Mystery Thriller Saturday: June 27

Mystery-Thriller Saturday: An Afternoon of Chaos, Killing, Crime, and Kidnapping @Kepler’s

Event date: Saturday, June 27, 2015 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Event address: 1010 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, CA 94025-4349

Saturday, June 27, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Peninsula Arts & Letters, Kepler’s Books, Mystery Writers of America (NorCal Chapter) and Sisters in Crime (NorCal Chapter)

1:00 p.m.: Face-off -- Plotters Versus Pantsers

Do you outline before you start writing your book or do you just plunge in and write by the seat of your pants?

Outliners Paul Draker and Steve Hockensmith will face off against Cara Black and Catriona McPherson in crime fictions’s version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. This panel will be refereed  (or moderated) by Me.

2:30 p.m. - It's Not Me, Babe 

Writing about a character way different than you

Can you successfully walk in someone else’s shoes? David Corbett, Seth Harwood, Terry Shames, and Laurie R. King will discuss the pleasures and pitfalls of writing characters who are very different to themselves. This panel will be moderated by Kepler's favorite Keith Raffel.

4:00 p.m. -  Mystery Trivia

Join us in teams of two to four and put your knowledge of mysteries to the test! There will be prizes. There will be snacks. There will be much raucous laughter. There might even be a trophy!

Click HERE to find out more about the mystery/thriller writers who are participating. And don't forget to order your tickets HERE.

MYSTERY-THRILLER SATURDAY: An Afternoon of Chaos, Killing, Crime, and Kidnapping at Kepler’s

MYSTERY-THRILLER SATURDAY: 

An Afternoon of Chaos, Killing, Crime, and Kidnapping at Kepler’s  Bookstore, Menlo Park, CA, 1-5:30 p.m.
 
Saturday, June 21, sponsored by Peninsula Arts & Letters, Kepler’s Books, Mystery Writers of America (NorCal Chapter) and Sisters in Crime (NorCal Chapter): an afternoon of crime, kidnapping and chaos.

Open to the Public. Free, but register on Facebook or Brown Bag Tickets

On Saturday, June 21st, Kepler’s Bookstore in Menlo Park (CA) is hosting a murderer’s row of mystery/thriller authors and others for an afternoon devoted to crime fiction, for readers and writers alike.

Keith Raffel and Barry Eisler will kick it off with a discussion of the totally un-contentious topic of traditional versus self-publishing, where they have promised to resolved the Amazon-Hachette dispute in less than one hour.

Then Catriona McPherson and Cara Black will face off against Alan Jacobson and Sheldon Siegel on whether mysteries or thrillers are better. The great Laurie King has graciously agreed to moderate (or referee) this discussion and provide dignity and adult supervision.

Finally, John Billheimer, Judy Greber (aka Gillian Roberts), and Terry Shames will give on-the-spot reviews to first pages of unpublished manuscripts, so if you have something in the works you should bring it along.