Sisters in Crime Chesapeake Chapter

  April 14, 2012
CURRENT TRENDS IN EDITING & PUBLISHING
                                 
Speaker: MARCIA MARKLAND
                                
12:00 pm Check-in & Chit-Chat
12:30 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Short Meeting
1:15 pm Speaker Presentation
ONE MORE PAGE BOOKSTORE (private room)
22oo N. Westmoreland Street #101
WestLee Complex
Arlington, VA  22213
Phone:  703-300-9746
*Bring books to share-take books to read*

 SPEAKER: Marcia Markland, senior editor of Thomas Dunne books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press

Whether you're an aspiring writer or a seasoned novelist, the myriad shifts in today's publishing world have likely left you with questions about what's next for the industry -- and for authors as well. How have new avenues for electronic media changed the goals and roles of the major publishing houses? Have the publishers felt any ripple effect from the Borders bankruptcy? What are editors looking for from first-time authors? Or are they looking for first-time authors at all? Are agents still a necessary step in the process? And what are the prospects for mid-list authors striving to break through to the next level?

Marcia Markland has spent her entire adult life working in book publishing and has loved (almost) every minute. She worked for St. Martin's Press early in her career and for the last dozen or so years too. She's worked at the Mystery Guild, London Weekend Television in England, and as publisher of a library fiction house. She loves fine crime and suspense novels, and lately she's been finding them all around the world. She just bought the latest novel by Iceland's famed crime writer Arnaldur Indridason and is the U.S. editor of Sweden's bestselling author John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let The Right One In). Her list of mystery writers ranges from Elizabeth Hand (Available Dark) and Iceland's Ysra Sigurdardottir (Ashes to Dust) to Agatha Award-winning writer -- and Chessie Chapter and MWA Mid-Altantic member -- G.M. Malliet. Marcia also reads about animals, science, psychology, social issues, women's issues, memoirs and current events. The Vertical Farm by Dickson Despommier is a recent favorite. Her most recent foray into memoirs is former NBC Tel Aviv Bureau Chief Martin Fletcher's autobiography, Breaking News. She also worked on Martin Fletcher's first novel, The List, which was selected as the winner of One Book, One Jewish Community.                    

Cost:    $20.00 SinC & MWA members,  $30.00 Non-members
Lunch from La Marche. Please indicate your choice of:
   A full-size salad (S) with greens and vegetables
    OR
  One of three sandwiches, each with a side salad: Chicken Tarragon (CT), Roast Beef (RB),
  vegetarian hummus wrap (HW). Plus dessert! 
Please RSVP by MONDAY, April 9th to Cathy Wiley at cathymw@gmail.com, indicating your menu choice for lunch (see above), so that we may give the restaurant our final orders.                    
Make your check payable to SinC Chesapeake Chapter (yes, we are collecting the money this month), and mail it to Cathy Wiley, P.O. Box 503, Severn, MD 21144, so that she will receive your payment no later than Wednesday, April 11th.
GETTING THERE:   One More Page is located on the street level of the WestLee complex, near the intersection of I-66 and Lee Hwy. La Cote D'Or Restaurant, Le Marche Cafe and the Crescent are located across Westmoreland Street from One More Page. You will see a sign for Bear Rock Cafe (now closed) on the corner of Westmoreland Street and Lee Hwy.
From Reagan National Airport area: Take the George Washington Pkwy N. Exit onto I-395 S toward Richmond. Take EXIT 8B VA-110 N/Jefferson Davis Hwy. Merge onto I-66 W toward Front Royal/Dulles Airport. Take EXIT 69, Sycamore Street toward Falls Church. Take the 1st left onto US-29/VA-237/Lee Hwy. Take the 3rd left onto N Westmoreland St. 2200 N Westmorland St is on the right.
From Montgomery County, MD and Points East: Follow Beltway West into Virginia. Take left I-66 exit. Follow I-66 East Directions.
I-66 Directions: Take EXIT 69, toward Washington Blvd. Turn right at the first light onto Lee Highway. Turn left at the second light onto N Westmoreland. The store is shortly up the block on the right.
From Points South: Take I-95. Take exit 170B onto I-495 N toward Tysons Corner. Exit onto I-66 E via EXIT 49B toward Washington. Follow I-66 East Directions.
PARKING: Metered street parking is available as well as free parking in the garage behind the store. Please park in one of the spots marked for "Retail", press the bell by our back door and we will welcome you to the store.                    

NEXT MEETING:  May 20, 2012 (Sunday) - Book Launch - This Job is Murder (CC5)

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