contact the webmaster

 

(for members only)

 

Summer Hiatus

September 9th
RMMWA welcomes Kalen Landow, marketing/publicity director

When: Second THURSDAY
Where: The Denver Press Club,
             1330 Glenarm St., Denver, CO
Cost: $20, includes colleagues, dinner and a program. Adult beverages are available at the cash bar downstairs.
Time: 7:00 p.m. dinner; 8:00 p.m. program.

Program: As the book publishing landscape changes quickly and radically, the topic of "promotion" is a mine field now more than ever before. What is encompassed in "book promotion"? Who is responsible for it? What are the tips and tricks for authors who have publishers? What about those authors who are going it alone? What role does social media play? How do we promote books in an increasingly crowded marketplace and a noisy media environment? Come with your questions and ideas and be prepared to leave with tools to strengthen your book promotion efforts.

Kalen Landow, a 21 year veteran of the book publishing industry, heads marketing and PR for Taylor Trade Publishing, the trade imprints of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. Prior to that, she has held positions with Chelsea Green Publishing, Ingram Book Company, Tattered Cover Bookstore, and a variety of other publishers (both freelance and in-house.) She has also served as the Executive Director of Publishers Association of the West. She is a life-long Coloradan, a social media addict, and an avid reader (mostly fiction.) For the second year in a row, she is on-track to read 100 books this year. Her autobiography (not yet started....) will be titled The Accidental Publicist and she will name names. You can find her on Twitter at @kalenski.

(The directions to the Denver Press Club, located at 1330 Glenarm Place in Denver, are as follows: Take 1-25 to 6th Ave. east. Turn north onto Santa Fe to Colfax Ave (15th) and turn right (east). Go about 4 blocks to Glenarm, turn left (north). The Denver Press Club will be about a block and half down on the right hand side, across from the Denver Athletic Club. It's a small stone building with an awning. Parking is available to the south, in the lot next to the Press Club, for $3. Bring singles or a credit card. You must pay the machine and then leave the ticket on your dashboard. Otherwise, there is meter parking on the street, for which you will need quarters. The Denver Press Club telephone number in the event you get lost is 303-571-5260.)

.

The Mystery Writers' Critique still meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday all summer long!
Time:   6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Where: The Episcopal Church on the corner of 6th and Gilpin. This is for members and non-members interested in reading their work and having it critiqued. For more information, please contact Christine Goff at chris@christinegoff.com.

Mystery Conventions across America
Sleuthfest - Boca Raton, Florida, March 4-6, 2011
Left Coast Crime 2011 - Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 24-27, 2010
Edgar® Awards events - New York City, New York, April 2011
Malice Domestic 2011 - Arlington, VA, April 29-May 1, 2011
CrimeFest - Bristol, England, May 19-22, 2011
Book Expo America 2011 - New York City, New York, May 24-26, 2011
Mayhem in the Midlands 2011 - Omaha, Nebraska, May 2011
ThrillerFest VI - New York City, New York, July 2011
Killer Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee, August 14-16, 2010
Bouchercon - San Francisco, California, October 14-17, 2010
New England Crime Bake - Dedham, Massachusetts, November 12-14, 2011

Regional Conferences of interest
Northern Colorado Writers Conference - Fort Collins, CO, March 26-27, 2011
Pikes Peak Writers Conference - Colorado Springs, last weekend in April
Lighthouse Writers Workshop - Denver, CO, held in early June.
Writing the Rockies - Gunnison, CO, usually held in June.
Jackson Hole Writers Conference - Jackson Hole, WY, usually held in late-June
Colorado Gold Conference - Denver, CO, usually the second weekend in September.
Tony Hillerman's Writers Conference - Albuquerque, NM, sometime late-fall.
Author Fest of the Rockies - Manitou Springs, CO, Oct
Held the first weekend in October, every year, put on by Friends of the Manitous Springs Library.

2009-2010 Dates

Mark Your Calendars! (See Authors page for author signings) 2010-2011 MEETING DATES Summer Hiatus with a Summer Mixer t.b.a. September 9—Kalen Landow, marketing/publicity director October 14—Silvia Pettem on solving a 55 year old "Jane Doe" murder. November 11—Chuck Heidel Boulder P.D. talks about tracking a serial rapist. December 9—Adams Mystery Playhouse for RMMWA Holiday Celebration. $46 per person, guests welcomed. Reservations are required. Please contact Becky Martinez, Caterer Director at rebgrace50 at aol.com January 13—Detective Marcus Chavez of the Denver PD on interaction between first responders (patrol, detectives, crime scene investigators and medical examiners office).