It Takes a Decade
By Edith Maxwell North of Boston I am so pleased to have my short crime story, “The Stonecutter,” in the new Fish Nets anthology (Wildside Press, April 2013). I wanted to share how I came to write my...
View ArticleFreedom
By Edith North of Boston [Jason Allen-Forest is the winner of yesterday's giveaway!] Happy Independence Day, everybody! Americans celebrate this day in many ways. For most of us it’s full summer...
View ArticleSetting as Character: Location, Location
By Edith North of Boston They say that a setting can be a character in a book. I tried for that in Speaking of Murder (Barking Rain Press, September 2012, under pseudonym Tace Baker). Ipswich,...
View ArticleCelebrating Death Al Dente
By Edith, north of Boston We’re so pleased to have fellow cozy mystery author Leslie Budewitz to visit today. Her first mystery is out! She’s also the author of the Agatha-winning Books, Crooks, &...
View ArticleThe Value of One
By Edith North of Boston We sometimes think we need many. Lots of positive reviews. A big audience at a signing. Dozens of interested buyers for your house or car. A plate full of cookies, a resume...
View ArticleAuctioning for a Good Cause
I just assembled a basket of signed books and goodies. It will be auctioned off at the Fur Ball in a few weeks, which is the gala fundraiser of our local Merrimac River Feline Rescue Society, a no-kill...
View ArticleA Visit with Dru Ann Love
By Edith Maxwell, north of Boston Dru Ann, we are so pleased to welcome you to the Wicked Cozy Authors blog. For those who don’t know, Dru Ann Love is the mystery author’s biggest fan. She not only...
View ArticleCookin’ Local. Gluten Need Not Apply.
Okay. You know I write a Local Foods mystery series. Some of you know I used to be a farmer and I still have a small but productive home garden. At my table, we’re pretty much omnivores, although we...
View ArticleDay of the Dead
By Edith, thinking of the dead north of Boston Tomorrow is Dia dos Mortos in Brazil. When I was an exchange student in southern Brazil in 1970, the family drove to the cemetery on November second...
View ArticleRenewal
By Edith North of Boston and grateful In the spirit of one-word titles, here’s mine on renewal. I should have named it Renovation, or perhaps Celebration. The kitchen in my 1880 home is on its way to...
View ArticleBlessings
Edith here, north of Boston Somehow I signed up for the Christmas Eve post. I’m a Quaker but not really a Christian. I love rituals and holidays. I think ahead of time about what would make my family...
View ArticleOn Boosts
By Edith North of Boston I’m feeling pretty drained right now. My dear friend Susan passed away three days ago. She was only 57. With two fine adult sons the same ages as my boys. And an adoring second...
View ArticleReport from the Left Coast
Edith, recalling Monterey, California As you read this I’ll be winging home from my whirlwind tour of northern California, culminating in three and a half days at Calamari Crime: Left Coast Crime in...
View ArticleWhat Goes Around, Comes Around
Edith, high on a small bit of fame north of Boston. When I was farming twenty-one years ago, a woman in Marblehead, Massachusetts contacted me. A small group there wanted organic produce, and they were...
View ArticleA Second Life
Edith here, writing from north of Boston where spring has finally arrived! I am delighted to announce that my first Local Foods mystery, A Tine to Live, a Tine to Die, has been re-released in...
View ArticleOrganic Growing, Organic Writing
Edith here, delighted to have ‘Til Dirt Do Us Part - my second Local Foods mystery – out and available! And huge thanks to the Wickeds and so many other fans for helping me celebrate all week. My...
View ArticleDigging Deep into History
Edith, north of Boston in 1888 No, not really in 1888, but it feels like it these days. Keeping with this month’s Research theme, I thought I’d share what I’ve been up to. I’ve finished the manuscript...
View ArticleI’m Just Not Worrying About It
Edith here, where it’s hot and windy like the desert. But I’m not worrying about it. That’s my summer mantra this year. So much to worry about in all aspects of life, and so little time. I could get...
View ArticleAsk the Expert: Lessons from the Poison Lady
Edith here, happy it’s summer on the steamy North Shore (and the ebook versions of A Tine to Live, a Tine to Die are on sale right now for only $1.99 everywhere!) The Wicked Cozys are starting a new...
View ArticleEdith’s Got Some News!
Edith here, north of Boston I have two piece of awesome, exciting, delightful news that I’ve been sitting on but now have permission to let loose on the world. FIRST, Kensington Publishing has renewed...
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