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Upcoming events!
I'll soon be heading to some big events and I’d like to invite you to come. The links are given below, and whether you’re an aspiring author or a mystery fan who likes rubbing elbows with authors, these events are for you!
Oct. 24-26, 2014
Magna Cum Murder / CrimeFest
Indianapolis, Indiana
http://cms.bsu.edu/academics/centersandinstitutes/ebball/magnacummurder
Nov. 13-16, 2014
Bouchercon World Mystery Conference
Long Beach, California
http://www.bouchercon2014.com/hotel-travel.php
Feb. 26-Mar. 1, 2015
SleuthFest
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Sleuthfest | An annual conference for mystery, suspense & thriller writers
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My blog!
I write a monthly article for AlgonquinRedux.com and frequently share advice for aspiring authors. If you visit the site and click on my name, it will bring up all of my posts. Here’s the link: http://algonquinredux.com/author/carlawriter/
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An interview with H.S. Clark at the Left Coast Crime Mystery Conference!
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An interview with the Wall Street Journal's "Lunch Break" program
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View the book trailer for THE EDGE OF NORMAL, out September 10, 2013!
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Follow me on Twitter!
I'm on Twitter! Follow me @CarlaJNorton
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Visit my website to stay updated on my author and book news!
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The cover for my fiction debut, THE EDGE OF NORMAL, out September 10, 2013!
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Vintage crime thriller print.
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Last night myself and some of my colleagues attended a talk at the British Library, chaired by arts and culture journalist Mark Lawson, with his guest, P D James, Henry Sutton and Jason Webster. The talk was incredibly interesting, and in particular I was captivated when P D James spoke. For any...
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Love seeing the great John Green’s words on the wall of this library.
We all know exactly how this feels.
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Storms Speaking
A short story by Carla Norton featured in the Pitkin Review:
Storms sweep into the high desert of eastern New Mexico with strange colors: orange clouds or purple skies tell the forecast. Those hot hues – looming sienna or crimson – urge drivers to park and cover their cars so they might spare the paint. And the other hue, the blue-chill on the horizon, could mean a gully washer, a booming downpour so heavy and fast the baked earth refuses to soak it up. Sandstorms, thunderstorms, windstorms, and drought are the four food groups chewed by this climate. Anyone with a functioning windmill can weather them all. Even a sailor on some unimaginable sea will tell you that a gale harnessed is of use. But without that sail, or blade, or tool, the wind is just a nuisance, a wasted power, a noise. Since I was a child, I’ve heard storms approach and have endeavored to catch them. It’s an imperfect science. Too often, sensing the storm, I’m merely blown about. And when the storm passes, I’m left despairing of a missed opportunity. But sometimes, when I’m lucky, the wind funnels down into me and something moves. Not the earth (no, leave that to Hemingway), but sometimes my windmill blades catch and spin, the structure holds, the pump works, and from terra firma comes a sweet liquid product. That’s what it’s like: being alone in the desert, hoping to catch the wind. I hear the wind howling and listen for themes: Vengeance? A quest? Some dark secret that morphs into obsession? The storms blow through, carrying these characters, or that plot, maybe some string and a kite. It’s all glorious for a spell. Raw. Bouncing like hail on asphalt with such friable potential. But how to channel it? How to store it up for those windless days and nights? And how to judge, when the next storm looms, whether to hold on or let go, and with open arms, let another story sail in? It’s not a unique problem, but still, it’s hard to find anyone in this vast expanse who can lend a hand. Not many even perceive a need to harness such a fickle power. Some don’t even hear the wind, or care. But if we hear the storms speaking to us, and if we feel the need to turn a natural force into something of use, then aren’t we compelled, on some cosmic level, to try our damnedest? And if we’re lucky enough to meet others in the desert who have the same inclinations, who’ve learned to strengthen the structure, or who know some clever way to boost the product, then aren’t we all obligated to share what we can? The world has enough flat and functional prose. No poetry blows through a memo; no soul breathes in the corporate machine. There’s a storm sweeping into the desert. See the colors on the horizon? Listen for the wind. Hear it whisper? Feel it breathe?
(Credit: http://web.goddard.edu/pitkin/archive/2007_fall/StormsSpeaking.htm)
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Carla's nonfiction bestseller PERFECT CRIME depicts the abduction and captivity of Colleen Stan, "the girl in the box."
Investigation Discovery recently featured an episode on the case. WATCH IT HERE:http://investigation.discovery.com/tv-shows/homicide-hunter/videos/lt-joe-kenda-a-gathering-of-evil.htm
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About THE EDGE OF NORMAL
Reeve drives north from San Francisco to the rugged town of Jefferson, where she meets Tilly’s family and establishes an instant bond. But gaining the girl’s trust has a price. Tilly swears Reeve to secrecy and reveals that the real mastermind of the crime isn't known to the police and is lurking nearby, watching, waiting patiently for Tilly to make a mistake. - THE EDGE OF NORMAL by Carla Norton
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Once a neophyte in the world of competitive fiction writing, bestselling nonfiction author Carla Norton joined Author Salon and her first writer workshop group, made excellent use of the AS Critique Guide, and together with writers and professional editors in the AS community, honed the many elements of her novel, THE EDGE OF NORMAL, into a competitive manuscript that was picked up by Liza Dawson Associates. AS shared publishing contacts with LDA gained from the Author Salon Literary Showcase, contacts which include acquisition editors from St. Martins, Random House, Harper Collins, and Penguin who asked for fulls and partials. Carla was later signed by Minotaur for a two book deal, and THE EDGE OF NORMAL will be released simultaneously in the US, UK, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
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