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I'm pleased to announce that international bestselling author Jeffery Deaver is the keynote speaker for the North Carolina Writers Police Academy. The event is scheduled for September 24-26, 2010

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September 24, 2010 at 9am to September 26, 2010 at 12pm

I'm pleased to announce that international bestselling author Jeffery Deaver is the keynote speaker for the North Carolina Writers Police Academy. The event is scheduled for September 24-26, 2010 in Jamestown, North Carolina (just outside Greensboro…

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Author of :
Police Procedure and Investigation, A Guide For Writers
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Everything Kids: I Want To Be A Police Officer

Here's what Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen, and J.A. Jance had to say about my book.

"A masterpiece . . . Police Procedure and Investigation offers everything, I mean everything, an author--novelist or nonfiction--needs to know about law enforcement: from police headquarters and laboratories to crime scenes to courthouses to jails. And Author Lee Lofland pulls off another coup--he's managed to gives us this encyclopedia of information in a style that's crisp, concise and damn fun to read. "

-- Jeffery Deaver, author of The Bone Collector and The Sleeping Doll

"This book belongs in the library of every crime writer! More than merely a reference book for writers, POLICE PROCEDURE AND INVESTIGATION is also lively and entertaining, a fascinating inside look at law enforcement, told by a police professional with a writer's eye for detail. "

-- Tess Gerritsen, author of THE MEPHISTO CLUB

"Police Procedure & Investigation is an invaluable tool for writers of mystery fiction."

-- J.A. Jance, NY Times bestselling author of the J.P. Beaumont series, Joanna Brady series, and the Ali Reynolds series.

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Author Lori L. Lake Talks About Guns On The Graveyard Shift

Today on The Graveyard Shift author Lori L. Lake talks about the guns used by law enforcement officers.

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Posted on May 20, 2008 at 8:57am —

Defense Attorney Jessa Lutz On The Graveyard Shift

Please take a moment to stop by The Graveyard Shift and visit with defense attorney Jessa Lutz. Jessa will be on hand throughout the day to answer your questions.

Today's topic: They're Not All Monsters

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Posted on May 14, 2008 at 6:40am —

Former ATF Special Agent Sheila Stephens on The Graveyard Shift

Today on the The Graveyard Shift - Author/former ATF Special Agent Sheila Stephens on Covert Camera Surveillance.

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Posted on April 30, 2008 at 7:00am —

Literary Agent Lucienne Diver on The Graveyard Shift

Please join us today on The Graveyard Shift as literary agent Lucienne Diver tells us how to create buzz for our books.

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Posted on April 29, 2008 at 7:18am —

Literary Agent Scott Hoffman on The Graveyard Shift

Join us today on The Graveyard Shift as top literary agent Scott Hoffman tells how to avoid shooting your book with a Glock.

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Posted on April 22, 2008 at 7:03am —

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At 1:50pm on April 1, 2009, Charlotte Williamson said…: Lee,
How's the recovery from surgery coming? Hadn't heard from you in a while. Just wondered how you were getting along.
Charlotte

At 6:30pm on March 8, 2009, Beth Groundwater said…: Yes, Lee, the Pikes Peak Conference where you appeared last year was the first one I missed in 10 years (!) because it was the same weekend as the Malice Domestic conference where I was honored as one of the nominees for the 2007 Best First Novel Agatha Award. I'll be back at PPWC this spring, and I'm really looking forward to it.

At 10:45am on March 4, 2009, Beth Groundwater said…: Hi Lee,
Thanks for befriending this mystery author here as well as elsewhere online!

At 2:30pm on September 30, 2008, Charlotte Williamson said…: Your response was really quick. YOu must be sitting at your computer. Am attending a book festival in Bainbridge, GA. at the end of October. It will be good to sign a lot of books and meet new people. I signed up for a Spring conference (Mystery Writers of America) near Washington, DC for 2009. I love to attend these conferences, but airfare is getting so expensive, its almost prohibitive. But you never know what kind of contacts you'll make by networking. All it takes is that one person.
Charlotte

At 2:20pm on September 30, 2008, Charlotte Williamson said…: Wow, Lee! You know more people! I'm envious. I met a lot of high-profile people when I worked in law enforcement. At the time, I didn't think of them being high-profile. They were just people I knew and worked with Who knew? Life takes you on some fuuny journeys.
Read lots of books while you're in recuperation. (including mine!)
Later gator.
Charlotte

At 9:13am on September 25, 2008, Charlotte Williamson said…: Lee,
I'm a BIG Lewis Grizzard fan. I'm from the Atlanta area, so I'd met him several times. It was a sad day when he died. He was so young. It seems like good people who do good things, die young, and those that need to die, are still taking up space and leading useless lives. I don' t understand the inequity of it.
Keep me apprised. Good luck on the surgery. It's going to take a while for recuperation.
I read when I can grab a few minutes. Takes me a week to read a thick, hard-back, but a paperback gets read faster.
Charlotte

At 10:29am on September 19, 2008, Charlotte Williamson said…: HI Lee,
How's that disc (back) problem coming along? How'd the operation go?
By the way, what kind of books do you read? Or do you have time to read?
Charlotte

At 4:25am on September 12, 2008, Maggie Bishop said…: Hello Lee, Thanks for the invitation. I check out your Graveyard Shift regularly. Fortunately, I seldom have contact with real police-types. I did, however, interview Dee Dee Rominger of the Watauga County Sheriff's department to make sure the actions of fictional Detective Tucker in Perfect for Framing were plausible.

At 12:47pm on September 11, 2008, Charlotte Williamson said…: HI Lee,
Thanks for asking to be my friend on Book Place. Just picked up another newletter and you were in it! Wow! What exposure!
Charlotte

At 2:07pm on August 21, 2008, Tanya said…: I just recently moved up to Knoxville, TN and am working on getting a job in the field up here, its not easy though. I'd like to get into investigations of some sort as that is where my interests lie. I will just have to wait and see who is willing to take a chance on me.

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Are you ready?

I am so not ready for Christmas. I just realized I don't have much time either. One good thing is the DH is off Friday and possibly all next week, so I can give him a few chores to do, which may help some. I'm counting on him to put stamps and labels on the Christmas cards, and do a few things around the house to straighten it out some. Unfortunately, I'm the organizer in the family, so I can't expect too much on the getting-the- house ready front. That's pathetic, since I'm not very organized. (g)

Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.

What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?

Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author

Discovering Family in Cynthia's Attic

One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.

For instance. Did I bother to ask my grandfather what it was like playing in the first night football game in America?

Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.

Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.

I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.

That's why I'm writing adventures I wanted my ancestors to have; adventures I can enjoy with them through the eyes and voice of my character, Gus.

The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.

Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!

Mary Cunningham

Mary Cunningham is the author of the award-winning 'Tween fantasy/mystery series, Cynthia’s Attic. She is proud to announce the release of book four, "The Magician's Castle," Dec 1, 2009. Her children's mystery series was inspired by a recurring dream about a mysterious attic. After realizing that the dream took place in the home of her childhood friend, Cynthia, the dreams stopped and the writing began.

She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.

To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!

Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/

Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham

Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?

Quake/Echelon Press
http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=23&zenid=4ac57b7ae19fa071cab3b4295df7baf3

Please leave a comment to welcome Mary.

Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks

Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.

Thanks,
Morgan Mandel

Can We Talk?

I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.

Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.

I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.

What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?