Really,
we’re a very nice group of people. The Florida Chapter
of the Mystery Writers of America is composed of over 250 members
from Pensacola to Key West. It’s true we kill people for
a living, but think how hard it would be to write a really juicy
mystery without a little mayhem.
Our
purpose is to help experienced, professional writers advance
their careers and new writers break into the profession. We
do this by sponsoring one of the best mystery writers conferences
in the country — SleuthFest
— every March in Fort Lauderdale, by holding meetings
and training sessions the year round throughout the state, and
by helping our members participate in major events such as the
Miami Book Fair International. Our speakers include agents,
publishers, and book store owners, all of them interested in
seeing our members’ works in print and being sold. We
have experts train us on the best weapons and poisons to use
to hasten untimely ends.
Really,
we mean it, we’re a very nice group of people.
Between
meetings we publish a newsletter, THE
RAP SHEET, filled with how-to articles about writing, publishing
and marketing mystery-thrillers.
We
invite you to join us. Please e-mail chapter president Bob
Williamson for information about our next meeting or go
directly to the Mystery
Writers of America sign up. Membership in MWA automatically
makes a Florida resident a member of the Florida Chapter of
the Mystery Writers of America.