Hi Reader, Hope you're having a good day / week / month? I'm not one for chit-chat, so let's dive in! Book news: When you're a cozy mystery writer and are talking to a friend about a plot issue while walking on a fairly busy street, and you say out loud, "but what do I do about the dead body?!", you get a few strange looks! That was me a few weeks ago, when I realised the fix I'd found for my plot issue in Two Sparks of Mystery created another issue (body dump location). And then I realised...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, Hope you're having a good day / week / month? I'm not one for chit-chat, so let's dive in! Book news: I figured out how to fix the major plot issue I had in Two Sparks of Mystery (book 2 in the Abigail Palmer Cozy Mystery series), and revisions start as soon as I'm done with the Secret Santa novella: bring the scaffolding and your hard hat, I have my own sledgehammer... this one is going to be brutal! I am just over halfway through the first draft of the in-between-the-books...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Hi All, Big and exciting news first! A Slice Of Mystery has been doing so well at Barnes & Noble that it was selected as a "Top Indie Favorite"! It's not something I could apply for, or pay for, it's solely at the B&N team's discretion, so I'm seriously over the moon, and to celebrate, here's an exclusive 50% off discount code for Nook readers (B&N), valid for both A Slice Of Mystery and Your Knowledge Or Your Life? Enter BNPSLICE50 at check-out - valid only from April 23rd to May 11th,...
5 months ago • 6 min read
Eeeek! Today's the day, the day the world gets to meet Abigail Palmer, and I'm feeling all the feels, terrified, excited, wanting to hide, and wanting to shout from the rooftops! Maybe I should just go back to bed and pretend this isn't happening... Taking a step back, deep breath, exhale... Okay, I'm good, and I would like to officially announce that A Slice Of Mystery by Sophie Maddon (that's me!) has been released on all platforms (and that includes Kobo Plus, and a number of library...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Hi All! If you're new, welcome! It makes me so happy to have you here, you have no idea! I send this newsletter just once a month, on the last Friday of the month. Of course, I'm hoping you'll stick around, but if you don't want to, you can unsubscribe right here. I'll be sad to see you go, but I understand, we all get way too many emails on any given day. That said, without further ado, let's dive in! Book news: You know when you really want to do something, but somehow there's never enough...
6 months ago • 4 min read
Hi All! If you're new, welcome! It makes me so happy to have you here, you have no idea! I send this newsletter just once a month, on the last Friday of the month. Of course, I'm hoping you'll stick around, but if you don't want to, you can unsubscribe right here. I'll be sad to see you go, but I understand, we all get way too many emails on any given day. That said, without further ado, let's dive in! Book news: Let's talk about how you can't make everybody happy: I've never considered...
7 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, Hope you're having a good day / week / month? I'm not one for chit-chat, so let's dive in! First of all, welcome! A lot of you are new to this newsletter, and it makes me so happy to have you here, you have no idea! If you're wondering how you got here, chances are high you downloaded the first 5 chapters of my upcoming cozy mystery, A Slice Of Mystery, on this page. If you missed out on the download, here it is! I send this newsletter just once a month, on the last Friday of the...
7 months ago • 6 min read
Hi Reader, Hope you're having a good day / week / month? I'm not one for chit-chat, so let's dive in! Book news: I started my first proofread expecting to find a few typos (and I did), but not things that I thought I'd edited in the previous draft! I guess that's why we (authors) proofread, again and again, until we're sick of the story (but we still love it, too... it's complicated!). The pre-orders for A Slice Of Mystery are officially open (or at least I pressed the button... some...
9 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Hope you're having a good day / week / month? I'm not one for chit-chat, so let's dive in! Book news: November is always a busy month, and this year was no exception. Between drafting the new novel, getting A Slice Of Mystery ready for publication, and promoting my back list for Black Friday, all that while travelling and fighting a cold, I'm glad to see December just around the corner. The new novel (tentative title: Two Sparks Of Mystery) is progressing, not as fast as I wish,...
10 months ago • 2 min read