DEADLY INK 2010 MYSTERY

CONFERENCE  

GILLIAN ROBERTS IS THE GUEST OF HONOR!
 CHERYL SOLIMINI IS OUR TOASTMASTER

 

 

 

         FRIDAY

 

Registration

 

– WELCOME TO DEADLY INK

Welcoming remarks, Introduction of Guest of Honor and Toastmaster, Introduction of all authors...then bring on the desserts to die for! The DEADLY DESSERT PARTY is back!

 

 

to ?

Convene in the Pub, play mystery board games

 

 

 

 

 


SATURDAY

 

Registration

Book room opens

 

8:30-9:00 AM Coffee, tea ....  Crime of the conference announced – Someone is murdered at Deadly Ink – you solve the crime – Clues will be posted on a “clue board” throughout the conference

 


 MORRIS ROOM (formerly the Laurels)
 WHAT MAKES IT A MYSTERY? A discussion of what constitutes a mystery and mystery sub-genres.

M. E. Kemp (moderator), E. J. Rand, Ilene Schneider, Gillian Roberts, Hallie Ephron


TROY HILLS ROOM (formerly The King Charles)

Who knew?   New Jersey ’s MWA Chapter is called New York .

With Sheila York, (Chapter Treasurer), Robin Hathaway (Board Member), Peggy Ehrhart, Roberta Rogow - Learn all about Mystery Writers of America , what the chapter does, and how it can help you. MWA, the premiere organization for mystery writers, has a simple motto:

 “Crime doesn’t pay...enough!”

 

Author signings


10:00-10:45 AM
MORRIS ROOM
HALLIE EPHRON WORKSHOP: Writing Suspense: Four Ways
You know it when you feel it — suspense is that element of a crime novel that keeps you from turning out the light and going to sleep; it's what turns a story into a page turner. In this workshop, Hallie will talk about four techniques for creating suspense, and the ever-important how to modulate the suspense in your novel.

TROY HILLS ROOM
HOLD ON TO YOUR SHORTS: The art of writing a short story

Pat Marinelli (Moderator), B. K. Stevens, Elena Santangelo, Albert Tucher, Peggy Ehrhart, Rebecca Russell-Mears

10:45– 11:00 AM Author signings…don’t forget to visit the book room!

 

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MORRIS ROOM

Rick Helms:  Presentation -  The differences between inductive and deductive profiling

We've all seen it—the supersleuth who is told about a murder and proclaims that the murderer "...is a short man who didn't finish high school, and drives a Volkswagen Bug. He has asthma, a slight corrected lateral lisp, and his mother was a prostitute..." . This is what some novels and movies consider forensic profiling. In this presentation, retired forensic psychologist and three-time Shamus Award nominee Rick Helms (SIX MILE CREEK, Five Star Mysteries 2010) will explain the differences between inductive profiling, to which we have all been subjected, and deductive profiling, which is more likely to produce useful information that can lead to capturing and prosecuting a criminal, and the limitations of both. Examples from the FBI's Investigative Support Unit and famous murder cases will be included.

 

TROY HILLS ROOM

GARDEN STATE MYSTERIES: Novels set in New Jersey

C. Solimini (moderator), Robin Hathaway, Jeff Cohen, Jeff Markowitz, Ilene Schneider, Peggy Ehrhart

 

Author signings

 


 LUNCH

DAVID nominees will each speak about their nominated book

CHERYL SOLIMINI interviews Guest of Honor GILLIAN ROBERTS

 

Author signings

 

MORRIS ROOM

WHODUNIT: 101 Mistakes Mystery Writers Make – Part One

Joe Paglino is a crime author, a former investigator in the NYC Medical Examiner’s Office, a former Detective in the Brooklyn DA Office, and is currently a Detective in New Jersey. He will talk about how people are murdered (shot, stabbed, poisoned, etc.), using crime scene slides so writers can accurately depict crime scenes in their work. Joe will also offer many “whodunits” for the audience to solve. This presentation is not for the faint of heart!


TROY HILLS ROOM

CROSSING GENRES – The blending of mystery with horror, or romance or paranormal.   How about a vampire cop who loves to knit, and is in love with a shape-shifter? Are there any limits to crossing genres?

Roberta Rogow (moderator), E. F. Watkins, Sheila York, Elena Santangelo
 
2: - Author signings

 

2:30-3:15PM 
MORRIS ROOM   -
WHODUNIT: 101 Mistakes Mystery Writers Make – Part Two – Joe Paglino continues his crime scene presentation

 

TROY HILLS ROOM
  OUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS – SLEUTHS WE LOVE IN PRINT AND ON SCREEN – OLD AND NEW   Columbo? Joe Friday? Peter Gunn? Spenser? Kinsey Milhone? Horatio Kane? Miss Marple? Lord Peter Wimsey?

B.K. Stevens (moderator), Rick Helms, Jeff Cohen, Sheila York, Steve Rigolosi, M. E. Kemp


 Author Signings

 

Deadline for ballots for the David Award

MORRIS ROOM
Irene Fleming Presentation : Irene (or is it Kate?) will show the first Western, The Great Train Robbery, an Edison production directed by Edwin S. Porter in 1903; the first gangster movie, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, an American Biograph production directed by DW. Griffith in 1912; last half hour (not for the faint of heart) of The Cheat, a melodrama with a great courtroom scene, a Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company production directed by Cecil B. deMille in 1915; and some other early items of interest, as time permits.

 

THE TROY HILLS

SISTERS IN CRIME-CENTRAL JERSEY TEA - Take a break, refresh with tea, coffee and snacks, meet members of Sisters in Crime Central Jersey - The SinC anthologies, CRIME SCENE:  NEW JERSEY and CRIME SCENE: NEW  JERSEY 2 will be on sale during the tea at discounted prices. SinC Authors will be happy to sign copies for you.

 

 

 

Author signings

 

Book room closes at

 

GALA AWARDS DINNER at  
THE SKYLANDS SUITE
 KEYNOTE ADDRESS – GILLIAN ROBERTS
David G. Sasher, Sr. Awards Presented
Door prizes

 

to ?

Convene in the Pub, play mystery board games, or watch a classic mystery in the Morris Room

 

 


SUNDAY
9:00 AM Book room opens   

THE MORRIS ROOM
WHAT IF? Our authors construct a mystery based on audience suggestions –

Cheryl Solimini (moderator), Ilene Schneider, Gillian Roberts, Robin Hathaway, Roberta Rogow


 TROY HILLS ROOM
WRITING AS THE OPPOSITE SEX : Can a man write a convincing female character and vice-versa?

E. F. Watkins (moderator), E. J. Rand, Jeff Markowitz,  E. J. Copperman, Albert Tucher, Steve Rigolosi
10:15-10:30 AM Author signings

 


 BRUNCH : sponsored by Mystery Writers of America – NY/NJ Chapter - Fill up at the breakfast buffet – question the suspects in the Crime of the Conference

 

 

 

MORRIS ROOM  
 Creating Characters - Qualities of Heroes and Villains

Peggy Ehrhart (Moderator),Jeff Markowitz, Rick Helms, Gillian Roberts, Kate Gallison
TROY HILLS ROOM
GARDEN STATE AUTHORS – Authors that live in New Jersey but set their stories in other locales

Steve Rigolosi (Moderator), E. F. Watkins, Roberta Rogow, E. J. Rand

 

Author signings

– Deadline for Crime of the Conference entries

 

MORRIS ROOM

CLUES AND RED HERRINGS

B.K. Stevens (Moderator), Hallie Ephron, E. J. Rand, Jeff Cohen, Ilene Schneider, Peggy Ehrhart

 

TROY HILLS ROOM

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING –Mysteries set in the past

Irene Fleming (moderator), M.E. Kemp, Roberta Rogow, Cheryl Solimini, Elena Santangelo

 

Final Author signings

 

1:45- 2:30 PM
 MORRIS ROOM
ASK THE AUTHORS  – Audience participation encouraged
Feel free to ask questions of the authors – Roberta Rogow and Cheryl Solimini will throw out ideas to encourage audience discussion

 

SOLUTION TO THE CRIME OF THE CONFERENCE CONTEST

 

DOOR PRIZES

 

INFO FOR NEXT YEAR
  
 Book room closes

Conference officially ends