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THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY" CELEBRATES AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 120th BIRTHDAY on SEPTEMBER 15 |
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 Love is Murder presents a free mini-con, "The Body in the Library", celebrating the birthday of the grand dame of mystery, Agatha Christie. It will be held at the Schaumburg Township Library from 6:30 to 8:00pm on Christie's birthday Wednesday, Sept. 15.
"The Body in the Library" will feature a discussion with Jamie Freveletti, author of Running Dark and Running from the Devil, and Libby Fischer Hellmann, author of Doubleback, Easy Innocence, A Shot to Die For, An Image of Death, A Picture of Guilt and An Eye for Murder.
Freveletti and Hellmann will discuss the writing process, especially as it relates to women who are raising families or holding down full-time jobs while writing. In observance of Agatha Christie's birthday in 1890, the speakers will also answer questions about how they see mystery writing then versus now: Was it easier to publish in the mid-'40s, when Christie was at her most prolific? Less time-consuming for an author who concentrated solely on writing rather than book promotion and building relationships with readers?
Attendees will be invited to join in the discussion and share their writing experiences. At the end of the evening, a drawing will be held for a free Master Class at LIM's 2011 conference (value $75). There is no charge for the event and no pre-registration is required.
The Library is located at 130 S. Roselle Rd., Schaumburg, at the corner of Schaumburg and Roselle Roads in the Town Square shopping center, |
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Can't tell if you are grabbing your readers fast enough? Wonder no more. LIM is offering Manuscript Critiques! For $50 you can get the first 30 pages of your novel critiqued by a professional editor who'll give you helpful insight and suggestions as you work toward finishing your masterpiece.
- Submit ONLY your first 30 pages in 12-pt font, double-spaced, with standard margins as an email attachment with the subject heading "LIM CRITIQUE" to Hanley Kanar at
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- Submit your payment of $50 to PayPal at
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OR mail a check for $50 to Mary Welk, 6127 N. Ozark Ave., Chicago, IL 60631. All submissions MUST be received by December 1, 2010.
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Cost Comparison of Love Is Murder to Other Mystery Cons |
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Conference
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Registration Fee Range**
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Meals Included*
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Extra Fees
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Transportation from Airport
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Room Rate**
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Featured Guests
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Love Is Murder 2011
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$125 - 349
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All meals Fri-Sun including banquet
w/ full reg
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Pitch-a-Palooza, Master Class
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Free shuttle
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$89/night
group rate
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Seven
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ThrillerFest 2010
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$315 - 399 basic
$840 -1140 comp
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Banquet w/full reg -no other meals
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Taxi
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$287/night
cheapest rate
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Two
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Bouchercon 2010
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$195
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Reception and Sunday brunch - no other meals
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Taxi $50 -75
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$249/night
group rate
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Four plus Toastmaster
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Malice Domestic 2011
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$225 - 300
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Banquet w/full reg - no other meals
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Taxi $65
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$169 -189/night
cheapest rate
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Two plus Toastmaster
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Left Coast Crime 2010
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$225
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Banquet only - no other meals
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Taxi
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$175/night
group rate
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Two plus Toastmaster
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Sleuthfest 2011
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$215 - 235
(MWA)
$235 - 255
(Non-MWA)
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Some food included
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Taxi
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$199 - 219/night
cheapest rate
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Two
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Bloody Words 2011
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$190 Canadian
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Reception/banquet -no other meals
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Taxi
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$206/night
group rate
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Three
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Magna Cum Murder 2010
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$250
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All meals including banquet
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Taxi
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$60 – 100
area motels
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Two
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Mayhem in the Midlands 2010
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$100
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No meals; Fri buffet $20, Sat dinner $45
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Taxi
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$169/night
cheapest rate
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Three
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Deadly Ink 2010
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$180 - 210
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Sat lunch, Sun brunch
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Unknown
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$119/night
cheapest rate
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Two
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Killer Nashville Writers Con 2010
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$150
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No meals; Sat
dinner $75
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Critique $45; 6 breakout groups at $15 ea.
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Unknown
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No website listing. Area motel/hotels
available.
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NOTE: LIM registration fees and room rates are for 2011. Expect registration fees and room rates to be higher in 2011 for conferences listed above as occurring in 2010.
IN SHORT: Using the above figures, the approximate cost of a comprehensive registration and two-night hotel stay for each conference is:
Love is Murder 2011 = $527
Thrillerfest 2010 = $1314
Bouchercon 2010 = $693
Malice Domestic 2011 = $613
Left Coast Crime 2010 = $575
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Sleuthfest 2011 = $613
Bloody Words 2011 = $602 Canadian
Magna cum Murder 2010 = $410 ($80 room rate)
Mayhem in the Midlands 2010 = $438
Deadly Ink 2010 = $418 |
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GHOST OF HONOR--Chester Gould 1900-1985 |
For 80 Years of Continuous Crime Stopping
As always, Love is Murder likes to honor the writers who, through their characters and craft, have helped define and refine the genre fiction we all know and love. This year's GOH is Chester Gould, creator of everyone's favorite jut-jawed, hard-boiled copper, Dick Tracy. Otto Penzler's and Chris Steinbrenner's THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYSTERY AND DETECTION, among many other standard references, declares Dick Tracy the most famous detective in fiction, with the exception of the character created by last year's GOH, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. It is fitting that we celebrate Gould the year after celebrating Doyle, because it represents an actual lineage. Doyle was one of Gould's biggest influences. I say one of his influences because Gould was in the right time and the right place to have a lot of influences ripe for fictional rendition--Prohibition-era Chicago--that of Al Capone, Eliot Ness, speak easies, Tommy guns, and two major syndicates that challenged a young man to fight fictional crime--the Mob and the Chicago Tribune's national newspaper syndicate.
Please join Love is Murder in honoring Chester Gould and his crime fighting alter ego, Dick Tracy by attending [Lifelong Tracy fan] Jim Doherty's informative and fascinating look into the man and his character. |
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James Strauss Speaks at LIM |
 James Strauss, Author of "The Boy," a pre-history novel in hardback, The Bering Sea, soon to be published espionage thriller, writer for the television show House and the HBO series Deadwood, Technical Director of the movie "Equalizer" starring Russell Crowe (to be filmed in September 2010), and author of the Mastodon Series(pre-history) to be filmed by Disney for Talk Story Productions in Hawaii (television series in May of 2011). Screenwriter, and script clean-up crew for many television series and movies and indefatigable blogger. |
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