two Planets, he tells of a realistic
trip to Mars and back, giving readers the feeling they are actually
traveling with the space crew.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Gail
Baugniet’s Pepper Bibeau mystery series is also included on the shelf, the
stories set in places like Chicago,IL; Wisconsin; and Hawaii.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Several
members also participated in contributing to and publishing the mystery short
story anthology MYSTERY IN PARADISE 13 Tales of Suspense. Everyone who is a
member of Makiki Library is welcome to check out any of these books. The books
are also available in ebook format on the Internet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Each
month, Sisters In Crime, Inc. draws a winner of their ‘We Love Libraries’
grant. For the month of May, 2014, as you know, THE MAKIKI COMMUNITY LIBRARY met
their goal to be A WINNER of the grant. Library President Suzanne Ivey, will
graciously accept this award for the library today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">It
is the special honor of Sisters In Crime/Hawaii to offer congratulations and to
present this check to you today, for The Makiki Community Library, in the
amount of $1,000.00.</span></span><br />
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to Suzanne Ivey and Makiki Library.</span></span></div>
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