Writespace Lecture: How to Write Cozy Mysteries

INSTRUCTOR: Daphne Strasert

TIME: Saturday, December 13, 5-6 pm CST/CDT

PRICE: Suggested donation $15, no one turned away!

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LOCATION: Zoom

LEVEL: Beginner-Intermediate

CAP: 25

Join us for easy-to-digest writing guidance from Houston authors. Short and to the point and with time for Q&A to answer all your questions, Writespace Lectures are bite-size learning opportunities meant to be accesible to all and introduce the instructors of Writespace Writing Center workshops to all.

Cozy mysteries are a sub-genre of crime fiction without sex and violence, the detective is an amateur sleuth, and the crime and mystery take place in a socially intimate community. Oftentimes Cozies (as they are called) include a focus on the workings of a location, hobby, or subculture and are informative at the same time they are fictive.

Daphne (she/her) is an intuitive editor who has her finger on the pulse of what gets a reader’s heart pumping. A lover of both horror and romance, Daphne has a unique command of how to pull a reader in close and play on their emotions. Her degree in psychology and years of working as a slush reader for Horror Addicts have given her an exceptional foundation on developing the human elements of storytelling and craft in her editing. She excels at molding dramatic scenes to the perfect level of spice, detail, and emotional vulnerability for your ideal reader.

In her spare time, Daphne writes horror with a focus on the lived experiences of women and scifi/romance with themes of toppling the patriarchy. You can find her work at On the Premises and in anthologies such as Bigfoot Country and Dark Divinations.

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