Getting the Word Out

Minnesota author and librarian Barbara Fister writes to say that “I’ve thrown down the velvet glove, er, gauntlet and issued a challenge to blog about women writers in connection with Sisters in Crime’s 25th anniversary.” She spells out the rules in her blog:

Easy challenge: write a blog post about a work of crime fiction by a woman author; list five more women authors who you recommend.

Moderate challenge: write five blog posts about works of crime fiction by women authors. For each, mention another woman author who writes in a similar vein.

Expert challenge: write ten blog posts about works of crime fiction by women authors. For each, mention three similar women authors whose works you would recommend.

Deadline: whenever. Another one of the joys of reading for pleasure is not having deadlines. Also, feel free to recycle previous reviews. I’m all about recycling.

Fister wants to compile these challenge posts. Just “tag your posts with “SinC25,” she writes. “And if you tweet, use the hashtag #SinC25.”

Find out more about this challenge and Sisters in Crime here.