Cozy Wednesday with Sadie Hartwell – Author of A Knit Before Dying – #Review / #Giveaway – Great Escapes Book Tour

I am so happy to have Sadie drop my for a visit today! 

A Moment with Sadie Hartwell

Thanks for helping me celebrate the release of A KNIT BEFORE DYING. In this book, Josie gets to solve two mysteries—one cold case and one right next door to Miss Marple Knits. But she doesn’t do it alone. She needs the help of her sidekicks Lorna, Helen, Evelyn, and Mitch. Even her crusty old great-uncle Eb and his canine companion Jethro play a part in bringing a killer—or killers—to justice this time.

Just like Josie needs some assistance, writers do too. I think there’s a perception that writers work in a solitary attic room somewhere, slaving away over their computers (or parchments, if you want to be even more fanciful) while adoring servants bring them trays of food, then emerge blinking, haggard, and in need of a shower only when the manuscript is completed. It’s true that writing can be a solitary business. After all, I’m the only one who can actually write Josie’s stories the way I write them and I’m the only who can put words on the page (or into the computer).

But for me, and for every other writer I know, writing is also a collaborative process. I am beyond blessed to have a large, supportive group of writer friends whom I trust without reservation. We write in different genres (women’s fiction, romance, young adult) but are always available to each other to brainstorm, work out plot problems, lift each other’s spirits when we get discouraged, and celebrate our victories, no matter the size. A few times a year, we go away on retreat together (one of us—not me, unfortunately—has a beautiful ski house that she is generous enough to let us use). We collaborate, commiserate, and work. And every one of us would agree that our friendship/partnership makes us better writers and better people.

I hope each of your has a tribe—whether it’s a big group like mine or a single friend you can always count on. If you’re so inclined, pop over to my author page and tell me about your people. And if you get the chance to read A KNIT BEFORE DYING, I’d love to hear what you think about that too! Hugs, and thanks for stopping by.

~Sadie

A new business might add some much-needed charm to downtown Dorset Falls—and draw tourists to Josie’s yarn shop. But when someone gets murdered, a close-knit community could come undone . . .

Shop owner Josie Blair is finally settling into the pace of living in Dorset Falls, Connecticut. Between running Miss Marple Knits, jumpstarting a blog, and handcrafting items with the help of her knitting pals, Josie’s too preoccupied to worry about her past in New York. And thanks to Lyndon and Harry, the owners of the brand-new antique shop next door, she has another project in her midst—repurposing a box of vintage crocheted doilies adorned with the most curious needlework . . .

But before Josie can formally welcome her neighbors, she discovers Lyndon on the floor of his shop stabbed to death by a rusty old pair of sheep shears. Police have pinned Harry as the killer, but Josie isn’t so sure. Now, she’s lacing up for another homicide investigation—and no eyelet or stitch can go unexamined, lest she herself becomes ensnared in the criminal’s deadly design . . .

INCLUDES ORIGINAL KNITTING PATTERNS!

About The Author –

Sadie Hartwell grew up near the Canadian border in northern New York State, where it’s cold, dark, and snowy almost half the year—a perfect environment for nurturing a simultaneous love of mystery fiction and needlework. She attended St. Lawrence University, graduating with a degree in history, and has worked as a waitress, handbag designer/manufacturer, paralegal, and copy editor before turning to writing full time. Now she gets to play with yarn and make up stories whenever she wants, and wishes everyone had a job as much fun as hers.

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Sadie also writes the Greek to Me Mysteries as Susannah Hardy.

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