Writers Critique Group

We are now up to five members in our writers critique group. We’re meeting through Zoom twice a month and submitting 10-20 pages each time for review.

Successful Hip Replacement Surgery Yesterday

My hip replacement surgery was a success yesterday. I went into the hospital early in the morning, walked around with the assistance of a physical therapist midday and was released from the hospital in the late afternoon. I’m moving around using a walker at home. Things have changed since the procedure of multiple days in the hospital.

Event at Palos Verdes, CA, Library

 Jeri Fonté would like to invite SWM and Surfwriters to an

In-Person Meeting, at the Palos Verdes Library,

Saturday, June. 3, 2023 at 2 to 4PM

Open to all, bring your writer friends

   Our guest speaker will be Mike Befeler 

 

Mike Befeler will give a presentation titled, "Lessons Learned as an Author," about his experiences starting to write later in life. He will also discuss his latest mystery novel, "Old Detectives Home."

   Imagine a retirement home populated with residents such as an aging Hercule Poirot and a dementia-suffering Sherlock Holmes and run by staff including Art Doyle, Dash Hammett and Dot Sayers. In this light-hearted spoof of the mystery genre, every character is either a namesake of a person from the mystery writing world or a character from a mystery novel. On anything but a dark and stormy night, a dead body is found. The staff managers find themselves unable to control the unruly old detectives. Mix in clues and red herrings galore as the cast of suspects investigate each other. Hold on to your rockers as the top detectives of all time reunite at Old Detectives Home to solve their most difficult whodunit—but first without killing each other.

Mike Befeler is the author of nineteen books including six novels in the Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series ("Retirement Homes Are Murder," "Living with Your Kids Is Murder," "Senior Moments Are Murder," "Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder," "Care Homes Are Murder," "Nursing Homes Are Murder"), two of which were finalist for The Lefty Award for best humorous mystery. He has ten other published mystery novels: "Old Detectives Home," "Unstuff Your Stuff," "Death of a Scam Artist," "The V V Agency," "The Back Wing," "The Front Wing," "The Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse," "Murder on the Switzerland Trail," "Court Trouble and Paradise Court"; an international thriller, "The Tesla Legacy"; a non-fiction book, "The Best Chicken Thief in All of Europe"; and a novella, "Coronavirus Daze."  He’s past-president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, and now lives in Lakewood, California, with his wife, Wendy.

 

His Web Site:

Mike Befeler www.mikebefeler.com

Hip Replacement Surgery

I’m scheduled for hip replacement surgery in two weeks. In preparation, I have five appointments: a CT scan, pre-op with my surgeon, pre-op with my primary care physician, a hip replacement class at the hospital and a phone call from a nurse to collect info. Quite a process.