I have a special episode for you today. If you've been following me for a while, you know I blog with a group of mystery writers called the Wicked Authors. We’ve been blogging together for the past 12 or so years, ever since my first book, Kneading to Die, came out in May 2013. We started out as the Wicked Cozy Authors. We eventually became the Wicked Authors to leave room to move around in our genre. And we have just become a family. These ladies are my dearest friends. I couldn't imagine going on this writing journey without any of them. And recently, two of our members made the difficult decision that they were going to step back from the blog just to pursue some other life adventures.

The remaining four of us decided we need to keep the Wickeds going because we're dedicated to our community of readers and writers—and to each other. And obviously we're still writing.

So we are going to be launching Wickeds 2.0 in January 2025.

It's going to be a little bit of a different format than just a blog. We're going to be doing video, podcasts, even a YouTube show. We are really looking forward to engaging with our community in a different way. And we hope that the people who love our books will join us on this new journey.

And today, I wanted to share with you all a conversation that the six of us recorded to mark the end of this chapter. We reflect on the blog, on our writing journeys, on what we've learned from each other. It was just such a fun conversation that I really wanted to share it with this community.

So this is a conversation with me, Barbara Ross, Sherry Harris, Edith Maxwell/Maddie Day,

Julie Hennrikus and Jessica Ellicott. Enjoy!

If you want to watch the conversation, you can check it out here.

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