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Sisters in Crime Orange County
The Blood Orange
Presents…
“Die, Infodump! Die!”
Sisters in Crime Orange County – The Blood Orange
Sunday, April 27, 2025
3:00 p.m. @ Book Carnival in Orange, CA
Four Writing Tactics
Backstory—writers need it; readers need it. But when it comes as a carpet-bombing of
information, everyone hates it. In “Die, Infodump! Die!” Lance Charnes discusses four
different approaches to feed necessary backstory to the readers without burying them in
it.
The Details
What: Backstory: Friend or Foe with Lance Charnes
When: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Time: 3 p.m.
Where: Book Carnival – 348 S. Tustin St., Orange, CA 92866
Lance Charnes has been an Air Force intelligence officer, information technology
manager, computer-game artist, set designer, and Jeopardy! contestant, and is now an
emergency management specialist. He’s had training in architectural rendering, terrorist
incident response, and maritime archaeology, though not all at the same time. His
Facebook author page features spies, archaeology, and art crime.
Lance is the author of the DeWitt Agency Files series of international art-crime novels
(The Collection, Stealing Ghosts, and Chasing Clay), the DeWitt Agency Adventures
series of action/adventure novels (Zrada and Engaño), the international thriller Doha 12,
and the near-future thriller South. All are available in trade paperback and digital
editions.
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