CRIMEWRITING WORKSHOP
If you’ve ever had an inkling to write a crime fiction story, or you have a story in your head but don’t know where to start, this workshop could be just the thing for you.
Sharon Bairden and Noelle Holten are veteran Crime Fiction Bloggers, reading a staggering number of crime books between them, and blogging about them, attending book festivals and getting on first name terms with the kings and queens of crime fiction such as Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Chris Brookmyre.
They have now turned to writing their own crime fiction, with 9 books between them so far, and more on the way.
They both attended the well-respected ‘Crime and Publishment’ crime fiction writing workshops regularly, but now the tables are turning again and, for the first time, Sharon and Noelle are going to deliver an introductory workshop in crimewriting.
This interactive event will guide potential crime writers through taking an original idea and developing the plot and characters, to editing and submitting your manuscript to and agent or publisher.
It won’t give you a comprehensive guide to the whole writing, editing and publishing process, but it will point you in the right direction, and show you where to start.
And it will be fun. Sharon and Noelle have a dark sense of humour, and they’re passionate about crime fiction, so don’t miss this workshop if you are a debut crime writer, a writer who has a manuscript but doesn’t know quite how to develop it, or you are just curious about crimewriting.
SHARON BAIRDEN
By day Sharon Bairden manages in a small local independent advocacy service and has a passion for human rights; by night she has a passion for all things criminal. She also blogs over at Chapterinmylife and is delighted to have crossed over to the other side of the fence to become a writer.
Sharon’s debut novel, Sins of the Father, was published in November 2020 by Red Dog Press
You Need Me, was released on October 12th 2021, also published by Red Dog Press
Sharon is currently working on her third standalone psychological thriller
Sharon lives on the outskirts of Glasgow, has two grown up children, a grandson, a Golden Labrador and a cat. She spends most of her spare time doing all things bookish, from reading to attending as many book festivals and launches as she can.
NOELLE HOLTEN
Noelle Holten is an award-winning blogger at CrimeBookJunkie. She is a book publicist by day, and previously worked as a Senior Probation Officer for eighteen years, covering a variety of risk cases as well as working in a multi agency setting. She has three Hons BA’s – Philosophy, Sociology (Crime & Deviance) and Community Justice – and a Masters in Criminology. Noelle’s hobbies include reading, attending as many book festivals as she can afford and sharing the booklove via her blog.
Dead Inside was her 2019 debut novel with One More Chapter/Harper Collins UK, and is is an international kindle bestseller, the start of a series of 5 books featuring the feisty DC Maggie Jamieson. She has also written two standalone thrillers, 6 Ripley Avenue and His Truth is Her Truth.
Website Facebook X Instagram Tiktok YouTube
