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INK holds meetings the 2nd Thursday of each month from September to June
@ the Old Y
223 12th Ave. SW
Calgary, AB

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Emile Zola (1840-1902)
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The Ink Reference Library

Mystery Writers Ink owns a loaning library of solid crime and mystery writing reference books, available free of charge to members. To borrow a book, contact our Library co-ordinator before the next monthly meeting. The Library co-ordinator will confirm your message was received and bring the book (if not already checked out) to the next INK monthly meeting.

Books may be signed out for a period of one month between September and June.

Research Fiction Magazines/Other Audio

Books (Research)

  Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) Apply Yourself: Grant Application Guide
  Applebaum, Judith

How to Get Happily Published

 

Bickham, Jack

Scene & Structure: Elements of Fiction Writing

 

Bintliff, Russell

Police Procedural: A writers guide to police and how they work.

  Block, Lawrence Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print
 

Brown, Rita Mae

Starting From Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual

 

Card, Orson Scott

Characters & Viewpoint: Elements of Fiction Writing

 

Dibell, Ansen

Plot: Elements of Fiction Writing

 

Fallis, Greg

Just the Facts, Ma'am: A writer's guide to investigators and investigation techniques

 

Faron, Fay

Rip-Off: A writer's guide to crimes of deception

  Frey, James How to Write a Damn Good Mystery
  Frey, James The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth
 

Grafton, Sue (Ed)

Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America

 

Herbert, Rosemary (Ed)

The Oxford Companion to Crime & Mystery Writing

 

King, Stephen

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

 

Kress, Nancy

Beginnings, Middles & Ends: Elements of Fiction Writing

 

Kress, Nancy

Dynamic Characters: How to create personalities that keep readers captivated

 

Lamott, Anne

Bird by Bird: Some Instruction on Writing and Life

 

Lucke, Margaret

Writing Mysteries

 

Mactire, Sean

Malicious Intent: A writer's guide to how criminals think

 

McCutcheon and Waite

The Writers Brainstorming Kit: Thinking in New Directions

Pickard, Nancy and Lott, Lyne Seven Steps on the Writer's Path: The journey from frustration to fulfillment.
O'Cork, Shannon How to Write Mysteries
 

Page, David

Body Trauma: A writer's guide to wounds and injuries

Roerden, Chris

Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction Writing Techniques to save your manuscript from turning up DOA.

  Turco, Lewis Dialogue: How to get your characters talking to each other
 

Wilson, Keith

Cause of Death: A writer's guide to death, murder and forensic medicine

  Rodale, J.I. compiler and editor The Word Finder
 

Wambaugh , Joseph

The Blooding (first legal case using DNA) - Joseph Wambaugh

Windgate, Anne Scene of the Crime:
A writer's guide to crime-scene investigations
Berton, Pierre The Joy of Writing
Goldberg, Natalie Writing Down the Bones
Maass, Donald The Career Novelist

Books (Fiction)

  Carmichael, C.J. Next of Kin (novel)
  Carmichael, C.J. Seattle After Midnight (novel)
  Coughlan, Eileen Dying by Degrees (novel)
Coughlan, Eileen Grizzlie Lies (novel)
  Evanovich, Janet Rocky Road to Romance
  McCall Smith, Alexander Ladies Number One Detective Agency
  Owad, Steven Bodycheck
  Metikosh, Anne Undercurrent (novel)
  Nicholson, Deborah House Report (novel)
  Nicholson, Deborah Evening the Score (novel)
  Sayers, Dorothy L., Simenon, Georges et al. Mystery Quartet (short stories)
  Shultz Nicholson, Lorna See Fox Run (novel)

Magazines/other

  City of Calgary Police Dept. The Policeman's Notebook (photocopies)
 

Drapeau, Col. (Ret.) Michel W.

Canadian Military Law. (folder)

  Storyteller Magazine, Fall 2004 issue
featuring short story "Tommy Palmer's Ghost"
written by INK member Jayne Barnard
Storyteller Magazine Summer 2004 issue featuring short story "Bested" written by INK member Susan Calder
Writing Magazine March 2005
Writing Magazine July 2005

Audio

Available on CD

  March 9, 006 Networking for Writers
  Feb 9, 2006

Independent Booksellers

  Jan 12, 2006 Harrogate & Bloddy Words
  Nov 5, 2005 The Three Act Structure
March, 2005

Setting
Couglan, Eileen

Spring 2005 Medical Examiners' Office
Jan 13, 2005 Hendrickson, Joan: Pharmacist: Muder by Poison
April 2, 2004 Glab, Mahrie: Mystery Structure & The Crime Scene
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Collins, Jeff: Firearms

? Gradon, John: Cop Reporter
? Jakober, Marie: Characters
? Radke, Susan: Lawyer: Criminal Law
Last Updated: February 4, 2007
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