Have you ever taken on a writing project only to leave it halfway? Or you’ve started a project that you but got overwhelmed during the research phase? Do you have tons of half-written material you'd like to publish one day? If any of these questions resonate with you then you’re not alone. This happens to most writers.

Writing a cozy mystery requires we know which subgenre we want to write in. I wasn’t sure of which subgenres I wanted to write in the beginning. I dove deeper and researched the different types of cozy mystery subgenres. To make things clear, here are the genres as seen on Amazon:

I’ve realized it's better to be mentally prepared to write many books if you’re writing in the cozy mystery genre or any genre. It makes sense. Not from a readership perspective but from a marketing perspective as well. But, is writing a stand-alone single book the same as writing a series?

Since I’ve not written any cozy mystery before I plan to get some help. My action plan is to first read some books on the topic of how to write cozy mystery books. I searched on Amazon and I came across several titles. I am not going to read through every single one of them but the idea is to go through the ones that have shortlisted.

I’ve always wondered how cozy can it get for the writer when trying to pen down a cozy mystery novel. Is the writing process as thrilling as reading the book? I guess we’ll figure it out.I have a few goals for this blog. A few of them are: