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Submitted By: Coolhand
Submitted Comment: Your newsletter about cozy crafty mysteries was really interesting, esprit. The hobby aspect presents a multitude of possibilities. Thanks.
Submitted By: sarahreed
Submitted Comment: Crafty Cozies is a fascinating concept! Too bad my only hobbies are video games and role-playing. lol. Although... If I did a fantasy story and included character sheets of the various characters at the end of each chapter... That would be cool! Thanks for the idea!
Writers are able to write about anything, and I'm a firm believer in writing about what you know. Sara, I see no handicap in writing cozies around video games and role-playing--I really don't. Just think of the direction you could take the stories. Your hobbies are perfect mystery themes.
Role-players come from all walks of life: detectives, murderers, victims. What if a player began to role play a murderer? It would be a good twist to have the antagonist play the role of detective and 'find' clues, teasing law enforcement by showing what he did and how, trusting no one would put it together. If a detective who is working the case in his day job happened to be a player too, he would begin to notice the 'clues' were ones that matched his real life case but were not made public.
You know criminals always think they'll never be caught because they believe they've committed the perfect crime. Still, they need to boast and give hints. He probably has a respectable day job such as writing new video games. What if the games were re-inactions of actual crimes? Couldn't a wise young detective that happened to be a gamer, buy one or two of these games and begin to see an odd similarity between the game and evidence only he and the perpetrator of the real crime should know?
Cozies usually have their characters attend craft fairs or conventions of some sort to sell their wares and socialize; but mainly to discover and solve mysteries. I believe gamers have conventions, don't they? Don't they have tournaments? I neither role-play nor game, so I don't know, but those who do will know exactly how to get the protagonist and antagonist together.
A cozy can be written around any kind of hobby, and don't leave out cozy mysteries for children and YA. I haven't seen the category in the kids lit sites I visit, so it could be a new genre to get in on.
So, in my opinion, Coolhand is right--The hobby aspect presents a multitude of possibilities.
And instead of saying: "Too bad my only hobbies are video games and role-playing." sarahreed could be saying, "Hooray, I can write about something I know!"
Mystery writers could give the cozy a try--just for fun. You might find your niche.
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