Thanks, OCC

June 6, 2012 by marianne h donley in category Pets, Romance & Lots of Suspense by Linda O. Johnston tagged as cozy mysteries, Linda O. Johnston, OCC/RWA, romance with 1 and 0

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OCC is the Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America. Weâ€™re romance writers. But some of us also are mystery writers. Writers of romantic suspense. Both.

Iâ€™m always delighted to attend OCC meetings, but Iâ€™m especially looking forward to the one next weekend. Why? Itâ€™ll be chock full of excellent research info for those of us who are mystery and suspense writers as well as romance authors.

First, I see that Debra Holland is giving a morning workshop on â€œCreating Fighting and

Self-Defense Scenes.â€ That should be fascinating. The chapterâ€™s published authors are even forgoing a Published Authors Workshop that morning to be able to attend Debraâ€™s presentation.

And then, in the afternoon, our guest speaker Dennis Kee, a weapons expert, will present a program on “Don’t Blame the Gun, Blame the Writer.” It sounds as if itâ€™ll be full of excellent information on weapons.

I had thought Iâ€™d be out of town next weekend, but fortunately my plans changed. Iâ€™ll be there! See you all soon–and Iâ€™m really looking forward to the June OCC meeting.

Linda O. Johnston
http://www.lindaojohnston.com/
http://www.killerhobbies.blogspot.com/

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Linda O. Johnston

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Linda O. Johnston, a former lawyer who is now a full-time writer, has published 52 books so far, including mysteries and romantic novels. More than twenty-five of them are romances for Harlequin, including Harlequin Romantic Suspense and Harlequin Nocturne. Her latest release is Colton 911: Caught in the Crossfire, for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. She has also written several mystery series including the Barkery & Biscuits Mysteries and Superstition Mysteries for Midnight Ink, and the Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mysteries and Pet Rescue Mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime. Nearly all Linda’s current stories involve dogs! Linda enjoys hearing from readers.

http://www.LindaOJohnston.com

Linda O. Johnston

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Anonymous says:

June 6, 2012 at 11:55 PM

Thrilled that you like our speaking line-up! Definitely sounds a little different. Now, if we can only bring in that belly dancer that I keep asking for!