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NOVEMBER 2017

Sisters-in-Crime, Hawaii Speakers: Gay Gale and Katharine Nohr

Attendance -Meeting began 6 p.m: Gay Gale, Katharine Nohr, Rachel Hellar, Vicki White, Jenny Delos Santos, Rosemary Thompson, Kent Reinker, Carol Catanzariti, Doris, Gail Baugniet, Laurie Hanan, Larry & Rose Mary Mild, Scott Kikkawa

The Mayors Arts & Crafts Show is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Blaisdell. Six chairs available. Sign requirements: 12x18 minimum-cannot hang from columns. We will sell books and promote Sisters-in-Crime. Vicki able to accept credits. So if anyone doesn’t have cash or check, we can accept credit cards for books.
Amazon: sisters in Crime Natn’l has informed us about a modification to Amazon website allowing third party sellers to deceive customers by selling books that have not come from the publisher or wholesaler. This deprives authors of their royalties. No resolution to date.
Dues: Hawaii’s Sisters-in-Crime is $10. Even though it’s not required, we stress that you join the national Sisters-in-Crime National, because when we do get grants for money then you can’t participate. The dues for national Sisters-in-Crime is $40 for the year.
Holiday Luncheon: The Holiday Luncheon for Hawaiian Fiction is Nov. 18 at 11:30 a.m. Must RSVP to Mike Little or Gail Baugniet. The Holiday Luncheon winner of the Short Story Contest is going to read her piece, and “she is so unbelievably good.” She’s a college student.
Laurie Hanan: The annual Kids Hurt charity auction is coming soon. Last year, donated & signed books got high prices at the auction. Anyone willing to donate books this year please let me know. They need the books by Thanksgiving weekend.
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry newsletter, which is delivered in e-mail every other Wednesday. It is reported and written by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman. It’s at a discounted price for the members on the national level.
Alfred Hitchcock or Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: Sisters-in-Crime National members can receive a discount price. One year subscription: $21.97.
Mystery Scene Magazine: 10% discount available for Sisters-in-Crime National members. The Mystery Scene magazine is a comprehensive guide to the world of crime, mystery and suspense fiction.
Rachell Heller - John Truby is bringing his Anatomy of Story Master Class to Hawaii May 18, 19 and 20, 2018, at Ala Moana Hotel from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. John’s writing process is the most thorough that I’ve come across on how he has investigated on what makes a really satisfying story work on so many different levels.
He talks about understanding characters weakness; the desire line of the story needs to overcome weakness, which is a story itself.
John has investigated other popular genres and the taken the action apart to shows how to blend it effectively.
He discusses 22 different beats. The first seven deal with main character and the rest about the plot. The goal is to create a premise and a story engine that will be able to kick out enough plots to sustain an entire book or movie.
Scripts by John Truby’s former students have earned more than 15 billion dollars at the box office.
Cost: $350.00, early bird price; $445.00, regular price. For more information, visit: https://writerscoloringbook.com/events. Or contact Rachell at writerscoloringbook@gmail.com

Gay Gale & Katharine Nohr - THE POLICE ACADEMY CONFERENCE

The Writers Police Academy is a place to learn the right ways about police tactics and criminals.
The Writers Police Academy has space for 300 people. The academy is at a community college. They have a police division building and fire building as well. This year they added a new car driving range, where you can drive and crash police cars. Sisters-in-Crime members recieve 30% discount.
Courses include: drugs, including the nine categories of drugs. shooting a gun, driving a car, spinning another car, entering a post fire forensic mode, how to shoot a semi-automatic rifle. Also courses on firearms, arson and drunk driving. Plus many others.
Katharine showed photos from the conference at Green Bay.
You could volunteer to wear an officer’s gun belt. It even has a fake gun.
Drones – The drones were so exciting. Unfortunately it was pouring rain so the police couldn’t do it outside. The room was large enough so he could fly the drones inside the conference room.
He then had the drone film us. And there were lots of pictures of the drone filming them. Some drones are silent; some make sounds.
The community college is on native lands and so is the hotel. And there is a casino attached as well.
The Indians had colorful customs.
The blood splatter was explained.
There were Taser demonstrations.
Martial arts for writers/ A tricky class because you can get hurt from it.
The focus was on the material so you could write accurately and factual.
Class to clear rooms by police - spent a lot of time in learning how to do an entry into the door and clear rooms. The structure used had no ceiling. If you wanted to you could walk up for a better view.
Everyone has a dominate eye. To identify yours, look at something. Now, close one eye then the other.
Shoot or no shoot course: Making that split second decision whether you shoot or don’t – how to use the right words to decide.
The negotiation class was more like setting the scene so that you are in control and you can figure out what was happening.
Two thirds of the instructors weave in questions about writing. However, the majority of the class is the actual skills or knowledge you need so you can write about it like a police officer. It’s not them teaching you how to write.
The death scene investigation class - no, you can’t say the person died at a specific time. At the police academy, they showed the right way.
Both Gay and Katharine felt the conference was excellent, that they were taught the right way about these issues and that the teachers were professional and excellent.