Something about autumn puts in a remembering mood. Does it do that to you, or are you filled with vim and vitality for a brand new season? I was thinking about books. I’ve read a couple of good ones lately that I didn’t want to end, but the good thing is they are in a series and I have another book to look forward to. Now, I’m waiting impatiently for the next published cozy.
I found this picture of my group of Cozy Critters, taken four years ago. Since that time, three of the Critters have moved on to other states: Texas, Illinois, and Missouri. That group of Cozy Critters came to an end, but, for them, it was a new beginning.
We’ve all experienced the feeling of sadness and impatience as we read the last page of a captivating book, close it, and return to the real world. The feeling is much the same for an author as she finishes writing her current cozy mystery.
Grave Heritage had reached its conclusion. Darcy and Flora had experienced the rainiest July that Levi, Oklahoma had ever known. They traced down a missing person or two, narrowly escaped death from a madman, and nearly drowned in a flood. Darcy sought advice from her good friend Amy concerning Grant Hendley. Strange and unexpected things happened, let me tell you! Have you ever heard the expression “wrung out”? Well, I was plumb wrung out and just a bit sad as I left Darcy and Flora in Levi for a while.
A few years back, my publisher sent me a short but very nice review of Moonlight Can Be Murder. That review lifted my spirits and brightened my day: A great and interesting book, better than most cozies. I shoved my chair away from my computer and did a little jig dance. Ned had experienced her first Christmas in Ednalee . She had solved some baffling murders and those mysteries had ended. The only thing to do then was begin again–new Ned adventures–By the Fright of the Silvery Moon and Moonstruck and Murderous and new beginnings.
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