 Welcome to Matter of Inquiry! Thanks for joining our book talk with mystery writers and readers. Today's guest is Jann Franklin, author of the Small Town Girl cozy mysteries and related trilogy. Good Morning, Jann. Let's start by introducing you to readers.  Bio: Jann Franklin, a resident of Grand Cane, Louisiana, began writing to express her creative side. But it wasn't always like that--not until her husband encouraged her to value her small town roots. Jann is a newspaper columnist and author of two book series about small town life. Her books center around the fictional town of Graisseville, Louisiana and its 298 quirky residents. Contact links: https://www.jannfranklin.com/ https://twitter.com/JannFranklin3 https://www.facebook.com/jannfranklinauthor https://www.instagram.com/jannfranklinauthor/ INTERVIEW: JLB: Are you self-published or traditionally published? How did you make the decision? JF: I'm self-published because I enjoy the freedom of making my books exactly the way I want them. JLB: Do people you know ever sneak into your books as characters? JF: At first I tried hard to keep people I know out of my books. When I started my cozy mysteries, my father asked to be in it. The heroine's father is a retired veterinarian named Skeeter, and he's based on my father. Once people found out he was a supporting character in my book, they've asked to also be included. Apparently it's exciting to be a fictional character! JLB: Do you write from an outline? JF: Not really. I create the bare bones of the victim and the suspects, including their motive, means, and opportunity. I write down the clues in the order I want them revealed. I also create the super clue, that one key piece of information that solves the crime. And then I just start writing. JLB: Do you read reviews of your own books? Do you respond to them? Are you affected by them? JF: I'm forced to read reviews, because I need to put them on my ads. But I stay away from them as much as I can, because I know authors who have their whole day ruined because someone wrote a three star review, or left a one star rating with no reason why. I've had enough people tell me they love my books and identify with my characters--I'm happy. JLB: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date? JF: I had so much trouble marketing my Small Town Girl series because it's not a specific genre, that I took a detour to write the third and final book. Now my focus is my cozies, and the second one will be out in July, Boudin and Bloodshed. My plan is to deliver one every quarter, and I'm writing the third mystery, Fruitcake and Fraud, which will come out late November. Being from Louisiana, I have to write one about Mardi Gras, so I'll start my fourth one in July, Mardi Gras and Mayhem. It will be out in January. JLB: Which of the trivia questions did you select to answer? JF:
JLB: Thank you for visiting the blog, Jann. As we end today’s interview, please show us your featured books in the Small Town Girl Mystery series and the related Small Town Girl trilogy.  Muffalettas and Murder (Small Town Girl Mysteries) Genre: Cozy Mystery Evangeline Delafose is finding Graisseville, Louisiana just as she remembered—boring and uneventful. Until her brother Nate asks her to help solve a murder. Buy link Book 1): https://www.amazon.com/Muffalettas-Murder-Small-Town-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BPQYJQ3T  Small Town Girl Series Genre: A trilogy about small town life; clean, humorous Southern fiction. Jen Guidry thrives in the big city, but her husband Mike finds the bright lights blinding. He moves their family back to the tiny town in Louisiana where he grew up, a place that doesn't even have a coffee shop! How will Jen cope with being a fish out of water? Buy link Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Bright-Lights-Lightning-Bugs-ebook/dp/B0BN6QLDQ2 Books 2 and 3 are also on Amazon If you'd like to read an excerpt from her cozy mystery, check out the Book Spotlight on my Ally Shields blog: |
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