• Tule Publishing Acquires Cozy Mystery Cafe | Jane Porter NYT Romance Author and Publishing Genius
    May 20 2024

    Did you know there's a new cozy mystery publisher on the block...Tule Publishing Acquired Cozy Mystery Cafe https://cozymysterycafe.com/ earlier this year - hear all about what's going with cozies at Tule and their future plans to bring you more fun and entertaining cozy mysteries We'll be chatting with Jane Porter NYT Bestselling Author and Publishing Genius Meet Jane Porter, bestselling romance author, owner of Tule Publishing and the new publisher of the Cozy Mystery Cafe books - formerly known as Whiskered Mysteries and before that as Blueberry Bay Mysteries Check out all of the mysteries from Tule Publishing on their website at https://tulepublishing.com/mystery/ and find Jane at https://janeporter.com/ ******* The Cozy Mystery Mingle Podcast is LIVE - Meet your favorite authors + win free books + hear ONLY about New Releases Podcast Links 🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7cd5J6gqwEsCLe2OysjUsz 🍎 Listen on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cozy-mystery.../id1724866590 💜 Listen on iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-cozy-mystery-mingle-141313913/ Other Links 💌 Newsletter - Sign up for my mailing list to get alerts on new LIVEStreams with cozy mystery authors + Book Giveaways https://lisasiefert.myflodesk.com/bwpjj4kghn 🎬 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel - I post new video podcasts every Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VY1KTWXqMODEh8F9hp4_g?sub_confirmation=1 📚 Join the Reader Facebook Group to chat about cozies with other readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysterymingle/


    TIMESTAMPS

    • 0:00 Introduction
    • 1:25 How Jane Met Her Husband
    • 4:30 Your Historic Old Hansom Home in San Clemente
    • 5:38 History of the house - prior owner was a female poet
    • 7:09 Your Author Background + How You Went from writing to publishing
    • 13:30 Your Reader Events
    • 16:00 Will this extend to Tule Authors
    • 16:50 How do you decide whether to go trad or Tule with your own books
    • 20:50 Do you have any future Harlequin books coming out
    • 23:23 How many Tule Authors are there currently
    • 25:29 How many other mystery subgenres will Tule publish
    • 26:55 What other subgenres do you plan to grow into
    • 29:44 Will you focus on contemporary, paranormal or historical cozies
    • 31:30 What was most appealing to you about acquiring Cozy Mystery Cafe
    • 37:39 Will there be any world building rules within each series
    • 39:00 Are the books Kindle Unlimited only or are they wide
    • 41:00 Will they all be made into audiobooks
    • 42:10 Candace Havens book is being made into a movie by Candace Cameron Bure on the Great American Channel
    • 45:22 What other cozy mysteries are coming out this year from Tule
    • 47:48 What are your writing plans for 2024
    • 52:30 Will you be writing a cozy mystery at any time in the future
    • 54:30 Where can readers find you and Tule online
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  • Locked In Pursuit by Ashley Weaver Book 4 Electra McDonnell Novels
    May 16 2024

    Locked In Pursuit by Ashley Weaver Book 4 Electra McDonnell Novels Meet Ashley Weaver, author of the historical cozy mysteries: The Electra McDonnell Novels Buy Ashley’s new book: Locked In Pursuit by Ashley Weaver - releasing May 14, 2024 by Minotaur Books https://amzn.to/3QEPq1z ******* The Cozy Mystery Mingle Podcast is LIVE - Meet your favorite authors + win free books + hear ONLY about New Releases Podcast Links 🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7cd5J6gqwEsCLe2OysjUsz 🍎 Listen on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cozy-mystery.../id1724866590 💜 Listen on iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-cozy-mystery-mingle-141313913/ Other Links 💌 Newsletter - Sign up for my mailing list to get alerts on new LIVEStreams with cozy mystery authors + Book Giveaways https://lisasiefert.myflodesk.com/bwpjj4kghn 🎬 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel - I post new video podcasts every Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VY1KTWXqMODEh8F9hp4_g?sub_confirmation=1 📚 Join the Reader Facebook Group to chat about cozies with other readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysterymingle/


    TIMESTAMPS

    • 0:00 Introductions
    • 1:50 What do you think of the Nancy Drew +Tell Hardy Boys on the CW
    • 2:50 Fun Fact: This is only the 2nd historical cozy mystery book author interview on this video podcast
    • 3:05 Tell us about your new release Locked In Pursuit by Ashley Weaver
    • 6:00 How did you pick World War II era for your historical series setting
    • 7:30 Are you a big history buff
    • 8:00 Is there any particular historical era you gravitate towards over others
    • 8:40 What are the key differences between the Electra McDonnell series and your Amory Ames series
    • 9:50 Have you been to London a lot
    • 10:20 After you visited did it change the way you told the story
    • 10:50 Are there any historical places you made sure to visit that you wanted to include in the book
    • 11:40 Which is a more prominent theme: Espionage or Criminal Activities
    • 12:40 Does Ellie's family help out with Ramsey
    • 13:50 Does the family stop doing criminal activities during the series
    • 14:55 Who is everyone in the McDonnell family tree
    • 16:30 How hot and heavy is the romance between Ellie + Ramsey in book 4
    • 17:50 How much romance is in this book
    • 18:40 What are main similarities between Amory and Ellie - the main protagonists in both series
    • 19:40 Are you more like Amory or Ellie
    • 20:30 What are your writing plans for 2024
    • 21:00 Where can readers find you https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAshleyWeaver and https://twitter.com/AshleyCWeaver and https://www.instagram.com/ashleyweaverauthor/
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  • Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross Books 12 A Maine Clambake Mystery
    May 2 2024

    Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross Books 12 A Maine Clambake Mystery Meet Barbara Ross, author of the cozy mystery series Maine Clambake Mysteries Buy Barbara's new book: Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross - released Apr 23, 2024 by Kensington Cozies https://amzn.to/3IJIkVc ******* The Cozy Mystery Mingle Podcast is LIVE - Meet your favorite authors + win free books + hear ONLY about New Releases Podcast Links 🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7cd5J6gqwEsCLe2OysjUsz 🍎 Listen on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cozy-mystery.../id1724866590 💜 Listen on iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-cozy-mystery-mingle-141313913/ Other Links 💌 Newsletter - Sign up for my mailing list to get alerts on new LIVEStreams with cozy mystery authors + Book Giveaways https://lisasiefert.myflodesk.com/bwpjj4kghn 🎬 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel - I post new video podcasts every Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VY1KTWXqMODEh8F9hp4_g?sub_confirmation=1 📚 Join the Reader Facebook Group to chat about cozies with other readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysterymingle/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introductions 1:13 Fun Fact 1: Barbara + I are both minimalists 3:12 Fun Fact 2: Both are cozy mystery series are set in Maine 4:30 Tell us about Book 12: Torn Asunder 6:40 Can you jump into Book 12 without having read Books 1-11 7:20 What should readers know before going into Book 12 8:40 What is a clambake 10:35 What else do they serve at the Snowden Family Clambake 13:10 What is your favorite seafood 14:00 Does your husband Bill do all the recipes 15:45 And Bill does all of the cooking 16:50 Does Bill have a single brother who also loves to cook 17:20 Is everyone in your extended family in Maine 19:00 How did you come up with the name Busman's Harbor 20:50 Can you give us some fun facts about Maine fro the research you did for Boiled Over - the founders Day book 22:00 How similar or different is Busman's Harbor from Portland 23:00 Every cover has seagulls on it - are they part of the book 24:10 How much is the main character amateur sleuth Julia Snowden like you 25:45 What do you love about this character 26:50 Who is her sidekick to help her solve mysteries 28:25 You're a tech startup genius - any plans to set a future cozy in this world 29:50 Any plans to return to that world 30:30 Any plans to set a future cozy in a B&B 31:20 What happened to your mother in law's B&B33:10 What are your writing plans for 202434:05 Where can readers finder you https://barbararossauthor.com/https://www.instagram.com/maineclambake/https://www.facebook.com/barbaraannross

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    35 mins
  • Death and Dacquoise by Kat Bellemore Book 1 A Seaside French Patisserie Mystery
    Apr 30 2024

    Death and Dacquoise by Kat Bellemore Book 1 A Seaside French Patisserie Mystery Meet Kat Bellemore, author of the new cozy mystery series Seaside French Patisserie Mysteries Buy Kat's new book: Death and Dacquoise by Kat Bellemore - released Apr 30, 2024 at https://amzn.to/3vfvX02 and get the prequel mentioned in the interview as a free book, Murder in the Sandcastle Shop and sign up for Kat's newsletter at https://dl.bookfunnel.com/stt1uyazah ******* The Cozy Mystery Mingle Podcast is LIVE - Meet your favorite authors + win free books + hear ONLY about New Releases Podcast Links 🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7cd5J6gqwEsCLe2OysjUsz 🍎 Listen on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cozy-mystery.../id1724866590 💜 Listen on iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-cozy-mystery-mingle-141313913/ Other Links 💌 Newsletter - Sign up for my mailing list to get alerts on new LIVEStreams with cozy mystery authors + Book Giveaways https://lisasiefert.myflodesk.com/bwpjj4kghn 🎬 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel - I post new video podcasts every Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VY1KTWXqMODEh8F9hp4_g?sub_confirmation=1 📚 Join the Reader Facebook Group to chat about cozies with other readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysterymingle/ TIMESTAMPS

    • 0:00 Introduction
    • 1:43 Let's talk about Green Chili
    • 2:46 You homeschool your daughter - that's a lot of work!
    • 3:20 Finding green chili outside of New Mexico is very hard
    • 4:00 Your romances and one of your cozies is set in New Mexico - what do you love about that location
    • 5:00 How do you say dacquoise
    • 6:00 Tell us about this new series
    • 7:12 Do you have a sister in real life you modeled this after
    • 7:40 Tell us about this book
    • 9:20 What's similar between this and the Maddie Swallows series
    • 10:50 What else is the same or different about the sister who died
    • 12:20 How do readers get the prequel Murder in the Sandcastle Shop https://dl.bookfunnel.com/stt1uyazah
    • 13:20 How old are each of the sisters13:40 Did Jo and Dottie quit their jobs to move there
    • 14:15 Who's POV is the story from14:40 What Starlight Ridge modeled after a town you love
    • 15:13 What state are we in and what part of it
    • 15:40 What do you love about coastal towns
    • 16:30 What else makes Starlight Ridge unique
    • 17:25 Are you more like Jo or Dottie
    • 18:05 Are there any pets in this mystery
    • 19:15 What are your writing plans for 202420:33 Where can readers find you Website: www.kat-bellemore.com Amazon: https://amzn.to/4dvIz4u Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kat-bellemore
    • 25:50 Will you be writing a holiday book for the series
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    23 mins
  • The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton Book 9 A Scottish Bookshop Mystery
    Apr 23 2024

    The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton Book 9 A Scottish Bookshop Mystery Meet Paige Shelton, author of the cozy mystery series Scottish Bookshop Mysteries You can find Paige at paigeshelton.com Buy Paige's new book:The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton - releasing Apr 9, 2024 by Minotaur Books at https://amzn.to/3wWWLmi ******* The Cozy Mystery Mingle Podcast is LIVE - Meet your favorite authors + win free books + hear ONLY about New Releases Podcast Links 🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7cd5J6gqwEsCLe2OysjUsz 🍎 Listen on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cozy-mystery.../id1724866590 💜 Listen on iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-cozy-mystery-mingle-141313913/ Other Links 💌 Newsletter - Sign up for my mailing list to get alerts on new LIVEStreams with cozy mystery authors + Book Giveaways https://lisasiefert.myflodesk.com/bwpjj4kghn 🎬 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel - I post new video podcasts every Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VY1KTWXqMODEh8F9hp4_g?sub_confirmation=1 📚 Join the Reader Facebook Group to chat about cozies with other readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysterymingle/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:15 Tell us about The Poison Pen Book 9 6:15 Why Scotland 8:12 Was there a particular bookshop in Scotland that you modeled this one after 8:55 Can you jump into Book 9 without reading Books 1-8 10:15 Who's who among the recurring characters in this book 11:50 The Bookshop is a great place to work 12:40 Her husband Tom's pub is right up the street 13:05 Viewer comments about Scotland 14:00 British and Scottish Royalty are one in the same 16:10 Did you make it to Scotland's largest second hand bookstore Leakeys in Iverness 17:30 What other parts of Scotland do you plan to visit 18:55 How much is Delaney like you 19:50 What do you love about this character and what are you hoping will grow and change over the future books 21:05 How does Tom feel about her amateur sleuthing 22:10 What are your writing plans for 2024 22:50 Can you give us more information about the Alaskan Mysteries 24:30 Can you tell us about all of your other cozy mystery series 26:00 What countries do you plan to visit in the future 27:10 Where can readers find you27:45 Are you doing any in-person author signing events

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    29 mins
  • Museum of Murder by Leslie Langtry Book 30 Merry Wrath Mysteries
    Apr 22 2024

    Museum of Murder by Leslie Langtry Book 30 Merry Wrath Mysteries Meet Leslie Langtry, author of the cozy mystery series Merry Wrath Mysteries - You can find Leslie at https://www.leslielangtry.com/ Buy Leslie's new book: Museum of Murder by Leslie Langtry - releasing April 23, 2024 at https://amzn.to/490SxHz ******* The Cozy Mystery Mingle Podcast is LIVE - Meet your favorite authors + win free books + hear ONLY about New Releases Podcast Links 🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7cd5J6gqwEsCLe2OysjUsz 🍎 Listen on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cozy-mystery.../id1724866590 💜 Listen on iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-cozy-mystery-mingle-141313913/ Other Links 💌 Newsletter - Sign up for my mailing list to get alerts on new LIVEStreams with cozy mystery authors + Book Giveaways https://lisasiefert.myflodesk.com/bwpjj4kghn 🎬 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel - I post new video podcasts every Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VY1KTWXqMODEh8F9hp4_g?sub_confirmation=1 📚 Join the Reader Facebook Group to chat about cozies with other readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysterymingle/


    TIMESTAMPS

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 1:10 About the Merry Wrath Series
    • 1:30 About Museum of Murder Book 30
    • 2:30 Can you jump into Book 30 without reading the 29 from before
    • 3:20 Who's who in the series: Kelly, Riley, Rex, Ava, Betty...
    • 7:07 I LOVE this series - it's my new favorite, have-to-read-every-book series!!
    • 7:54 Working on Book 32 right now
    • 8:45 Are there any more of the 4 Sleuths mystery series coming out
    • 10:27 Is Riley in Book 30
    • 11:12 Is Dr. Body - the Medical Examiner in Book 30
    • 12:00 Who gets murdered in Book 30
    • 13:00 Do they still have all of the cats: Philby, Moneypenny, Martini
    • 13:50 Are there any children in Merry and Rex's future
    • 14:57 How many pets do you have
    • 15:35 How far did you make it in the Girl Scouts
    • 17:14 How do you become a Girl Scout Troop Leader
    • 18:05 Do Girl Scout Troop Leaders get paid $
    • 19:25 What is the Girl Scouts hierarchy: Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and Seniors and Juliettes
    • 20:37 Do Girl Scouts still wear sashes
    • 21:27 What is your favorite Girl Scout cookie
    • 22:30 In the book the Girl Scout Troop Leaders sell the cookies - does that happen IRL
    • 25:21 How did the troop get started by Merry + Kelly
    • 26:20 Can we see your pet Bunny: Bun Bun
    • 27:25 Are there any bunnies in the Merry Wrath world
    • 28:20 Is there anything about the Girl Scouts you wish would change or they would do better
    • 29:45 Are you going to be a Girl Scout Troop Leader again in your future
    • 32:00 Is Who's There, Iowa modeled after Des Moines, IA
    • 33:00 What was the TV Show Who's There about
    • 33:40 How did you end up picking Iowa instead of Illinois
    • 34:27 Were you an ex-CIA agent in the past
    • 35:12 Let's talk about your other series which were about assassins, as well
    • 37:40 How much are you like Merry Wrath IRL
    • 40:00 You write 4 books a year
    • 40:45 Are you a dog person or a cat person or a bunny person or all of the above
    • 42:15 Will there ever be a tune and noodle casserole recipe at the back of the books
    • 43:05 Kelly remains her sidekick for the whole series
    • 44:00 What are your writing plans for 2024
    • 46:30 Where can readers find you online
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    49 mins
  • Cooking Up a Witch by Felicity Green Book 3 Scottish Witches Mysteries
    Apr 17 2024

    Cooking Up a Witch by Felicity Green Book 3 Scottish Witches Mysteries Meet Felicity Green, author of the paranormal cozy mystery Scottish Witches Mysteries Buy Felicity's new book: Cooking Up a Witch by Felicity Green - releasing Mar 22, 2024 at https://amzn.to/3PnDeBN TIMESTAMPS 0:00 INTROS 0:35 Felicity's Background 2:25 Tell us about Cooking Up a Witch 4:35 Summary of Book 1 and Book 2 in the Scottish Witches Mystery Series 6:12 Can readers jump into Book 3 without reading Books 1 and 2 7:00 Will you translate all of the other books in the series to English 7:40 Are cozies popular in Germany 9:12 What do you love about the Scottish Highlands 9:52 What is the Witch Lore for Scotland 12:45 What's the difference between Scottish and American Witches 13:50 What magical superpower would you like to have 15:05 What ties all 6 of the books together 16:40 Backstory on inspiration for Jessi - Book 1 of the series 19:15 Do the other witches makes cameos in the books 19:50 How much is Fiona like you 21:20 Are there recipes in this book 22:00 Is your newsletter in English or in German 22:28 Does Fiona have another witch/sidekick helping her solve the mystery 22:50 Is there romance 23:45 What are your writing plans for 2024 25:00 Where can readers find you ******* The Cozy Mystery Mingle Podcast is LIVE - Meet your favorite authors + win free books + hear ONLY about New Releases Podcast Links 🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7cd5J6gqwEsCLe2OysjUsz 🍎 Listen on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cozy-mystery.../id1724866590 💜 Listen on iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-cozy-mystery-mingle-141313913/ Other Links 💌 Newsletter - Sign up for my mailing list to get alerts on new LIVEStreams with cozy mystery authors + Book Giveaways https://lisasiefert.myflodesk.com/bwpjj4kghn 🎬 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel - I post new video podcasts every Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VY1KTWXqMODEh8F9hp4_g?sub_confirmation=1 📚 Join the Reader Facebook Group to chat about cozies with other readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysterymingle/

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    26 mins
  • Red Beans and Rituals by Jen Pitts Book 2 The Witches of the French Quarter Mysteries
    Apr 16 2024

    Red Beans and Rituals by Jen Pitts Book 2 The Witches of the French Quarter Mysteries Meet Jen Pitts, author of the paranormal cozy mystery series Witches of the French Quarter Mysteries Buy Jen's new book: Red Beans and Rituals by Jen Pitts - releasing Apr 30, 2024 at https://amzn.to/3Ptxt5v


    TIMESTAMPS:

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:10 Tell as about you
    • 0:12 Do you like coffee or tea?
    • 1:41 Fun Fact: all of Jen's covers were done by my BFF Molly cozycoverdesigns.com
    • 2:49 Tell us about Red Beans and Rice
    • 4:30 What's so great about New Orleans for a paranormal writing setting
    • 5:55 Can you read Book 2 without reading Book
    • 17:00 How many other types of paranormal characters are there in this world
    • 7:27 Can the cat talk to anyone or just Althea
    • 8:17 Tell us more about Evangeline
    • 10:00 Is Bryce [Evangeline's husband] a warlock
    • 10:35 Do we solve Bryce's story
    • 10:55 Give us more backstory about Althea
    • 12:20 When and how were her witch powers unlocked
    • 13:15 What other witchy powers does she have
    • 13:45 Is Evangeline more powerful than her
    • 14:10 What witchy superpower would you like to have
    • 14:30 What do they serve at Bewitched Bites and Baubbles
    • 16:00 Does Althea own the Coven Shop
    • 16:35 Does Althea live above it
    • 17:20 Would this story have been the same if you had put it in Houston or somewhere else
    • 18:42 How much is Althea like you
    • 19:30 Did you wake up during COVID and decide to become an author then
    • 20:45 What are your writing plans for 2024
    • 22:26 Where can readers find you ******* The Cozy Mystery Mingle Podcast is LIVE - Meet your favorite authors + win free books + hear ONLY about New Releases Podcast Links 🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7cd5J6gqwEsCLe2OysjUsz 🍎 Listen on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cozy-mystery.../id1724866590 💜 Listen on iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-cozy-mystery-mingle-141313913/ Other Links 💌 Newsletter - Sign up for my mailing list to get alerts on new LIVEStreams with cozy mystery authors + Book Giveaways https://lisasiefert.myflodesk.com/bwpjj4kghn 🎬 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel - I post new video podcasts every Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VY1KTWXqMODEh8F9hp4_g?sub_confirmation=1 📚 Join the Reader Facebook Group to chat about cozies with other readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysterymingle/
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    23 mins