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To join the National Chapter of Sisters in Crime,
please send a check for $35 payable in U.S. & Canada, to Sisters in Crime
along with your name, address, city, state and zip code, e-mail and phone number.
to:
Sisters in Crime - Membership
P.O. Box 442124
Lawrence KS 66044-8933

Are you a Published Mystery Writer, Published Author, Bookseller, Mystery Reader, Librarian, Agent / Publicist, Editor, Critic / Reviewer, or other? Then join us as a member of both Sisters in Crime and Alaska Sisters in Crime.

The local chapter of Alaska Sisters in Crime has dues of $20 to become an associate member, or $50 to cover local and national, which are payable to our Alaska Sisters in Crime
Rhonda Sleighter
P.O. Box 100382
Anchorage, Alaska 99510-0382.
Please make checks payable to Alaska Sisters in Crime.

Wondering why you should join the National organization?

When you pay your SinC national dues, you're giving yourself the gift of knowing, now and in the future, that you'll be able to continue reading the mysteries you love. In the ever changing world of publishing, women authors need your support. By paying your SinC national dues, you're showing our authors that you care about the future of mysteries written by women. All it costs is 11 cents a day. (President of Sisters in Crime Kate Grilley)

I was asked to expand on a point I made at the Chap. prez meeting at LCC, relating to Prez Kate's words above. The "ever-changing world of publishing" is focussing more and more on the big sellers. These tend to be by men, or where they're by women they're page-turning suspense (MH Clark) or forensics (Cornwell). What gets lost are "softer" books where either character studies or humor predominate. Yes, cozies. Yes, mostly by women. Where women do write
"what the guys write," we don't get the same attention or respect. The whole thing turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Reviews focus on "what people are reading." People read what's reviewed because that's all they know is out there. Publishers push books by authors who already sell big, or new authors who write books like the ones that sell big. Reviewers review what publishers push. And soon there's nothing to read but Grisham and Clancy. National SinC, by pointing out the disparity in advances, publicity, reviews and respect, can help keep women in print. The chapters don't do this, National does. This is what you get for your National dues -- the opportunity to keep reading the writers you want to read. (Author, SJ Rozan)

 
For More Information

Kimberley Gray - Current Chapter President

Alaska Sisters in Crime P.O. Box 100382 Anchorage, AK 99510 907-566-7500