We Wickeds love spending time together, and last weekend was no exception. Wickeds, what was your favorite part of the Cozy Con?
Jessie: My favorite part was much as it ever is at such events. I love spending time with other people who love the mystery genre as much as I do whether those people are readers, librarians, booksellers or other writers! I always come away from events like the Kensington Convention energized and ready to get back to my work-in-progress!
Liz: Being together with all the Wickeds is always so much fun – seeing all of you is good for my soul. It was a lovely event and I’m so grateful to Kensington for putting it on. As Jessie said, meeting everyone who loves mysteries is the best – it’s a wonderful community and I’m grateful to be part of it.
Sherry: Other than seeing all of you there were two wonderful moments. The first was my friend’s daughter who is attending Northeastern stopping by to say hi. She lived two doors down from me when we lived on Hanscom Air Force Base and was about six when we met. She still has the same beautiful smile and enthusiasm for life. The second one seeing my books in the Cambridge Library! Scratch the two wonderful moments — I too have to add meeting the other authors and readers attending the event. It was fun!
Barb: Thanks to Kensington for giving us all a chance to get together. It was great seeing all of the authors and some notable cozy fans. (You know who you are.) I also got to meet Larissa Ackerman, my publicist at Kensington, (the other Wickeds met her on that trip to New York City that I missed) and her delightful mother-in-law who lives in Maine, and with whom I was hatching evil plans!
Julie: It was great seeing the Wickeds, and so many of our writing friends! Missi Stockwell, from Missi’s Book Reviews, came to the event and said hello to all the authors, which is always great. I also was happy to see my sister and nieces in the audience. Friends, if you have the opportunity to go to one of these events, please do! We love meeting readers, and there time for great conversations.
Edith: What a whirlwind weekend, which started off with Julie’s and my book launch party the night before the Cozy Con. We even had three uber-fans – talking about you, Missi Stockwell, Lynn Ambrosino, and Margaret Rusthton – who attended both events! What a delight to talk with enthusiastic mystery fans. I also chatted with Larissa’s mother – who is a Quaker – and we promised to stay in touch. I got to know LA Chandler a little, one of my fellow Agatha nominees this year, and it was lovely to visit with our author pal Cheryl Hollon, who came all the way up from Florida for the event (and had dinner with the Wickeds and some associated menfolk after).
Thanks, Kensington!
Friends, what reader/author events do you enjoy?
I was also at the Cozy Con and enjoyed meeting all or most of the Wickeds. The whole even was warm, friendly, fun and illuminating. So glad I went.
We’re glad you came!
I had so much fun with y’all. Library was gorgeous and the Wickeds are wonderful.
It was so great to see you!
That sounded like a great time! My local bookstore hosts lots of “meet and greet”with authors. It’s a great way to hear from authors and what their thought process is for writing. It’s also a WONDERFUL way to support the indie bookstore in my hometown. It’s quite the treasure!
It is a great way to.support a bookstore . I don’t know about you, but I never walk out of a bookstore empty handed. And from the author’s point of view, thanks for going!
The pictures were great, it was obviously a good event. I can’t wait to see everyone in a couple weeks at Malice!
We’re looking forward to it! Hard to believe it’s so close.
Sounds like it was a blast. Kensington has a cozy con here in So Cal in November, and I’m planning to go.
This weekend, I went to the LA Times Festival of Books. I’ve been going for over 15 years. Went both days this year. Always fun chatting with authors.
I saw the festival on social media. It looked great. There may be a Wicked or two on November.
Sounds like so much fun! I can’t wait to start doing the cons. I hope to do the SoCal one in November if I’m in town, even though my book won’t be out yet. I can give out bookmarks.
They really are fun. And any opportunity to give out bookmarks is a good one.