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Former P.I. Bob Zimmer explains types
of weapons to M.K Wren at OWCs Colonyhouse
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M.K.
WREN Author
of the Conan Flagg mystery series, a science fiction trilogy--The
Phoenix Triology, The Gift
Upon the Shore (a mainstream novel), and Neely Jones: The Medusa Pool NEWS:
Reprints Available by Books on
Demand: The three volumes of THE
PHOENIX LEGACY, i.e., SWORD OF THE LAMB, SHADOW OF THE SWAN, and HOUSE OF THE
WOLF, as well as A GIFT UPON THE SHORE. They're listed with Author's Guild's www.Backinprint.com
, and if you find none of them at their website, you will on the publisher's
website, that is, www.iUniverse.com . Link to M.K.'s website: www.mkwren.com
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Mystery Writing Workshop "Five Days in May With M.K."
May, 1993. Photo courtesy of Myrla Dean
Back L to R: Steve West (with knife), Myrla Dean, Bob Zimmer.
Next row L to R: Valerie Eggleston, Elaine Randolph. Front L to R: Elizabeth
Bolton, M.K. Wren, Jule Wind, and Norma Rider. Not shown is the
photographer, Anita Holmes
"We worked so hard at that conference!!! Each had a
mystery book sketched out by the time we left, and I can remember some of the
stories quite vividly. I wonder if any of them have been written. I know mine
hasn't. It was great fun! MK worked as hard or harder than any of us, and I
learned so much!!!!" Merla Dean
M.
K. Wren and her late pal, Salsa
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M.K. Wren has lived on the Oregon Coast for more than twenty years. She's set
two stunning mystery series in that rugged, rain-drenched locale. She's also one
of the founding members of Oregon Writers Colony.
Though she began her career as a painter and sculptor, Wren started writing
her first mystery series when she took a job in a book store. That series,
featuring Conan Flagg, book store owner, launched her into the first rank of
Pacific Northwest mystery writers. She also published science fiction and one
mainstream novel, Gift Upon the Shore. In The Medusa Pool (1999), Wren
introduced a new mystery series around the character of Neeley Jones, a
beautifully drawn figure who is sheriff of an Oregon coastal town.
Wren is an inspired teacher of writing, and she’s led numerous workshops at
Oregon Writers Colony on the art of mystery writing. She pays meticulous
attention to craft, sharing the nuts and bolts of her own writing process as
well as offering helpful critiques. She also brings depth of vision to
workshops. For example, she helps students see that series characters must have
inner passions, and a moral or ethical philosophy, all part of "the spirit
behind the character" that writers must get in touch with in order to make
their creations unique.
M.K. Wren has mentored scores of Oregon Writers Colony members. We’re
deeply grateful to her for sharing so generously of her time and talent.
By Martha Ragland
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