A New Year Endeavor: The Sleuth Sisters First
On my Peg Herring website ( http://pegherring.com ) , I've started posting a bit on the history and background of each of my books. I thought it might be fun to do the same for Maggie's books here. I was a fairly successful traditionally published author as Peg Herring back in 2013, when my publisher abruptly stopped taking mystery submissions. I was left to either find another publisher (which is a pain) or join the growing trend of writers publishing their own work. I'd been to lots of conferences where I met writers who were having fun with what they called "cozy" mysteries. The setting is usually small town. The sleuths are usually not professionals. The violence is very limited. Cozies sounded like a fun stories to write, but I didn't know if I could write funny. They say to write what you know, so I thought a sisterhood theme would be easy for me. The cozy part was a question, since I believe a good book requires a logical plot. I can't write about...