The Writer's Chatroom  www.writerschatroom.com     Newsletter Archive | http://archives.zinester.com/58237   Please check the Chatroom Schedule for information on upcoming guests and writing-related chat topics. Visit our Previous Guests page to catch up on what you've missed. CHAT WITH HAILEY LIND Hailey Lind is the pseudonym for two sisters, one an artist and the other a historian. Together, they write the Art Lover’s Mystery Series. The first in the series, Feint of Art, was nominated for an Agatha award for Best First Novel and has been translated into Japanese. The second, Shooting Gallery, was an Independent Mystery Booksellers’ Association (IMBA) Bestseller. The third, Brush with Death, is set in an historic cemetery and columbarium and will be released July 3, 2007.  One-half of Hailey, Julie Goodson-Lawes, is a San Francisco Bay Area muralist and portrait painter with her own faux finishing and design business. Before pursuing art full time Julie worked as a waitress, an anthropologist, an ESL teacher, and a family therapist. A California native, she graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a major in Latin American studies before earning Masters’ Degrees in Anthropology and Social Welfare from the State University of New York at Albany.  She has published several non-fiction articles on immigration as well as one book-length translation and has lived in Mexico, Spain, Italy, the Philippines, and France. She now resides in Oakland with her teenaged son, a rescued dog, and two housemates. Besides writing and painting, Julie enjoys gardening, cooking, renovating old homes, hiking and –occasionally--dancing to salsa music until dawn.     Carolyn J. Lawes received a BA in History from the University of Santa Clara, and, after a brief and remarkably unhappy sojourn as a Personnel Assistant in the Silicon Valley, earned an MA and a PhD in History from UC Davis. She taught in Paris for a year and traveled extensively before becoming an Associate Professor of History at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where she specializes in American women’s history. Carolyn has published numerous academic articles and reviews and one major book, Women and Reform in a New England Community, 1815-1860. She has won both college and university teaching awards, and was voted “Favorite Professor” in 1996. She lives with her partner and several rescued dogs and cats in Norfolk, Virginia, where she spends her spare time reading and coming up with new mystery plots. www.haileylind.com www.artloversmysteries.blogspot.com   TOTAL Funds for Writers - One of the premier newsletters for writers ... 2000+ paying opportunities per year 90+ paying opportunities per issue biweekly to your email box grants, competitions, freelance markets, jobs, publishers, agents $400 or 20 cent/word and up in payment one article on how to improve your freelance income still the same high quality publication as our regular FundsforWriters newsletter - just more of it! delivered via Zinester.com   DOOR PRIZE   Julie and Carolyn have donated a copy of all three of their books as prizes: Feint of Art, Shooting Gallery, and Brush with Death (All paperback, Signet Mysteries.) These will be awarded to lucky chatters at the mid-point of the chat. Remember, you MUST be present to win! Please feel free to pass this announcement on to anyone or any groups that you think may be interested.  Thank you. WHEN? Sunday, July 8, 2007 Eastern USA Time……………………..7 PM Not sure what time that is wherever in the world you are?  http://www.worldtimeserver.com WHERE? The Writers Chatroom at:  http://writerschatroom.com  Click on "Enter Chatroom". It may take a moment to load. Type in the name you wish to be known by, and click Login. No password needed. Please note:  The chatroom is only open for regularly scheduled chats.  Don't forget the open chat on Wednesday nights, 8-11 pm EST! Have you joined the forum yet? Meet our members. Keep the discussions going after chat. Learn where the hottest markets are for your genre. Find a critting or writing partner. Get inspiration, education, and social interaction at the same place: http://writerschatroom.com/forum/index.php   We look forward to chatting with you! Audrey Shaffer      Linda Hutchinson      Renee Barnes