Tag: cozy mystery
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Creating Character Sketches for Effective Storytelling
Author’s Note: The upper blog image was created using Gemini AI. It came out pretty good. BUT, there’s a typo with the word “sketches” that is misspelled ” as “skeches.” Yikes. I didn’t notice, but my husband did. I tried to fix it after the post date without success. I decided to leave it as…
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Behind the Scenes: My Fiction Writing Process
What’s Your Process? Readers, especially aspiring writers, often ask authors this question: “What’s your process?” A fellow student in my community college fiction class asked me this question, and I became a deer in the headlights. I grappled for a response, so I thought about what I did on my recent publication. Kernel of an…
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Exciting Release: Willful Obsession Paperback Edition
When I published the ebook version of Willful Obsession: A Lake Waluga Cozy Mystery Novella in August, I hadn’t conceived that there would be a paperback version. As I shared the publication news with friends and family, I learned that some of them don’t read ebooks. I see you! I’m happy to announce that my…
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Why Readers Will Love “Willful Obsession:” An Editorial Review
A writer might work more than a year on a novella. Friends say nice things, but that ever-present doubt — is the story any good? — hovers like a black cloud. And then the first review on Goodreads comes in from an international reader (who got the story via a free promotion), and it’s a…
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Three Stakes of My Cozy Mystery
All stories need stakes, and mysteries especially, I think. In Willful Obsession: A Lake Waluga Mystery, there are three main stakes, which I outline in this short video. I might hint at one of the suspects as well… In Willful Obsession, 1) The unscrupulous nephew will inherit millions and move in next door, 2) worthwhile…
Kristy Schnabel 