Murder at The Beach Bouchercon 2014 - Long Beach

One of the best parts of Bouchercon is the book bags. Here is a stunning sneak peek at the wonderfulness that's starting to arrive for convention attendees. 

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/11/bouchercon-book-bag-sneak-peak.html

BY RACHEL HOWZELL HALL Yeah, yeah, traffic and smog and organic-vegan-gluten-free-blahblahblahs.  You’re not coming to Southern California for that. As an L.A. native, and a three-year...

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By Mary Vesel White Author of THE QUALITIES OF WOOD I didn’t know what to expect from my first mystery convention. I often tell people, after all, that my first novel is a mystery tha...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-wide-world-of-mystery.html

by Rosemarie and Vince Keenan In 2010, we finally decided to take the Bouchercon plunge. Why that year? The convention was held in San Francisco, a city we’ll visit at any opportunity. ...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/10/our-third-bouchercon-but-renee-patricks.html

By Jon McGoran Writing can be a lonely endeavor, but it brings with it many perks. The greatest is probably that you get to write. But almost as great is that you get to hang out with oth...

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Writing can be a very lonely profession, so when the time comes to convene with readers and fellow writers, we all welcome the chance.       I have attended Bouchercon (most) every ye...

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by Robin Burcell So you want to make new friends, but you’ve heard Bouchercon is too big. Or maybe you’re the shy type, or worried you might do something to embarrass yourself. Just ...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/10/oh-people-youll-meet.html

By Andrew Mayne My dad dropped his newspaper on the table and whisked me into the car. Driving down the highway, he explained that today was the last day of a magic convention in Fort La...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-magic-of-conventions.html

By Glen Erik Hamilton I'm not a complete greenhorn to mystery conferences.  I attended ThrillerFest in 2013 to get some practice in pitching my first book to agents.  (Practice made ...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/10/first-shot-at-moving-target.html

By Charles and Caroline Todd, the writing duo known as Charles Todd .  CHARLES:  I remember my first Bouchercon clearly.  We’d just published our very first Rutledge, A TEST OF WILLS...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/09/charles-caroline-todd-remember-their.html

By Andrew Kaplan Music is memory. That was the take-away from my first Bouchercon in Cleveland. (Cleveland, really? Yes, Cleveland.) Starting with ceremonies at the Rock and Roll Hall of F...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-first-bouchercon-bouchercon-2012-in.html

Do you know there is a special limited ticketed event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the creation of Nero Wolfe? Join the WOLFE PACK and members of Rex Stout's family at this gala event f...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-nero-wolfe-banquet.html

By Nancy Allen , Author of The Code of the Hills: An Ozarks Mystery (HarperCollins/Witness Impulse, 2014) It hardly seems possible that almost a year has passed since I arrived in Albany...

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There is a special limited-ticket event aboard the legendary Queen Mary with Eoin Colfer and more than 20 additional Y.A. authors on Sunday, November 16th at 1:00pm. All proceeds will go to the ...

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By Kristi Belcamino A few of the most important moments in my life took place in Long Beach, California, home to this year’s Bouchercon. When I first moved to Long Beach in 1989 to ...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/09/memories-of-long-beach.html

I had no idea what to expect—just coming to America from Singapore for the launch of my book was already a dream come true and then some. On the train to Albany I remember feeling sorry to...

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By Tammy Kaehler We've got everything in greater Los Angeles. I often talk about that being both our blessing and our curse: you can find anything and everything you want in the LA area ...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/09/find-it-all-even-mystery-in-long-beach.html

This Bouchercon we are featuring craft sessions led by authors on Friday and Saturday. We have a few more slots open.  Interested authors should e-mail at programming@bouchercon2014.com.

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/09/call-for-crafty-authors.html

Today author M.P. Cooley joins us with a guest post all about her first Bouchercon... I attended my first Bouchercon in 2009 in San Francisco. At that time, I was struggling through a bad...

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Bouchercon 2014 is pleased to announce the final selection of short stories for the anthology MURDER AT THE BEACH. Thanks to everyone who submitted stories! The final collection will include sto...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/07/our-anthology-contributors-releaved.html

We will be presenting Anthony Awards in eight categories at the 45th annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention this year in November.  We are delighted to announce the nominees for 2013 public...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/05/anthony-award-nominations-announced.html

I love getting a book bag filled with free books. I love going to panels and discovering authors I‘ve never heard of, but can’t wait to read. I love the free book giveaways and author signin...

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WHAT COULD BE MORE FUN THAN A LITTLE MURDER AT THE BEACH? I am excited to announce we are now accepting submissions for the first ever Bouchercon short story anthology to be published for ...

http://bcon2014.blogspot.com/2014/01/were-going-to-have-murder-at-beach.html

In about a week I’ll be traveling to Albany for this year’s Bouchercon.  It seems like just yesterday that we were submitting our bid to host the conference in Long Beach.  I can’t belie...

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Almost two years ago I was talked into putting in a bid to host a Bouchercon.  Since the acceptance of the bid there have been two things that come up almost every time I tell people I'm chairin...

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