Category: Writing Matters

There are several great cozy mystery publishers with open submissions. In fact, you can submit to a few of the biggest cozy mystery publishers without an agent!  Now, there are a lot of great reasons to have an agent. I’m certainly grateful for mine. And many cozy authors do very well with the self-publishing route! But because everyone’s path is

This list of character defects is something I developed for writers, although of course, it could have lots of different uses! After I posted the List of 125 Talents and Skills, I’ve had several requests for a list of character flaws. Not all of these “character flaws” are moral failings! Some of them are just challenges that  could  hold characters

  Did you know there are scientific reasons why reading is important? There are! But for a while, a busy life and the endless distractions of the internet led me away from my reading habit. It was such a simple, pure pleasure to get back into it this year, so I thought I’d write about the benefits of reading every

  Social Media for Authors can feel overwhelming. It’s important to remember that as a writer, you don’t need to be on every platform, and you don’t need to post every day! Hopefully, this list of social media post ideas for authors will make it more fun, and a bit easier! ote  Like a lot of my blog posts, this

There’s just something about a cinnamon roll hero, don’t you think? An Instagram post by author J.R. Boles got me thinking about this! Don’t get me wrong—I enjoy all kinds of characters as a romance novel reader, and as a writer, too. But I have a soft, squishy, sweet spot for a cinnamon roll hero.   What is a cinnamon

Many of us have been alarmed by the number of books banned in Florida school districts in the past few years. Banned Books Week 2023 seems like a great time to blog about them, order them, and read them! When is Banned Books Week 2023? Banned Books Week 2023 is from Sunday, October 1 to Saturday, October 7. It’s a