"This book brings together essays written by a number of well-known writers of cozy mysteries, including Sherry Harris, Amanda Flower, Leslie Budewitz, and Edith Maxwell, among others, who provide insight into their approaches to writing. Topics covered include how they work with the form, develop characters and settings, and utilize the particular hook, skill or business that establishes the protagonist's ability to solve crimes. In addition to discussing these traditional aspects of writing, several authors focus on how they have expanded the direction the contemporary cozy mystery has taken…mehr
"This book brings together essays written by a number of well-known writers of cozy mysteries, including Sherry Harris, Amanda Flower, Leslie Budewitz, and Edith Maxwell, among others, who provide insight into their approaches to writing. Topics covered include how they work with the form, develop characters and settings, and utilize the particular hook, skill or business that establishes the protagonist's ability to solve crimes. In addition to discussing these traditional aspects of writing, several authors focus on how they have expanded the direction the contemporary cozy mystery has taken with the inclusion of more diverse characters and social issues"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Phyllis M. Betz is a professor emerita of English from La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She lives in Burlington, New Jersey.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Give the Cozy Its Phyllis M. Betz PART ONE: Writing Genre In Defense of Cozy Mysteries Sherry Harris Why I Became a Cozy Writer-And Why I'm Happy I Vicki Delany From Following the Rules and Regs to Throwing Them Out the Window Justin M. Kiska Crimes of Fashion Diane Vallere Where Subgenres Overlap Kait Carson Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Novels: Defying a Sub-Genre Label Tina deBellegarde Stepping Out of the Shadow of the Queen of Crime Mary Anna Evans Fair Play in Cozies J.A. Hennrikus The Accessibility of Cozies: How Playing Fair Is How Cozies Endure Andrea J. Johnson From Rue Morgue to the Craft Cozy: The Evolution of the Traditional Mystery Peggy Ehrhart Writing Multiple Series Edith Maxwell PART TWO: Writing Theme Crafts and the Cozy Mystery Sybil Johnson "Cookies open doors": Food as an Investigative Tool Maya Corrigan Writing the World Around Us: Social Issues in the Cozy Leslie Budewitz Cultural Elements Elevate a Cozy Mystery Jennifer J. Chow PART THREE: Writing Setting Mise-en-Scène Rabbi Ilene Schneider Handling Diverse Settings Marni Graff Cozy Crime in a Surveillance Society M.E. Hilliard PART FOUR: Writing Character What Makes a Cozy Character Amanda Flower ...And a Colorful Cast: Building a Diverse Cozy Kathleen Marple Kalb (Nikki Knight) I'm Okay, Really: Writing a Main Character Who Has an Addiction or a Mental Health Disorder J.C. Kenney Writing a Highly Sensitive Amateur Sleuth Carol E. Ayer Why I Wrote a Buddy Cop Series with a Lesbian and a Winnie Frolik Postscript: I've Been Here Before Phyllis M. Betz About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Give the Cozy Its Phyllis M. Betz PART ONE: Writing Genre In Defense of Cozy Mysteries Sherry Harris Why I Became a Cozy Writer-And Why I'm Happy I Vicki Delany From Following the Rules and Regs to Throwing Them Out the Window Justin M. Kiska Crimes of Fashion Diane Vallere Where Subgenres Overlap Kait Carson Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Novels: Defying a Sub-Genre Label Tina deBellegarde Stepping Out of the Shadow of the Queen of Crime Mary Anna Evans Fair Play in Cozies J.A. Hennrikus The Accessibility of Cozies: How Playing Fair Is How Cozies Endure Andrea J. Johnson From Rue Morgue to the Craft Cozy: The Evolution of the Traditional Mystery Peggy Ehrhart Writing Multiple Series Edith Maxwell PART TWO: Writing Theme Crafts and the Cozy Mystery Sybil Johnson "Cookies open doors": Food as an Investigative Tool Maya Corrigan Writing the World Around Us: Social Issues in the Cozy Leslie Budewitz Cultural Elements Elevate a Cozy Mystery Jennifer J. Chow PART THREE: Writing Setting Mise-en-Scène Rabbi Ilene Schneider Handling Diverse Settings Marni Graff Cozy Crime in a Surveillance Society M.E. Hilliard PART FOUR: Writing Character What Makes a Cozy Character Amanda Flower ...And a Colorful Cast: Building a Diverse Cozy Kathleen Marple Kalb (Nikki Knight) I'm Okay, Really: Writing a Main Character Who Has an Addiction or a Mental Health Disorder J.C. Kenney Writing a Highly Sensitive Amateur Sleuth Carol E. Ayer Why I Wrote a Buddy Cop Series with a Lesbian and a Winnie Frolik Postscript: I've Been Here Before Phyllis M. Betz About the Contributors Index
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