My name is Miriam Pace. I am a published writer with five novels and one textbook along with numerous non-fiction articles and short stories. I teach fiction techniques at the University of California, Riverside Extension University Creative Writing Program. Currently, I am president of the Mystery/Suspense Chapter RWA, a group of writers interested in writing in the mystery suspense genre. The mailing list will be for members to critique chapters of manuscripts in progress, brainstorm, and exchange industry information as needed. The maximum number of members would be around 50, since not everyone has email, with probably around 15-20 messages per day. This list will be a closed list, limited to those people who belong to the chapter. The group has 76 active members of which 23 are multi-published. I have already asked my internet provider to act as host, but they have not yet installed the software needed to support mailing lists, so I respectfully request that someone here will consider acting as host for us. I am aware of the Doroty-L mailing list. But this is more for the discussion of mysteries in general and not for the creation of them. Please respond privately to [log in to unmask] Thank you all for your time and patience. Respectfully, Miriam Pace President Mystery Suspense Chapter [log in to unmask]