SPEED CITY SISTERS IN CRIME
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​​One Day Author Workshop with Nancy Pickard
Saturday, April 27th
​Reserve your seat now

On Saturday, April 27th, best-selling author Nancy Pickard is giving a free one-day writing workshop hosted by Speed City Sisters in Crime.​
RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW:   The event is limited to 50 participants. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. 
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Make reservations by emailing Brigitte Kephart at [email protected] or Janet Williams at [email protected]​.
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Whether you're just starting to fulfill your secret wish to be a writer, or you're working on your 20th novel, you have in common with all of us the desire to be as good a writer as you can be. To write what you most want to write. To know the thrill and joy of having readers who love your work. So let's start at the beginning, as we all do with every story, and talk about the basics--characters, plot, voice, theme, all of it--in ways that will help and inspire you no matter where you are on your writing path. In this hands-on workshop, we'll dig into the components of storytelling, including action, conflict, settings, beginnings, middles, endings, and much, much more. Bring all the questions you've ever wanted to ask about writing fiction, and discover fresh, new ways to look at your own writing and re-writing. Writers often say, "Nobody understands me the way other writers do." So come spend an exciting and encouraging day with a whole roomful of other writers who know what it feels like to want, more than anything, to be the best writer they can be.

TIME: Saturday, April 29, 9:30 am

12:30-2:00 - break for lunch 
Wrap up between 5-6, with 1/2 hour on short stories


LOCATION: 
College Park Clubhouse
​9001 Fordham Street, Indianapolis, IN 46268
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The workshop is offered as a service by Speed City Sisters in Crime, the Indiana chapter of the international Sisters in Crime organization. It is intended to encourage writers at every stage in their development, as well as those interested in becoming writers.
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PictureOne Day Author Workshop with Nancy Pickard
Nancy Pickard is the author of three popular and critically acclaimed mystery series and dozens of award-winning short stories. Her most recent novel, The Scent of Rain and Lightning, was made into an independent feature film of the same title, and her novel, The Virgin of Small Plains is currently being developed as a television series in Korea.

Nancy has won the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Shamus awards for her short stories. She won the first-ever Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original Mystery for her second Jenny Cain novel, Say No to Murder. She has won multiple Agatha and Macavity awards for her novels. 

BOOK SIGNING:  Nancy's books will be available for purchase and signing at the Workshop, including:
  • Seven Steps on the Writer's Path: The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment by Nancy Pickard & Lynn Lott
  • The Scent of Rain and Lightning
  • The Virgin of the Small Plains
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Speed City Sisters in Crime is the Indiana chapter of the world-wide mystery/crime writers' association Sisters in Crime. The Speed City chapter was founded in 2005.

Members of the organization are published mystery and crime authors, writers working on mysteries and thrillers, and readers and fans of the literary genre. There are currently 40+ members who live in Indiana or the Midwest.

Speed City Sisters in Crime hosts monthly meetings with speakers on topics of interest to mystery and crime writing. Past speakers have included police officers, prosecutors, investigative reporters, forensic specialists, weapons experts, researchers, and publishing and media professionals.

Visit our YouTube Channel for recordings of our monthly speakers!

  • Home
    • About Speed City SiC
    • Code of Conduct
    • Board Members
    • Welcome from Chapter President
    • Chapter Documents
  • Contact Us
  • Membership
    • Membership Info
    • Member Author Info
    • Member Published Books
    • Critique Group
  • Monthly Meetings
    • 2025 Speakers
    • 2024 Speakers
    • 2023 Speakers
    • 2022 Speakers
    • 2021 Speakers
    • 2020 Speakers
    • 2019 Speakers
    • 2018 Speakers
  • Events
    • 2023 Events
    • 2022 Events
    • 2021 Events
    • 2020 Events
    • 2019 Events >
      • 2019 Nancy Pickard Writing Workshop
      • 2019 Larry Sweazy Short Story Workshop
      • 2019 Guest Speaker L.A. Chandlar
      • Pulaski County Library Award
    • Mystery & Writing Conferences
    • Murder We Wrote Blog
  • Our Anthologies
    • Amber Waves of Graves >
      • Submission Guidelines
      • Cover Submission Guidelines
    • Trick or Treats: Tales of All Hallow's Eve
    • Murder 20/20 Anthology
    • Homicide for the Holidays
    • The Fine Art of Murder
    • Decades of Dirt
    • Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks
    • Bedlam at the Brickyard
    • Racing Can Be Murder
    • Deadbeat (Theatrical)
  • Resources
    • S.S. Van Dine - Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
    • Father Knox's Decalogue
    • Raymond Chandler's Ten Commandments
    • Frank Gruber's 11 Point Formula for Mystery Short Stories
  • 2023 Speakers