Writing the Criminal Mind: Michael Arntfield – March 10 at 7:00 pm

Psychopathy, suspectology, criminal investigative analysis ( aka offender profiling): how do these practices become believably actualized in the written word to create realistic and compelling villains and antagonists in crime stories? Why do the criminals often become the characters that resonate most with readers? This session offers a crash course for existing and aspiring writers on how to craft believable and enduring villains in both crime fiction and true crime literature.

Dr. Michael Arntfield is an Associate Professor of criminology and cold case research at Western University, a former police detective, and the author of over 15 books, including three true crime Amazon top sellers. A recurring subject matter expert and host for a variety of true crime series now airing internationally, he has served as a visiting professor and/or guest lecturer at universities and collages around the world as well as the FBI Academy in Quantico and the Canadian Police College in Ottawa. His forthcoming book, How to Solve a Cold Case, will be published by HarperCollins in 2022.

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Busy Writer’s Guide to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: Julie Rowe – February 10 at 7:00 pm

Join romantic thriller author Julie Rowe as she dissects and discusses the effective use of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram by authors in today’s rapidly changing publishing marketplace. Topics include:

• Why bother? What social media streams do for authors.
• Setting up your Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram profile/page.
• Dos and don’ts
• Content is king, where to find yours
• Following the right people and attracting the right followers.
• What to post/tweet to sell books without having to ask people to buy
• Create engaging graphics to wow your followers
• Timing your posts
• Scheduling apps and why you need them
• Other useful apps
• Hashtags

Julie Rowe’s first career as a medical lab technologist in Canada took her to the North West Territories and Fort McMurray, Alberta, where she still resides. She loves to include medical details in her romance novels, but admits she’ll never be able to write about all her medical experiences because, “Fiction has to be believable”. Julie writes romantic suspense and romantic thrillers. Her most recent titles include Hell & Back book #5 of the Outbreak Taskforce series and Trapped with the Secret Agent book #1 of the Trapped with Him series. You can find her at www.julieroweauthor.com , on Twitter @julieroweauthor or at her Facebook page: www.facebook.com/JulieRoweAuthor

Planning Your DIY Book Publicity Campaign – November 11 at 7:00 pm.

Beverly Bambury has been doing book publicity and marketing for 9 years. You will hear all about her publicity process from researching review venues, to seeing her query letter template in action, to finishing out your campaign. Then she will walk you through her proven social media networking tips. Finally, you will learn the truth about whether authors should blog or not. Prepare to take lots of notes!

More information can be found at her website at https://www.beverlybambury.com (note that the website is in the middle of a hosting transition so some parts may not work).

Members will be emailed the Zoom link to join the meeting each month. If you’d like to check us out before joining, you can attend one meeting for free. Please email treasurer@capitalcrimewriters.com for the link.

Our next meeting will be on September 9, 2020, at 7:00 pm

Welcome back to another year of Capital Crime Writers! Things are going to be a bit different this fall. Due to COVID-19 and the need to maintain physical distancing, CCW will not be having in-person meetings until further notice. Instead we’ll be going on-line. Members will be emailed the Zoom link to join each month.

If you’d like to check us out before joining, you can attend one meeting for free. Please email treasurer@capitalcrimewriters.com for the link.

Our first speaker for the fall is Eric Brier. He is studying linguistics at Carleton University and is also in the military reserves. He is familiar with several languages and has experience in translation. Earlier during the pandemic he was sent by the military to help translate for Canadians being repatriated from Wuhan China/China.

Eric will be talking about some of the logistics of working in a quarantine zone. And he will also share interesting and occasionally humorous stories.

NOTE THE CHANGE IN  MEETING LOCATION

Capital Crime Writers presents “Firearms and Other Weapons”.  The guest speaker is Glenda Stewart, onetime Communications Officer at the Canadian Firearms Centre.  The meeting will be held on Wednesday February 12 at 7 pm at the Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe Street, Room B125 (basement level).

Glenda Stewart will discuss:

• the main federal laws regulating the legal and illegal possession and use of firearms
• the different classes of firearms (non-restricted, restricted and prohibited) and how the laws differ for each class
• examples of prohibited weapons and devices other than firearms (e.g. replica firearms, Mace, tasers, some martial arts weapons, hollow point bullets, etc.)
• conditions for being allowed to carry firearms for employment purposes or protection of life.

CAPITAL CRIME WRITERS’ October meeting is on Wednesday, October 9th, 2019.  We meet at Ottawa City Hall, in the Honeywell Room (2nd floor), starting at 7 pm.

Our speaker is Michael Murphy, who spent his career working in public libraries.  His talk will discuss some favourite TV series which you may have missed watching.  Amid the flood of offerings one can easily miss series which will hold your interest.  He will also discuss some favourite crime fiction websites, and series of reissued crime novels  which may help you in choosing your next book.

Time to renew your membership or join Capital Crime Writers for the same low price of $40. You can pay at the meeting, by cheque or cash.

Or you can pay by electronic transfer, using the email; Treasurer@capitalcrimewriters.com

If you have any questions, please email Treasurer@capitalcrimewriters.com

NOTE: THE MEETING WILL BE IN THE BILLINGS ROOM (NEXT TO THE HONEYWELL)

The Wednesday May 8, 2019 meeting is also Pizza night.  The executive serves pizza, drinks & dessert.  The event starts at 6:30.  

If you are coming for pizza please email Micheal Murphy at m.murphy345@hotmail.com so that we order enough pizza .  RSVP BY 5 P.M. ON MONDAY MAY 6, 2019.

Our book exchange also takes place at the Wednesday May 8, 2019 meeting.  Bring a book you have read, leave it on the table and take a book someone else has left on the table.  Discover a new author.

When writing a fight scene, it is useful to know what works and what doesn’t. Sonia is an author, martial arts instructor and self-proclaimed oddball born in Quito, Ecuador. When she isn’t brutally killing your favourite character, she teaches martial arts, live streams video games, and cuddles her cats. In other words, she teaches others to kill, streams her digital kills, and cuddles furry murderers. For more information about the speaker, please see her website: www.smcarriere.com