February - Michelle Gagnon

Michelle Gagnon's novels have been published in North America, France, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Australia, and have been IMBA top 10 bestsellers. Her most recent novel, THE GATEKEEPER, involves a domestic terror plot by anti-immigration hate groups. Michelle is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers. Every Thursday she blogs about life, writing, and petty annoyances on The Kill Zone.

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January Workshop - Blogging for Publishing and Promoting Your Writing

SBW member and professional blogger, Bill Belew presented a workshop that explored blogging as a means for publishing and promoting your work. Bill has four blog topics to more than 1 million page views each. His combined network of blogs has more than 14 million page views and now gets about 1 million views monthly.

Bill's sites can be discovered by beginning at www.panasianbiz.com.

January - Gerard Jones

Gerard Jones writes about popular culture in his books, Men of Tomorrow - Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book (Winner of the Eisner Award, 2005), Killing Monsters - Why Children Need Fantasy, Superheroes and Make-Believe Violence, and Honey I'm Home - Sitcoms Selling the American Dream.

Gerard Jones' website