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Phoenix Metro+ Chapter of Sisters in Crime (SinC). Award-winning anthologies, the annual WriteNow! Conference & support for all of our siblings! https://desertsleuths.com Check out our latest anthology, SoWest: DangerAwaits!
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Raquel V. Reyes @latinasleuths.bsky.social · 23h
Listen to the whole podcast. youtu.be/sbmT4X8kNrU?...
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 16h
On Wed, Oct 15, join us for a good look at using Pinterest to grow your author platform with Melissa Bourbon. Skip the social media overwhelm but still remain visible to readers. All welcome, just register at DesertSleuths.com.
Grow Your Platform without the Social Media Overwhelm with Melissa Bourbon Wed, Oct 15, 2025 Chapter Meeting 6p AZ Time, Presentation 6:30p AZ Time Pinterest is a powerful, often underused tool to build your author visibiilty. Pinterest is a search engine: your content works for you long after you post it. Melissa Bourbon will share how to use keywords, boards, pins, and lead magnets to grow your platform while you focus on writing. Join us and learn how to attact readers and drive interest with Pinterest. All welcome! Register at https://desertsleuths.com
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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 28d
"I would love to find a super cozy and quirky mystery."
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · Aug 5
✨ We've got a killer listy list of all the Desert Sleuths 2025 WriteNOW! Conference faculty who are on Bluesky. Give them a follow or save the list in your feeds. ✨

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SinCWorldWide @sincworldwide.bsky.social · 13d
Sisters in Crime celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month! Celebrated annually from 9/15-10/15, the 2025 campaign is Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future, and represents heritage, resilience, and the continuing good works of our Hispanic communities.

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Photo on righthand side shows young Hispanic woman in a red dress reading a book. Text on the left reads: It's Hispanic Heritage Month, and Crime Writers of Color is here to help you find your next favorite book! #StandWithSinC #EveryFifthBook
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SinCWorldWide @sincworldwide.bsky.social · 4d
It's Banned Books Week - Oct 5 - 11, 2025.
This year's theme is: Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights. It highlights that the right to read belongs to us all, censorship has no place in contemporary society, and we must defend our rights.

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Bold white font on a black background reads: Censorship is so 1984 Read for your rights Banned Book Week Oct. 5-11, 2025 - bannedbooksweek.org In the middle of the image is a line of seven stars in the colors of the rainbow.
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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 5d
Yesterday morning on the Lost Goldmine trail.
A saguaro in the foreground, mountains in the back.
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Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 7d
Authors, you can now search an official database to see if your books are part of the Anthropic settlement.

My book is in there, and I just filed my claim. 💸

Search here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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Anthology, Inc. @anthologyaz.bsky.social · 6d
The Mesa Book Festival 2025 Registration is OPEN! Spots will fill up fast, so if you are an independent author or small press, be sure to get your registration is as soon as possible:
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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 6d
A beautiful sunrise run in the Superstitions!
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Raquel V. Reyes @latinasleuths.bsky.social · 9d
This book will tide you over until Bad Bunny’s halftime. Set in Puerto Rico with a Latina MC, it is cozy with decolonized vibes. bookshop.org/p/books/barb...
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Deborah J. Benoit @deborahjbenoit.bsky.social · 10d
Another milestone in my writer's journey. The Gardener's Plot is available in paperback today. Whatever type of book you prefer--paperback, hardcover, e-book, or audiobook--The Gardener's Plot is there.
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 10d
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The Poisoned Pen is an independent bookstore in Scottsdale AZ specializing in fiction, with a particular emphasis on mystery and crime fiction. The store maintains an active schedule of author events...
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 10d
Thanks to everyone who attended our SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! anthology book launch at the @poisonedpen.bsky.social on Friday. We had such a great time!

Eight anthology authors were able to attend in person (pictured) and another six attended virtually.
A group of 8 authors lined up next to each other with bookshelves behind and to the side of them at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore. left to right: Patricia A. Bonn, D.R. Ransdell, Claire A Murray, Suzanne E. Flaig, Margaret Burnison, Bill Butler, Clare Broyles, and Michael Thomét.
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 13d
After the Great Depression, a girl desperate to find her mother gambles that a dangerous cross-country journey to the west will bring her home.

"Hard Times" by Meg E. Dobson, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS!

Pick up a copy: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162

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Desert Sleuths WriteNOW! Conference Anthology Launch Party and Author Signings Sept 26, 2025 The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ After the Great Depression, a girl desperate to find her mother gambles that a dangerous cross country journey to the west will bring her home. "Hard Times" by Meg E. Dobson, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! Meg E. Dobson’s short stories have appeared in national anthologies from Malice Domestic, Poisoned Pen Press, and Desert Sleuths. Additional award-winning shorts were honored by the Tempe Writing Community Writing Forum and Writers’ Police Academy. She made her international debut with a flash in the UK Crime Bites with Lee Child. Her young crime novel Chaos Theory, a Kami Files Mystery was published by the Poisoned Pen’s imprint press. Order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162 Register for the Launch Party at https://desertsleuths.com/writenow-2025-launch-party/
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 13d
This is going to be us tonight! We can't wait to get a copy of our newest anthology, SoWest: Danger Awaits! Join us and we can giddily bounce around the @poisonedpen.bsky.social together.
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 13d
**TONIGHT**
The SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! Anthology Launch Party at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, AZ, 6-7:30 p.m AZ time.

Meet some of the authors in person and/or virtually. The Pen will also be Live Streaming on Facebook & Youtube. Can't wait to see you there!

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Desert Sleuths WriteNOW! Conference Anthology Launch Party / Author Signing September 26, 2025, 6p-7:30p 25 crime/mystery stories packed into one volume... Obsession. Redemption. Abuse. Paranormal. Survival. Assassin/Murder for Hire. Blackmail. Betrayal. Family. Historical. Revenge. Serial Killer. Greed/Fraud. Trust. Come to The Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale AZ, Friday night, Sept 26, from 6-7:30 p.m. MST, for the launch of SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! an anthology of short stories by Desert Sleuths Chapter of Sisters in Crime authors. Meet some of the authors in person and virtually. The Poisoned Pen Bookstore 4014 N Goldwater Blvd Scottsdale, AZ 85251 USA https://poisonedpen.com/ Also available from Amazon.
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 13d
A private detective goes undercover to investigate the suspicious death of an office bookkeeper in a flash flood.

“Come Hell or High Water" by Claire A. Murray, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS!

Pick up a copy: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162

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Desert Sleuths WriteNOW! Conference Anthology Launch Party and Author Signings Sept 26, 2025 The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ A private detective goes undercover to investigate the suspicious death of an office bookkeeper in a flash flood. “Come Hell or High Water" by Claire A. Murray, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! Claire A Murray writes, paints, and hosts write-ins for connection, inspiration, and sanity. Play the Hand You’re Dealt is her short story collection. Claire reviews books for Kings River Life Magazine and is completing a suspense fantasy novel and the first book of a trilogy. She belongs to the Short Mystery Fiction Society, Mystery Writers of America, and is President of Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter. Order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162 Register for the Launch Party at https://desertsleuths.com/writenow-2025-launch-party/
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 14d
A college student spends his summers digging for gold in a secret mine until his boss mysteriously disappears.

"Herman Pines and Archie" by Bill Butler, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS!

Pick up a copy: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162

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Desert Sleuths WriteNOW! Conference Anthology Launch Party and Author Signings Sept 26, 2025 The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ A college student spends his summers digging for gold in a secret mine until his boss mysteriously disappears. "Herman Pines and Archie" by Bill Butler, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! Bill Butler likes adventure. At fifteen, he dropped out high school and became a carnival worker. At seventeen, he joined the army. While serving, he earned a G.E.D. and college credits. He was stationed in Alaska for two years; while there, he panned for gold in his spare time. Bill also was a private detective before retiring to manage a vocation rehab unit at The Samaritan Rehabilitation Institute in Phoenix. Order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162 Register for the Launch Party at https://desertsleuths.com/writenow-2025-launch-party/
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Karen Odden @karenodden.bsky.social · 14d
I'm giving a webinar on Saturday, Sept 27 at 10 am (AZ time) on Query Letters for the Arizona Authors Association - free and open to all writers! Info here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 14d
"Send in your stylish mysteries and thrillers. I want bold, fun, and clever takes on the genre’s common tropes like KNIVES OUT, KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, and WHITE COLLAR. I'm looking for the next THE BIG SLEEP by Raymond Chandler."
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 14d
Smitten w/ an old copper-mining town, a genealogist buys a fixer upper Victorian, but is it haunted w/ more than boom time memories & sagging eaves?

"Echoes of the Past" by @annabartkowski.bsky.social , Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS!

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Desert Sleuths WriteNOW! Conference Anthology Launch Party and Author Signings Sept 26, 2025 The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ Smitten with an old copper-mining town, a genealogist buys a fixer upper Victorian house, but is it haunted with more than boom time memories and sagging eaves? "Echoes of the Past" by Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski’s genealogical passion sparked the observation that she had fewer grandparents than her peers. This curiosity blossomed to uncovering her ancestors’ stories and lineage back to 1699. Her work exemplifies the power of connecting with one’s roots. Her six books reflect her passion for storytelling, history, and empowering others to explore their heritage. Order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162 Register for the Launch Party at https://desertsleuths.com/writenow-2025-launch-party/
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 14d
When Ezra turns up dead after a frat party, it takes some ingenuity & determination to figure out who was responsible.

"Ezra & the Frat Boys" by Debra H. Goldstein, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS!

Pick up a copy: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162
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Desert Sleuths WriteNOW! Conference Anthology Launch Party and Author Signings Sept 26, 2025 The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ When Ezra turns up dead after a frat party, it takes some ingenuity and determination to figure out who was responsible. "Ezra and the Frat Boys" by Debra H. Goldstein, from the Desert Sleuths Anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! Judge Debra H. Goldstein is the award-winning author of With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying, Kensington’s five-books Sarah Blair mystery series, and standalones Maze in Blue and Should Have Played Poker. Her works have been named Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Claymore finalists and received Silver Falchion, IPPY, AWC, and BWR awards. Debra is the national Vice-President of Sisters in Crime. Order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNS2H162 Register for the Launch Party at https://desertsleuths.com/writenow-2025-launch-party/
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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 15d
Use this link to stream the SoWest: Danger Awaits! Launch Party via The Poisoned Pen Facebook Page- www.facebook.com/thepoisonedp...

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 15d
Use this link to stream the SoWest: Danger Awaits! Launch Party via Youtube - www.youtube.com/@ThePoisoned...

Friday, Sept 26, from 6-7:30 p.m. Arizona time
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