… at the Book Show. Yes! At last, the third book in my Pacific Northwest Cozy Mystery series is here. Silenced at the Book show takes bestselling author and amateur sleuth Saffi Graywood to Seaside, Oregon, where she is scheduled to offer the keynote speech at a booksellers’ conference. If that’s not stressful enough, she…
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Merry Cover Release!
If you’re not brain-deep in publishing on a regular basis, you might not know just how little input an author has on the cover of her or his book. If you’re lucky, you get to see cover sketches. Perhaps you even get a chance to weigh in on various cover designs. For me, this was…
Christmas on the Coast!
For the past few days here in Ashland, Oregon—where our RV snuggles beneath the green bows of a giant redwood for the winter—fog has made every morning chill, puffy white and muffled. It reminds me so much of the places Saffi Graywood visits as she sleuths her way along the Oregon coast in my Pacific…
Publication Day: Book 2!
When I find a series I love, I can’t wait until the next book comes out. When I have to wait years for the next book I get irritated. By the time the next book pubs I’ve forgotten all about the first and have to reread it. Sometimes, the next book never shows and I…
Spooktacular Preview!
Just a few carefully chosen musical notes… that’s all it takes to conjure a haunted vibe. A few words can do the same. The next book in my Pacific Northwest Cozy Mystery series counts down to a Halloween Spooktacular at a “haunted” RV park carved out of blackberry brambles and gooseberry bushes by an aging…
The Power of Reader Reviews
Things I love about writing: It’s been such a rush to see friends, family, and many others opening up Murder at Last Chance Cove, the first book in my Pacific Northwest Cozy Mystery series, and giving it a read. I’ve heard such wonderful comments, including from a friend who swears my amateur sleuth Saffi Graywood…
Anticipation
If the word “anticipation” reminds me of a Carly Simon song, will I be dating myself? Or will the reference go right over your head? What I’m anticipating right now has nothing to do with the good old days of Simon’s music. It has everything to do with what happens once you turn a completed…
Story of My Life
Yesterday, my day-in-the-life story began as a tragedy with no brekkie and—far worse for a working writer—NO CAFFEINE! It’s no mystery that medical tests require sacrifices beyond those we’re willing to require of our characters. So far, I have never asked Saffi to go a day without coffee. I don’t think my readers would ever…
Countdown
I am counting down the days until Murder at Last Chance Cove pubs on August 6! Five to go… Order on the day and help Saffi find her audience!
Cozy Cover Reveal!
At long last, the cover of the first book in my Pacific Northwest Cozy Mystery series has been uncovered. Wow! This really evokes the setting for MURDER AT LAST CHANCE COVE. I started writing this series while staying in the real version of the fictional RV park in this book. Those of you who know…
Cozies & Kim Griswell 