Historical Cozies with Benedict Brown (New Author series)
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Publication Date |
Aug 02, 2022
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00:56:51

Episode 131 / Historical cozy author Benedict Brown joins us to talk about writing mysteries, transitioning from one genre to another, and how he learned to lean into the tropes and expectations of the genre. 

Show notes:

  • How Benedict started writing children’s books and why he shifted to contemporary cozies and then later transitioned to historical cozies set in the 1920s
  • How he researches his historial series
  • How Benedict and his cover artist developed the cover concept for the historical series
  • How he uses first readers and an ARC team for his editing process
  • Why he thinks it healthy to have two contrasting series to work on
  • How “failure” helped set him up for success 

 

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Links: 

Benedict’s website

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Jami’s books

Sara’s books

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