Well I guess this is a good time for me to jump in and say
Maddy is certainly pretty well spot on. I would much prefer
to not read a cosy unless I happen to be on the beach. I also
have been reading this list for a while (well over a year)
and while I never post I do follow the discussions and my
reading pool has increased due to this list.
Patricia See you in Toronto for: www.bouchercon2004.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Maddy Van" <
maddyvh@comcast.net> To: <
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21, 2004 5:44 PM Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Introduction
> Whew, that's a stereotype that needs updating! This
middle-aged female
> reader only reads hardboiled and noir. And many of
the members of a
> Yahoo group that I moderate are right there with me.
We're not sitting
> around crocheting and gossiping over tea. We're
kicking butt in the
> workplace and networking over martinis.
>
> Maddy
>
>
> -----My sense is that he's right. I think it is
easier for a new writer
> to
> break in with a cozy that St. Martin's might pick up
and publish in
> hardcover for libraries where a predominantly
middle-aged female
> readership hangs out.
>
> Tim Wohlforth
>
>
>
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