Stay ConnectedThe Sisters in Crime Writers' podcast features conversations with our members about the writing journey: their process, what they've learned, what they wish they'd know sooner. For 40 years we've supported our members with classes, workshops, webinars, and community. We're also an advocacy organization for all crime writers. No matter where a writer is on their journey, SinC is an organization where writers belong.
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Nicolette Lemmon, the innovative founder of LemmonTree Marketing Group, guided the marketing efforts of dozens of major corporations and financial institutions, designing award-winning campaigns to build name awareness and bottom lines. Many of her marketing solutions won coveted awards for her consulting firm and clients. She also developed and presented cutting-edge seminars, training workshops, and key-note speeches to thousands of people in audiences from Puerto Rico to California, from Hawaii to New York, and points in between with topics such as “Branding Concepts & Storytelling,” “Jump Start Your Creative Batteries” and “Marketing Yourself for Future Success.”
In addition, Nicolette wrote more than fifty articles for national and regional publications, as well as five non-fiction books, addressing strategies for business growth, target marketing, and other subjects to aid professionals in building business and profitability. Her popular book, Almost Famous: How to Market Yourself for Success, helped people to achieve success in their careers and small businesses. Her weekly blog to inspire friends, Simply Stated Sundays, (www.nicolettelemmon.com), has found fans and followers across the United States.
In writing her first fiction novel, Mind’s Eye Murder, part of the “Reluctant Psychic Mystery” series, she was led to join the national organization, Sisters in Crime, where she produced SINC-UP! video tips from authors, editors, and agents as part of the education committee. She helped found a local chapter, Grand Canyon Writers. Nicolette has served on the Board of Directors, currently as President, and developed a program entitled, "The Mysteries & More Marketing Network." It was designed for both traditionally and independently published members for guidance in marketing themselves and selling books. From this program, participants asked her for a handbook which led to creating this book as an easy-to-follow guide geared for writers who want to successfully sell their books in today’s crowded marketplace.
Nicolette’s additional qualifications include having earned a master’s in business administration (MBA) from Arizona State University and she served on the faculty of five separate universities and institutes including the University of Phoenix where she taught classes in marketing management. In addition to many prestigious marketing awards, she was nominated for Inc. Magazine’s and Ernst and Young’s, “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” in Arizona, received the “Top 100 Small Businesses-Arizona” award and “Top 50 Woman-Owned Businesses-Arizona” honors from DiversityBusiness.com for ten years.
Throughout her career, she volunteered for national and local charities in promoting their organizations to increase volunteer recruitment and donations. She has also served on the Board of Directors of Arizona Central Credit Union, a $750 million financial institution, since 2020.
For more information on Nicolette and her newest projects go to www.LemmonTree.com or www.nicolettelemmon.com
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/nicolette.lemmon
Instagram @nslemmon
Website www.nicolettelemmon.com
SinC-Up Tips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDf2fizOruEix2JEHLaDcSF7hO1W5YsQJ
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
James M. (Jim) Jackson authors the Seamus McCree series, which explores financial crimes, family relationships, and what happens when they mix. The series includes 8 novels, 2 novellas, and several short stories. He’s currently working on a new series featuring Niki, an undercover FBI agent.
Jim is a life member of Sisters in Crime and a past president of the Guppy Chapter. He enjoys teaching and helping other authors as much as he does writing. His two most popular classes are “Revision and Self-Editing” and “Independently Publishing Your Novel – Choices, Choices, Choices.”
He calls home the deep woods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. These days he is a snowbird with clipped wings, retreating south only as far as Madison, Wisconsin when weather and road conditions make access to his U.P. home problematic.
You can find out more about Jim or sign up for his newsletter at his website https://jamesmjackson.com.
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/james.m.jackson.author/
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier’s stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, Stone’s Throw, Smoking Pen Press, The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023, and The Caribbean Writer. Originally from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ashley-Ruth is a writer of contemporary Caribbean mysteries. Ashley-Ruth currently lives in Apex, NC with her husband and 4 children, where she teaches first grade…and finds few things more valuable than uninterrupted writing time and the perfect cup of tea.
Facebook Page Ashley-Ruth Moolenaar Bernier
Instagram @armbernier
Threads Handle: @armbernier
Website: ashleyruthbernier.com
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Vicki Berger Erwin worked in a number of jobs in the “book biz,” including writing over 30 books ranging from middle grade to adult nonfiction, but mystery is her favorite.
Facebook Page www.facebook.com/VickiBergerErwin
Instagram www.instagram.com/VickiBergerErwin
Threads Handle: VickiBergerErwin
Website Www.Vickibergererwin.com
From the podcast:
Neal Shusterman COURAGE TO DREAM, Tales of Hope in the Holocaust
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Margot Douaihy, PhD, is the author of three books of poetry and the queer hardboiled mysteries Blessed Water (2024) and Scorched Grace (2023), both published with Gillian Flynn Books/Zando. Scorched Grace was a USA Today National Bestseller, an Indie Next pick, named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times, The Guardian, and CrimeReads, and the winner of the Pinckley Prize in Crime Fiction for best debut mystery. Margot is an assistant professor with Emerson College, and she serves as a co-editor of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Crime Narratives Series. Her recent academic research includes "Beat the Clock: Queer Temporality and Disrupting Chrononormativity in Crime Fiction," a NeMLA 2024 paper. The next mystery in her Sister Holiday series, Divine Ruin, will be published in 2025 with Gillian Flynn Books.
Facebook Page Margot Douaihy
Instagram @NeonMargot
Threads Handle: @NeonMargot
Other Social Media:@MargotDouaihy
Website www.margotdouaihy.com
PRIDE award information: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/pride
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Nikki Dolson is the author of the novel All Things Violent and the story collection Love and Other Criminal Behavior. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Southwest Review, Best American Mystery and Suspense, Vautrin, TriQuarterly, Tough, and other publications.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkidolson
Blue Sky Handle: https://bsky.app/profile/nikkidolson.bsky.social
Website: www.nikkidolson.com
Crime Writers of Color: https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/
Guppies: https://www.sinc-guppies.org/
Rock and a Hard Place Magazine: https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/publications
“In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried” by Amy Hempel
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Julia Dahl is the author of The Missing Hours, Conviction, Run You Down, and Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, one of the Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2014, and has been translated into eight languages. A former reporter for CBS News and the New York Post, she now teaches journalism at NYU.
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/JuliaDahlAuthor
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msjuliadahl
Blue Sky Handle juliadahl.bluesky.social
Threads Handle: @msjuliadahl
Other Social Media: Twitter/X: @juliadahl
Website www.juliadahl.com
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
www.SistersinCrime.org
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Jessie Chandler is the author of nine novels, including the slapstick Shay O’Hanlon Caper Series. Her crime fiction has garnered an Independent Publisher Book Award, three Golden Crown Literary Awards, three USA Book Awards, and an American Book Award. The fifth book in her Shay O’Hanlon Series was a Lambda Literary finalist.
Jessie is a past board member of the Midwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, a past vice president of the Twin Cities chapter of Sisters in Crime and is currently serving on the national board of MWA. She’s given workshops on how to moderate panels and how to be a team-playing panelist. For the last several years, she’s critiqued manuscripts for the MWA’s Manuscript Critique Program and MWA Midwest’s Mentor Program. She’s also mentored emerging writers through the Golden Crown Literary Society, of which she’s been a part of for the last seventeen years, as well as a charter member of the burgeoning OPUS Literary Alliance.
Fall and winter finds Jessie feverishly writing, and she spends springtime knee deep in edits and revisions. Summers are spent traveling to crazy, weird, awesome places.
Facebook Page @jchandlerauthor
Instagram @jchandlerauthor and @theauthorpaints
Website: www.jessiechandler.com
Mentioned in the podcast:
Ellen Hart previous podcast guest: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/Ellen_Hart
Lori Lake: https://www.lorillake.com/
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Amy C. Condra serves as Member at Large on the national board of Sisters in Crime. She is an aspiring mystery writer who currently serves as a public affairs lead for the Department of Justice. Prior to joining government service, Amy worked as a journalist. She won several Virginia Press Association awards and is the author of Countries of the World: Vietnam (Gareth Stevens Publishing).
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/amy.condra
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Threads Handle: https://www.threads.net/@amycondra
Other Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycondra/
Website: www.amycondra.com
Authors mentioned in the podcast:
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
www.SistersinCrime.org
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Susan Hammerman, a former rare book librarian, writes crime and neo-noir short stories. Her stories have appeared in Mystery Magazine, Dark City Mystery Magazine, Blood and Bourbon, Suspense Magazine, Retreats From Oblivion, Mondays are Murder, and the Stories (Within) anthology. She has served on the national board since 2021 and has been a member of Sisters in Crime since 2015.
Website https://www.susanhammerman.com/
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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo
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