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October: Anatomy of an Arson with Robert Toth
Pay online Members $20.00 USD Non-members $25.00 USD Meeting without meal $5.00 USD Menu Hickory smoked adobo chicken: marinated grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed peppers and onions in a garlic-roasted cilantro cream sauce with cilantro lime rice served with a roasted pear salad-roasted pears, blue cheese and toasted pecans atop a bed of spring greens with walnut raspberry vinaigrette. On the night of March 7, 2003, while a dad and his three young children slept in their Colorado Springs…
Find out more »November: Making Crime Pay via Independent Publishing with Jeff Carson
Do you want to write full time? Many authors would kill for the chance to make up stories for a living, but how feasible is it to monetize your writing to the point of leaving your day job in the rearview? Local author, Jeff Carson, says very feasible, because he’s done it—without blogging, without Facebook, without Twitter, or other online ventures he found “too confusing for my small brain.” Join Jeff Carson as he discusses his journey from not even…
Find out more »Mystery and Mistletoe
Mystery & Mistletoe is back for another round of holiday cheer, delectable food and the culmination of RMMWA's Six-Word Mystery Contest! And, oh yes, there will be a bar. This is the perfect evening to buy gifts for your mystery-loving friends, not to mention listen to readings from our members. One of the highlights of this event is hearing selections from our membership! If you would like to read at Mystery & Mistletoe, please send an email to mstevens@ecentral.com AND…
Find out more »January 11 Meeting
Pay online Members $20.00 USD Non-members $25.00 USD Meeting without meal $5.00 USD Program: The Spy-Catcher Who Came In From a Real-World FBI Office Presenter: Jerry Ackerman Spies have shaped and influenced the course of history from the shadows since ancient times, and continue to do so today, undermining national and economic security. Special Agent Jerry Ackerman worked foreign counterintelligence and counterespionage for 15 years out of Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Denver. He’ll discuss past FBI espionage investigations as…
Find out more »First Annual Fireside Mary Contest
On a stormy night in the spring of 1817, Mary Shelley agreed to an overnight writing contest with her husband, Percy Shelley, and two of his friends. Who could write the scariest story? They would share their ideas in the morning and determine a winner among them. The story that germinated in the 18-year-old Mary’s mind that night would eventually be the novel we recognize today as “Frankenstein.” In the same fireside tradition, we will gather on the evening of…
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