The Chesapeake Chapter usually holds a monthly meeting with a speaker on the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a holiday, venue scheduling, or convention conflict. Occasionally, the chapter offers a field trip or special event instead of a meeting. Upcoming meeting dates are listed below. You will receive an email notice in advance of the meeting, along with a registration form and menu choice (if applicable). To reserve your place at a meeting, follow the directions as stated on the email notice or on the meeting’s announcement on this website. Guests and non-members are welcome to attend (unless otherwise noted).
UPCOMING CHAPTER MEETINGS/EVENTS
ONLINE MEETING
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Pre-Meeting Chat – 12:45 pm ET
Presentation Begins – 1:00 pm ET
Speaker: Lori Rader-Day
Award-winning author and former Sisters in Crime national president Lori Rader-Day leads an interactive session on tips and tools for improving your writing productivity, keeping yourself motivated, and getting the help you need to finish your next project. Bring a notebook and pen, your calendar, and your best idea for building discipline and making and meeting goals.
Bio: Lori Rader-Day is the Edgar® Award-nominated and Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of The Death of Us, Death at Greenway, The Lucky One, Under a Dark Sky, The Day I Died, Little Pretty Things, and The Black Hour. She lives in Chicago, where she is co-chair of the mystery readers’ festival Midwest Mystery Conference (aka Murder and Mayhem in Chicago) and served as 2019-2020 national president of Sisters in Crime, a 4500-member writers’ organization focused on equity and inclusion in crime publishing. She teaches creative writing for Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies.
You’ll receive a confirmation email that contains the Zoom login info.
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UPCOMING CHAPTER AUTHORS’ EVENTS