Glenda Carroll will present “How the SF Bay Area Became a Character in the Trisha Carson Mysteries” at the Tri-Valley Writers’ Saturday, October 15, 2022 meeting. For Carroll, the unique San Francisco Bay landscape—the fog, the rolling hills of Marin County, the ever-present Francisco Bay, and the excitement of Oracle Park, home to the San Francisco Giants, are more than surroundings, they are characters in her mysteries. During her presentation, she’ll talk about:
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How to use surroundings/location as a character
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Take the journalistic approach – who, what why, where when, how
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Be specific
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Does the surroundings/locations reflect your protagonist’s mood/feelings
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The more you look, the more you see
After the presentation, attendees can enter a drawing: the prize is your name in Book 4.
If you want to find Glenda, she’ll be in, on, or under water—and writing about it. She understands water sports on a very personal level since she swims, surfs, and sails. Glenda was a long time sports columnist for the Marin Independent Journal, focusing on sailboat racing. She also wrote for local, national, and international sailing publications and then branched into travel writing. Glenda is the author of the Trisha Carson mysteries that are set in the San Francisco Bay area. Open water swimming is the undercurrent that runs through all the thrillers. The series includes Dead in the Water, Drop Dead Red,and Dead Code. She is currently working on the fourth Trisha Carson book, Dead to Me. Currently, Glenda tutors first-generation, low-income high school and college students in English and History. She lives in San Rafael, CA with her doggo, McCovey.