2024
Mardi Gras! February 2024: Parades and More
Conducting Critical Research
A Hands-On Class at the New Orleans School of Cooking ...
... under the expert guidance of Chef Lynn ...
... creating (and eating) delicious South Louisiana dishes: Gumbo, Barbecue Shrimp and Grits, and Bananas Foster Crepes.
Taking a break to discuss important topics with FDR outside the WWII Museum
The Main Attraction: Parades, Parades, and More Parades!
Krewe of Cork - Friday Afternoon (Feb 2nd)
Krewe of ALLA - Friday Night (Feb 2nd)
Bloody Mary Street Party Court of the Two Sisters Royal Street
Pre-Parade Lunch - Court of the Two Sisters
Corkians in their finery! Time to march through the French Quarter!
Pre-parade downtime - Higgins Hotel at the WWII Museum
Masked Up - Ready for Battle
ALLA Gator Float - locked & loaded. Ready to Roll!
Saturday - a Day of Rest: Watching Parades (and staying dry)
Krewe of King Arthur - Sunday Afternoon (Feb 4th)
Our Float - The Cat in the Hat
2024 Malice Domestic - North Bethesda, MD; April 26 - 29, 2024: Under Construction
Murder, Mystery & Mayhem - South Norfolk Memorial Library, Chesapeake, VA; May 11, 2024: Under Construction
Writers' Police Academy; Appleton & Green Bay, Wisconsin; June 6 - 9, 2024: Under Construction
Summer Solstice Festival - Blue Sky Distillery, Smithfield, VA; June 21, 2024: Under Construction
"Books, Barks, and Bubbles; Middle Street Mall, Portsmouth, VA; June 22, 2024: Under Construction
Heather Graham's Writers for New Orleans; Hotel Monteleone; June 28 - 30, 2024: Under Construction
2023
Panel: Influence of Sherlock Holmes
Raymond Jones (Moderator), Jayne Ormerod, Teresa Inge, and Michael Rigg (as Dr. Watson)
Book Sales: Jayne Ormerod (Sally Parrott)
Book Sales: Michael Rigg
Book Sales: Teresa Inge
"Murder, Mayhem, and Mystery"
South Norfolk Memorial Library
Chesapeake, Virginia
May 20, 2023
Writers' Police Academy Appleton & Green Bay, Wisconsin June 8 - 11, 2023
Lee Lofland - Co-Founder of the Writers' Police Academy
Incredible Demonstrations!
Where Writers Learn by Listening, Seeing, and Doing ...
Green Bay Police showed us how to perform a car stop and what to do when the organic matter hits the rotary device.
Great Guest Speakers!
Hank Phillippi Ryan 2023 WPA Guest of Honor
Mike De Sisti - Photojournalist, Court Photographer for Trial of Darrell Brooks, the Perpetrator of the Waukesha Holiday Parade Attack.
Steven Spignola - Retired Milwaukee Detective Lieutenant and Chief Investigator of the Jeffrey Daumer Serial Killings
Outstanding Classroom and Field Lectures!
Emergincy Medical Treatment for Working Dogs
Drone Operations
Techniques for Homemade Pill Manufacture (Not Quite Legal...)
Heather Graham's Writers for New Orleans
Hotel Monteleone - New Orleans, Louisiana
June 23 - 25, 2023
Swag Bag - note the copy of Mardi Gras Mysteries!
Topical Panel Discussions
Attentive, Enthusiastic Attendees!
Book Signing - Sponsored by Bent Pages & Co. Bookstore in Houma Louisiana
Sunday Tea
The State of Fiction - Publishing
Writing Historical FIction
Tips for Writing a Series
Writing Paranormal
Not Part of the Workshop, but ...
