On October 26, I took part in a Facebook takeover for the Cozy Mystery Lovers/Meg’s Cozy Corner FB group. It’s a great group and if you love cozy mysteries you might want to join. They have page takeovers by many wonderful cozy authors. It was an honor to be invited and, I must confess, a…
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The Cat in the Firelight
If you’ve seen the cover of Death in the Haunted Wood, you may have noticed the cat. I know a lot of cozy readers want pets to show up in every book. I want the pets in my books (and cozies I read) to be there for a reason beyond just hanging around and looking…
Cover Time!
I LOVE the cover of Death in the Haunted Wood and couldn’t wait to share it with you. Well, okay, I did have to wait, at least… until my publisher got to show it off first. The wait is over, and I hope you love this cover as much as I do. What do I…
A Matter of Taste
I’m thinking about book reviews right now as the first books in my cozy mystery series publish. Reviews are coming in for Murder in Last Chance Cove and most have enough stars to make me grin. I love finding consensus on what readers who’ve taken time to write reviews think I’ve done well. I learn…
Fixing & Fiction
Many of the things that happen to my amateur sleuth Saffi Graywood in Murder at Last Chance Cove were inspired by things that have happened in my life. If you have read the first book in my Pacific Northwest Cozy Mystery series, you may recognize the setting and which part of the plot it relates…
Fire-Safe RV-ing
If you’ve read or are currently reading Murder at Last Chance Cove, the first mystery in my Pacific Northwest Cozy Mystery series, this photo may trigger a memory of one of the book’s more dramatic scenes. Smoke roiling upward. Flames shooting from the roof. Windows popping. A firefighter with an ax gaining entry to an…
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…
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…
Cozies & Kim Griswell 