FAN-GIRL MOMENTS FROM THE INSECURE WRITER by Lynn Chandler Willis
There's an old saying about the best writers are avid readers, and I believe that to be true. It was none more true than the days I spent at Bouchercon 2015. Bouchercon is the world's largest mystery writer and reader convention on the planet. Probably Mars, too, but that hasn't been proven. Yet. This was my first Bouchercon. To say it was a little overwhelming is an understatement. Yes, I went as a writer. I have three published books, two with decent sized publishers and my last book, Wink of an Eye , with one of the big guns, so I had attained “author status.” Wink of an Eye won the 2013 St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writer's of America Best 1 st P.I. Novel competition, and this year was a finalist for the Shamus Award. As a finalist and nominee, I was invited to the Shamus Awards Banquet and rubbed elbows with the likes of Steve Hamilton, Brad Parks, Bill Crider and Lawrence Block. I forgot I was a writer. I forgot my work was even nominated ...