Monday, August 29, 2011

My Impressions of Killer Nashville


Dr. Bill Bass, forensic expert
Once again Clay Stafford, Beth "Jaden" Terrell, and an army of volunteers have put on a super mystery conference. Killer Nashville has tracts for writers just learning their craft, writers who need a nudge to promote their work, fans, agent & editor appointments, and an all-star lineup of forensics experts. With Robert Dugoni, Donald Bain, and Dr. Bill Bass on the program, it was a can't-lose proposition for attendees - and it delivered!

I mix-and-matched tracts, attending a bit of everything. The experts were knowledgable, the panels interesting, and the crime scene was quite a challenge. And at every turn, there were friendly faces, writers, fans, published authors, agents, editors.

I was lucky enough to be on two panels which were well-attended. I connected with old friends and made new ones. What a delight it was to put faces to so many Guppy (a Sisters In Crime chapter) names I've been seeing on various loops!


Pacing panel: Michael Salisbury (mod), AJ Scudiere, Maggie, Lynda Fitzgerald
 This was the first year I attended the banquet and I had a very good time. Deni Dietz, my editor extraordinaire, sat at my dinner table. I also met Alana White, a newly signed Five Star writer with a book coming out Dec. 2012.

And I should back up to the Mystery Trivia contest on Thursday night. Greg and Mary Bruss did an outstanding job on making the game fun and testing our knowledge. Of the three teams, I was on the red team, same as last year. And even though my contributions were slight, our team displayed excellence on the trivia field and won the night. I'm officially two for two at Mystery Trivia.


Cozy panel: Luisa Buehler, CS Challinor, Jennie Bentley (mod), Lisa Wysocky, Maggie
 My take-home message? Do more social media connecting. Consistent networking is my new goal.

Now I'm back home, trying to keep my feet walking on sunshine for a little longer, but starting to wade through the piled up mail, dirty laundry, and other necessaries of living. But I'm already looking forward to next year!

Maggie Toussaint
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 29, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    I love most a post with visuals. I'm such a visual person--gotta see something. So, I enjoyed your snapshots--you look sooooo professional! I thought you tromped around in wader boots and a fishing cap....or was that...never mind.
    Anyway, I enjoyed reading about the conference. and glad it was worthwhile.
    Celia

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  2. Maggie ToussaintAugust 29, 2011 at 7:45 PM

    Hi Celia! If you only knew what it took for me to pull off the professional look. I am indeed very casual around home. It's rare for me to wear "nice" clothes. The pair of knee-highs I wore the first day must have been 6 years old, and within an hour of wearing sagged like geriatric elephant skin. Yikes - mental note - buy new things like this for conferences. Thanks for dropping in.
    Maggie

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  3. Stephanie Burkhart September 3, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    Maggie,
    I think you're on to something when you say do more media social networking. I'm kinda working on my twitter networking as well has having open promo days on Facebook Fan Page and things are picking up a little. It's time consuming so I have to budget my time. I love the pics of the conference. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and impressions, especially to us who simply don't have an opportunity to go to these.

    Smiles
    Steph

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