Once again, a stylish Queer Crime Writers gathering at Left Coast Crime in San Francisco! 😊 This time: Top of the Mark. What views! Thanks to everyone who came out! ❤️
Also, thanks to Marco Carocari for the photos and the collage.
Once again, a stylish Queer Crime Writers gathering at Left Coast Crime in San Francisco! 😊 This time: Top of the Mark. What views! Thanks to everyone who came out! ❤️
Also, thanks to Marco Carocari for the photos and the collage.
Such a pleasure to read at the superb The Best Bookstore on Union Square's fog-inspired evening of flash crime short stories with so many remarkable (wow!) writers.
What a blast ... and we actually summoned the fog!
Thanks to Rob Osler for organizing.
Queer Crime Writer Sightings at @LeftCoastCrime2026
THANK YOU @johncopenhaver.bsky.social @thejennhooker @roboslerwriter.bsky.social for the get-together @ Top of the MarkSF
And to Alexa Wejko and Nick Whitney from @sohopress.bsky.social for hanging with the cool kids
@bywaterbooks.bsky.social
TONIGHT!
Hosted by @elsatouche.bsky.social
@johncopenhaver.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @audreyleeauthor.bsky.social @karenodden.bsky.social @gigipandian.bsky.social @saraparetsky.bsky.social @garyphillips59.bsky.social @fayesnowden.bsky.social
At @bestbookstore.bsky.social Union Sq
NEW THIS SUMMER from RHP Press: WAVES OF BURDEN. The new novel from Anthony Award-winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. You don't want to miss this one.
07.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 20 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 6Amazing! Congratulations, my friend!
07.02.2026 20:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Scenes fall apart when they’re all dialogue, all description, or all navel-gazing. In Inside Character, Part III, I break down how to weave action, setting, and interiority into something embodied and alive. The final installment of the series—check it out!
➡️ open.substack.com/pub/johncope...
Scenes fall apart when they’re all dialogue, all description, or all navel-gazing. In Inside Character, Part III, I break down how to weave action, setting, and interiority into something embodied and alive. The final installment of the series—check it out!
➡️ open.substack.com/pub/johncope...
Congratulations, Curtis! 🎉
02.02.2026 19:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The latest Queer Crime Writers newsletter shares our recent anthology representation report, a thoughtful conversation with Robyn Gigl, and a celebration of Fall 2025 LGBTQIA+ crime fiction. 💜 It’s public—subscribe, read, and share to lift queer crime voices: queercrimewriters.substack.com
30.01.2026 16:10 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New on my Substack: “Inside the Character, Part II.” A practical look at how fiction gets inside a mind—first-person, third-person limited, and how interiority works in fiction. If this kind of craft talk helps you, give it a read (and maybe subscribe).
➡️ johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Looking forward to meeting you! It's a great conference. : )
19.01.2026 20:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RVA friends and readers, I’m chatting with Con Lehane about his fantastic new historical crime novel, The Red Scare Murders at Fountain Bookstore, Inc. this Wednesday, 1/14 at 6:00 PM.
Don’t miss it! Free registration below
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Such a great talk! 😀
10.01.2026 22:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
In case you missed the virtual event with @johncopenhaver.bsky.social, Mysti Berry, and myself, here it is on YouTube. Check it out and let us know what you think.
10.01.2026 18:51 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0I get an AI scam “we want to feature your book in our bookclub” four or five times a day.
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I’m so excited to be in conversation with Anthony Award–winning author Olivia Blacke about her new mystery, Death at the Door—we’ll be talking all things mystery, hauntings, and ghostly crime solvers. 👻📚
RVA friends, swing by!
Thrilled to see Crime Ink: Iconic on the Los Angeles Blade’s list of Best Books to Give This Holiday Season. This anthology is close to my heart, and I’m grateful for these incredible contributors and their stellar work. 🎄❤️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
14.12.2025 17:16 — 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Unashamed! … to love it. ♥️
07.12.2025 04:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Richmond, swing by tonight for a drink and X-mas shopping! Books make great gifts!
06.12.2025 16:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This winter round-up from @queercrimefic.bsky.social on @crimereads.bsky.social shows how boldly queer crime writers address issues from anti-LGBTQ+ legislation to the machinery of power. Check them out!
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This Saturday, 7–9 PM: BrewHoHo at Afterglow Coffee Cooperative! Come grab a drink, browse books, and meet 16 of RVA’s best authors—including me.😉
@shelflifebooksrva.bsky.social will have books for sale, and we’ll be signing. Get a jump on holiday shopping and have some fun. 🎄📚☕️
Next week, join Curtis Ippolito, Mysti Berry, and me for a conversation about editing anthologies that go beyond theme—they’re built to push for change. The event is free and hosted by the MWA NorCal Chapter, but you’ll need to register. See you there! ➡️ bit.ly/3XzdSoa
02.12.2025 21:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thrilled to see Crime Ink: Iconic—the anthology I edited with Salem West—and Every Say a Little Death, edited by Josh Pachter, both featured in Oline Cogdill’s Sun Sentinel best-of column. Grateful to Oline for championing crime fiction, especially short fiction!
28.11.2025 15:07 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
I loved talking with @rachelhowzell.bsky.social, @almakatsu.bsky.social, and @alexsegura.bsky.social about what happens when writers jump genres. The risks, the surprises, the freedom. If you’re interested in how reinvention fuels craft, check out the article: www.thebigthrill.org/2025/11/cros...
25.11.2025 15:34 — 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Honored to be part of this great profile on multi-genre authors, including pals @rachelhowzell.bsky.social and @almakatsu.bsky.social, by the talented @johncopenhaver.bsky.social at ITW's The Big Thrill! www.thebigthrill.org/2025/11/cros...
24.11.2025 18:12 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0toying with the idea of writing in more than one genre? read this by @johncopenhaver.bsky.social feat @rachelhowzell.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social & me www.thebigthrill.org/2025/11/cros...
24.11.2025 18:53 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Excited to announce this free, virtual event. Hosted by MWA NorCal, Mysti Berry, @johncopenhaver.bsky.social, and I will have a conversation about crime fiction that matters and what our role as writers and editors is to meet the moment. More info and free registration in the comments. Join us!!
14.11.2025 17:38 — 👍 16 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
Thank you to everyone who came out to Shelf Life Books to celebrate the touring wrap-up for Crime Ink: Iconic! 🎉
Such a great crowd and such a supportive community. Especially thanks to my fab co-presenter Cheryl Head for coming down from DC.
Hey, Richmond! 🌈 This Thurs, Nov 13, 7 PM—join me & @cheaddc.bsky.social at Shelf Life Books for the final stop of the Crime Ink: Iconic tour! Free event celebrating queer crime fiction I co-edited w/ Salem West. Come for the convo, stay for the community.
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