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THESE TICKETS ARE FREE TO MWA NW MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ALIKE AS A WAY OF SHOWING YOU WHAT MWA HAS TO OFFER -- ENJOY THE EVENT AND THEN CONSIDER BECOMING AN MWA MEMBER!
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THE EVENT AGENDA:
FOR WRITERS, WOULD-BE WRITERS, AND FANS OF TRUE CRIME NARRATIVE, ON SATURDAY MAY 17TH 2025 AT NOON PDT, THE BLOOD AND THE MAYHEM AND THE GRUESOME ANECDOTES WILL SPATTER AS LANE AND BAREFIELD LAY OUT:
: THE BEST WAY FOR WRITERS TO CHOOSE THEIR TRUE CRIME SUBJECTS...
: THE BEST RESEARCH PROTOCOLS...
: THE WAYS FOR WRITERS TO PRESENT THEIR INITIAL FINDINGS FOR A NICE ADVANCE FROM BOOK PUBLISHERS...
: THE WRITER'S CHOICES OF MEDIA (FROM PRINT TO PODCAST TO TV/FILM AND SO VERY MUCH IN-BETWEEN) AND THE LEVELS OF INTERACTIVITY AVAILABLE TO WRITERS AND THEIR STORIES (IF THEY DON'T GO THE "TRADITIONAL" BOOK PUBLISHING ROUTE)...
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: THE CREATION OF EACH WRITER'S VOICE FOR EACH STORY --CHOOSING FROM THE RANGE OF REPORTORIAL TO MEMOIR TO CREATIVE NON-FICTION...
THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS AND SO FEW LIMITATIONS, TRUE CRIME BECKONS ALL WRITERS AND STORY TELLERS AS THE LIKELY DESTINATION FOR THEIR BEST WORK.
BRIANA LANE IS A FAMILIAR PRESENCE AT PREVIOUS MWA NW OUTREACH EVENTS, THEIR 50 YEARS OF WRITING CREDITS INCLUDE THE TRUE CRIME HARDCOVER BESTSELLER, "CAT & MOUSE (INCLUDING SERIAL KILLER BILL SUFF'S HAND-WRITTEN AND AWARD-WINNING COOKING RECIPES -- HAND-ILLUSTRATED AND INCLUDING SUFF'S PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF CERTAIN "SPECIAL" DISHES), NOW AVAILABLE AT YOUR FAVORITE DOWNLOAD VENUE IN AN UPDATED DIGITAL EDITION AS "MIND GAMES WITH A SERIAL KILLER"
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AND "THUG: THE BOOK", A NEW MEDIA SERIALIZED "LIVING NOVEL" AND WHISTLEBLOWER BLOG, INCLUDING CONFIDENTIAL SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT PRODUCTION, AT
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KUDOS FOR "CAT & MOUSE (MIND GAMES WITH A SERIAL KILLER)"
"Highly recommended: the creepiest book of the year... A surreal portrait of a murderous mind." (Details Magazine)
"An amazing piece of work -- it’s like Truman Capote on LSD."
(Geraldo Rivera on The Geraldo Rivera Show)
A “masterpiece....that needs to be sought out and savored by all those with a truly macabre sensibility... a post-modernistic objet trouve...which could have been concocted by Vladimir Nabokov." (The Boston Book Review)
"A new approach to crime...a search for the story behind what makes a serial killer...told through the eyes of the author...absolutely riveting, utterly terrifying."
(Forensic Science Bookstore -- Knowledge Solutions)
KIND WORDS FOR "THUG: THE BOOK"
"Brian Alan Lane's document-rich historical thriller-exposé sends readers spinning through a maelstrom of schemes, adventures, and skullduggery that lands the reader at the midpoint between Al Capone, Gordon Gee, and flying saucer pilot E.T....with a delicacy that would draw envy from an Umberto Eco."
(Dr. Kevin Cope in The LSU Faculty Senate Newsletter)
ROBIN BAREFIELD LIVES IN ALASKA, HUNTS IN ALASKA, RESEARCHES ALASKA, AND WRITES ABOUT THE MYSTERIES OF ALASKA, OR, MORE DISTINCTLY, THE MOTIVES AND CRIMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK AND VISIT ALASKA, THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN AND HALF A YEAR OF NIGHT. NO SURPRISE, ROBIN'S FAVORITE COLORS ARE BLACK AND WHITE (HAHA!), AS ALASKA PROVIDES A RICHNESS AND GRANULARITY TO HER STORIES THAT UNEARTH UNEXPECTED BUT UNDENIABLE TRUTHS ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
ROBIN HAS WRITTEN SIX ALASKA WILDERNESS MYSTERY NOVELS; AND THE NON-FICTION TRUE CRIME COMPILATION OF SHORT STORIES, "MURDER AND MYSTERY IN THE LAST FRONTIER".
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UNDER THAT SAME TITLE SHE ALSO PRODUCES A PODCAST ABOUT TRUE CRIME AND MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES IN ALASKA.
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PRAISE FOR "MURDER AND MYSTERY IN THE LAST FRONTIER"
"I appreciate writers who capture the reader’s attention with an exciting or unusual setting, for conducting solid research, and for creating brave presentations of uncomfortable facts. Robin Barefield hits each with powerful, quality writing. "Murder and Mystery in The Last Frontier" is the perfect book of true crime short stories."
(Grace Elting Castle, Author of "A Time To Wail, An Indian Country")
"Barefield has done a phenomenal job of research and, even better, making the unusual (and horrific) readable, understandable, and educational. Anyone can write a book on murders; Barefield has managed to make murders educational, a rarity in historical forensics. Well worth the read!"
(Steve Levi, Alaska Historian and Author)
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. YUM!!! WE SAY. IF YOU'RE NOT HUNGRY NOW, CHECK TO SEE IF YOU'RE STILL BREATHING. OTHERWISE COME JOIN US FOR OUR SPECIAL TRUE CRIME EVENT ON SERIAL KILLERS AND SEE WHAT'S IN BILL'S CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI -- YOU KNOW, THE CHILI HE FED ALL THE COPS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT THE COUNTY FAIR.
THE SERIAL KILLER'S COOKBOOK -- AN INTERACTIVE SEMINAR -- SATURDAY MAY 17TH 2025 AT NOON PDT VIA ZOOM -- COURTESY OF THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA NORTHWEST CHAPTER
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