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, March 1, 2025
Pre-Meeting Chat: 12:45 pm EST
Program Begins: 1:00 pm EST
What’s it like in the real world of policing? What pressures do police officers face in an era in which many look at policing with suspicion? What motivates them to keep on? How do cops deal with bad cops? A retired police officer draws on his 28 years of experience as a Police Lieutenant to give us an insider’s view of police work.
Bio: Mark Bergin retired from the Alexandria, Virginia Police Department as a Lieutenant in 2014. He was twice named Police Officer of the Year for drug and robbery investigations. He has served in most of the posts described in his 2019 debut novel Apprehension. A finalist for the Silver Falchion Award at Killer Nashville, Apprehension won an award from The Public Safety Writers Association. Prior to police service, Bergin was a newspaper reporter in suburban Philadelphia and in Northern Virginia, where he earned the Virginia Press Association Award for General News Reporting. Mark Bergin is Chessie Chapter’s treasurer.
You’ll receive a confirmation email that contains the Zoom login info.
ONLINE MEETING
(Different Day)
**WEDNESDAY**
March 5, 2025
Begins – 7:00 pm ET
Are you a Chessie Chapter cozy mystery author? Or cozy-adjacent? Join Chessie member and Agatha Award winning author Lauren Silberman (writing as Daphne Silver of the Rare Books cozy mystery series) as she moderates a brainstorming session on marketing strategies, especially geared towards cozy mystery authors. Let’s share together what marketing techniques have and have not worked well for you, such as:
* The joys and pains of e-newsletters (Lauren’s favorite marketing technique)
* Conducting author takeovers on Facebook groups designed for cozy mystery readers
* Finding blogs, podcasts, and bookstagrammers geared toward cozy mysteries
* Getting reviews through ARC teams and other means
* Other ideas are welcome!
Unsure of what cozy means? Check out this link for more information: https://cozy-mystery.com/definition-of-a-cozy-mystery.html
Free to attend, but you must register to get the Zoom link.
Bio: Daphne Silver is the Agatha-winning author of the Rare Books Cozy Mystery series. The first in the series ‘Crime and Parchment’ won the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery Novel. She’s worked more than twenty years in museums and symphonies and has the great fortune of being married to a librarian. When she’s not writing, she’s drawing and painting. She lives in Maryland with her family. Although she’s not much of a baker, she won’t ever turn down a sweet lokshen kugel.
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UPCOMING CHAPTER AUTHORS’ EVENTS