Mark Mynheir to speak at the Space Coast Writer's Guild 2nd Saturday meeting.

Does crime really pay? It does if you write about it; just ask Mark Mynheir. The Space Coast Writers’ Guild will hold its next 2nd Saturday meeting on January 9th at the Merritt Island Public Library, 1195 N. Courtenay Parkway (across from the Merritt Island High School).

The main meeting will start at 1:00 p.m. with networking and book signings. After that, the featured speaker will begin at 1:30 pm. The speaker for the January meeting is Mark Mynheir. His subject: Writing Crime Novels There will be critique workshops from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Mark is a former Marine who has worked in law enforcement over twenty years. He began his career with the Cocoa Beach Police Department and shortly after that moved to the Palm Bay Police Department, where he currently works as a homicide / violent crimes detective. In his career, Mark has worked as a patrol officer, an undercover narcotics agent, a S.W.A.T. team member, as well as a homicide detective.

Mark has parlayed his police experiences into a successful speaking and writing career. He has written articles for Focus on the Family’s Breakaway magazine and Lookout magazine and is also the author of four novels: Rolling Thunder, From the Belly of the Dragon, The Void, and The Night Watchman. He and his family currently live in central Florida. You can visit Mark’s website at http://www.copwriter.com/.

For more information, email Jim Harris at scwg.jimharrid@gmail.com