Earlier this evening Leslie & Dave Bevens of the Cork & Stogie hosted the first Crime Night public reading of the Casa Marina Writers Group. Four of the six members read from recently published works to an appreciative audience in a warm and cozy setting.
Our erudite hostess, Dahlia Woods, introduced us, opening with quotes from Mae West – herself an early bodacious noirette.
Great snacks, desserts, complimentary wine tastings, but look what was really on the menu:
Happy listeners including Ms Yleana, Mike Dennis’ girlfriend, AKA “The Hot Tamale.”
OMG could these be the literary ladies of the Big Pine Key writers group? I recognize Susannah, Joan and Linda who came to hear us.
Michael Haskins spoke about industry changes in publishing- finding his lost manuscript and then read from “Revenge.”
Jonathan was next, with tales you would most certainly never hear from your mama. Jonathan & Dahlia have recently moved to our fair isle and we are thrilled to have them.
I was next – “It was a dark & stormy night . . ”
Mike made up the fourth, opening with a gripping diatribe on his obsession with “noir.” Then the opening pages of his latest novel.
Signings. Thank you to everyone who came, everyone who bought our books, everyone who thought about buying our books.
Thank you to my sweetheart, Sean, who is not in these pictures because he took them all. He will be doing stand up at The Hog’s Breath this Saturday, November 12th along with 6 or 7 others.
Thank you Cork & Stogie for your gracious hospitality!
A great event, indeed, and great photos, too! I hope they host another one sometime in the future.
As I looked at the photos I thought “Hey! They’re outside!” since I am inside, freezing, because it’s November and I am in Canada. But this comment says nothing about your event except that I wish I had been there, for more than the obvious reasons.
I like the image of all the books on the sale table. It looked like a table of riches to me. I hope it was empty by the end of the night 😉
So glad it went well for everyone involved. Yay!