Santa Claus Needs You!

This year the kids who believe in Santa Claus need answers to their letters more than ever. The Post Office has a plan for making sure the letters you answer will be safe both coming in and going out. Please, so many boys and girls need to know Santa Claus is still there, ready to listen.

Hopes & Dreams: My Writing and My Sons

by Lillian Csernica on December 5, 2016

The letters to Santa Claus have begun to arrive. Right after Thanksgiving, I let the local post offices know that once again I’d be ready, willing, and able to join the network of Volunteer Elves all over the U.S.  We answer the letters children write to Santa Claus. We help keep the magic of childhood bright and sparkling.

If you believed in Santa Claus when you were little, please consider lending a hand this holiday season. There are always more letters than there are volunteers available to answer them. Would you like to know how much joy a letter from Santa Claus can bring? Let me share with you some moments from the more than ten years I’ve been answering these letters.

One young lady asked for a gift certificate to a local bookstore. I called the bookstore, explained myself as a volunteer…

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Laurie R. King Q&A!

by Lillian Csernica on November 18, 2020

sistersincrime.org

Here’s the latest news on how to participate in the Q&A this coming Saturday!

Hi, everyone. We’re doing something a little different for our meeting on 11/21/20, 10:30 AM, with Laurie R. King. We’re taking questions in advance so that we can be well-organized and make the best use of our time. You can not only submit your own question, but you can vote on those already submitted. The Pigeonhole system automatically puts the most popular question(s) at the top of the list. To submit your question, just go to www.pigeonhole.at and enter pass code COASTAL1121.
If you haven’t pre-registered, now’s a great time to sign up at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvc-moqj8uH9SKJKktykhtlTayjm_xa5hx
I look forward to seeing all dog you on Saturday!

Sharon E. Cathcart
Award-Winning Historical Fiction Author
Member, Historical Novel Society & Sisters in Crime

#nanowrimo Come Listen to Laurie R. King!

by Lillian Csernica on November 2, 2020

booksinc.net

A new sponsor for NaNoWriMo 2020 is Sisters in Crime. Are you writing a mystery? Are you interested in the techniques of good storytelling and the insight from a master of suspense? This event is for you!

Date: Saturday NOVEMBER 21

Time: 10:30 – 12:00

Topic: In Conversation with Laurie R. King. An informal Q&A session.

Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories. She is probably the only writer to have both an Edgar and an honorary doctorate in theology. 
She spent her childhood reading her way through libraries up and down the West Coast; her middle years raising children, renovating houses, traveling the world, and doing a BA and MA in theology.  King now lives a genteel life of crime, on California’s central coast, and is a founding member of Coastal Cruisers.

Please contact chapter social media liaison Victoria Kazarian, vkazarian@gmail.com, to register. Zoom information will be sent out prior to the meeting.