I am exceedingly grateful to the Mystery Writers of America – New York Chapter for selecting my manuscript DEATH IN MINIATURE as the winner of the 2024 Leon Burstein Award for aspiring authors. This is an invaluable, sizable, and generous award sponsored by Dan Burstein to honor his father, who loved a good mystery. A special thank you to MWA-NY president Nev March, and congratulations to my new author friend and 2024 Leon Burstein Award Runner-Up, Christal Roberts.
With nearly 2500 entries overall and over 500 in my category, I’m so proud and ecstatic that DEATH IN MINIATURE was chosen as Runner-up for Book Pipeline’s 2024 Unpublished Award for Mystery/Thriller!
Woo-hoo!
DEATH IN MINIATURE won First Place in the Romantic Suspense Category of the Chesapeake Romance Writers 2024 Rudy Award. The contest honors best-selling and award-winning author, Judy McCoy. Before losing her battle with Diabetes, Judy was an avid dog lover. This contest is named for her beloved canine companion, Rudy.
I am exceedingly grateful to The Romance Writers of America (RWA), who have selected my manuscript, DEATH IN MINIATURE, as a finalist in the ‘Love Across Genres’ category of The Golden Heart Award for Excellence in Pre-Published Romance Writing!
I am exceedingly grateful to RWA’s Romantic Suspense Chapter Kiss of Death, who awarded my novel DEATH IN MINIATURE 1st place in the ‘romantic suspense’ category of the unpublished division for the 2024 Daphne du Maurier Contest for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense!
I attended Craftfest & Thrillerfest XIX in June 2024 and had a thrill meeting with thriller and mystery writer superstars (photo from right to left, Ruth Ware, Karin Slaughter, Louise Penny, Tess Gerritsen, Allison Brennan, and so many others). I learned from and enjoyed every presentation and panel, wanting to attend them all. The Debut-Author Breakfast inspired me to be up on that stage myself one day. But the topper was this: after finding out I, myself, was a finalist for the Daphne Award, the 2016 Daphne winner, Allison Brennan, congratulated me and wished me luck with her autograph.
I volunteered to be a judge for the first round of the 2024 RWA-New York City Chapters’ Big Apple Contest, an event that runs from July 1 – August 31, 2024.
I’m mini famous! Read my interview in author Sara E. Johnson’s September 2023 Newsletter.
https://mailchi.mp/9fb6075c895c/by-crikey?e=b712038098
Thank you, Sara, author of The Alexa Glock Forensic Mysteries
I was a guest on the author George Cramer’s blog on Monday, June 26, 2023: https://gdcramer.com/2023/06/26/pamela-meyer-her-journey-to-finding-an-agent/
Lois Winston invited me to be a guest on her blog, Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023: https://anastasiapollack.blogspot.com/2023/06/pamela-ruth-meyer-on-her-journey-toward.html
Fellow lovers of historical stories connected and grew in mutual celebration of our beloved theme during the Historical Novel Society – North America Conference. I joined the events virtually, finding some of my very favorite authors were in attendance and/or presenting–Karen Odden, Kate Khavari, and Amanda Skenandore. The virtual venue offered fun chances for participants to begin interacting as early as June 4th, 2023.
I volunteered to be a judge for the first round of the 2023 Kiss of Death/RWA Mystery/Suspense Chapters’ Daphne Awards, an event that runs from April 1 – May 2, 2023.
I participated in the Sisters in Crime Henderson Group’s Las Vegas Writer’s Conference (April 13-15, 2023 on Zoom). It was a great learning and community-building event that featured panels and workshops facilitated by author Amanda Skenendore, agent Katherine Sands, and publicist Jo Wilkins, among myriad wonderful others.
