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Noir at the Bar – Elaine’s Literary Salon – June 5, 2026 – 6-9 p.m.
Debra will be a featured reader (reading a very special new short story) Elaine’s Restaurant, 208 Queen Street – Alexandria, ...
Short Con – June 6, 2026
Debra will be attending the one-day premiere short story conference – 7:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. – Elaine’s Restaurant, 208 Queen ...
Sisters in Crime Worldwide – SINC into Great Writing – October 10, 2026
Debra will be hosting this year’s SinC Virtual Writing Conference. Check back for featured authors.
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Query, Query, Quite Contrary by Dianna Sinovic
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
Four million books entered the marketplace worldwide last year, and at least some of them entered their path to publication via a query letter, addressed to either a literary agent or a publisher. A strong query letter can push your manuscript farther up in the slush pile. Considering that agents receive thousands of queries each […]
Why Mysteries? by Saralyn Richard
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
In 2018, I wrote my first mystery novel, MURDER IN THE ONE PERCENT. In the months after the book launched, I took it on a whirlwind tour of ten U.S. cities, where I met with people at bookstores, libraries, museums, and private homes. One of those cities was Chicago, where I had lived for several […]
Echoes from Childhood by Lynn Slaughter
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
Years ago, I attended a presentation on young adult fiction at a writer’s conference in which the speaker exhorted us to “get parents out of the way” and relegate them to the periphery of our stories. In my opinion, her advice was both on the mark and totally off. Yes, in YA fiction, our teen […]
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