Sheila Connolly

NYT bestselling mystery writer, long-time genealogist and cemetery lover, and proud owner of a cottage in Ireland

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#CozyChat Lot's of fun! Thanks for making it happen.

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#CozyChat Oops, Roberts with an S. Who said we should proofread?

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#CozyChat I once heard Nora Robert say (more or less): get your vomit draft on the page. You can't fix what isn't written. So write!

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@ellenbyronla #CozyChat Yes! If you don't believe in what you're writing, it shows.

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#CozyChat A10 Keep trying. Experiment with genres until you find your own voice. Ask for help from other writers. Believe in yourself!

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#CozyChat A9 A Late Frost (Orchard #11): a newcomer to town dies after planning a winter event, but why? No one in town knew her. (11/7)

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@BarbEarly #CozyChat A9 Great cover!

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@VGilbertauthor A9 CozyChat Ah, the smoking gun . . .

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A9 #CozyChat In Many a Twist (1/18), secrets that were hinted at in earlier County Cork books will be explained--with lots of surprises.

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#CozyChat A8 Is there such a thing as too many books?

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#CozyChat A8When we moved into this house, we built an entire wall of shelves in one room (based on Norm Abram's plans). Filled and more

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#CozyChat A8 I ran out of room! No cute animals. (But I've got animals almost everywhere else, including a vulture guarding the door.)

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@WendyCorsiStaub @carriesmithnyc @crookedlanebks #CozyChat A7 I don't know that series--I'll have to look for it.

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#CozyChat A7 Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey. I wouldn't be a mystery writer now if I hadn't started reading Dorothy Sayers' books.

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@WendyCorsiStaub @crookedlanebks #CozyChat A6 Exactly!

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#CozyChat Am I the only one who doesn't have animals on covers?I've had goats, and a cow, and one cat, and Max from the Orchard series.

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#CozyChat A6 Definitely a pantser. I usually have an idea for the first chapter, but after that I have no idea where it's going.

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@ellenbyronla #CozyChat A5 Great colors!

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#CozyChat A5 It has all the elements from the story, but then there's that big evil knife right up front.

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#CozyChat A5 My first, from One Bad Apple. I liked it so much I bought the original painting.