All this month, a group of people who have books coming out next year are doing a thing on twitter where we do short posts every day. But some people value their sanity and aren’t on twitter, so it is for you that I am providing this handy end-of-week wrap up.
Here’s the full schedule for the month:
All this month, I’m joining my fellow #2020Debuts to introduce ourselves and answer your questions, assuming your questions are the ones on this list. Come along, won’t you? pic.twitter.com/zRZjE9PMAE
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 1, 2019
On Monday, we started with a brief introduction to myself:
Day 1: Hello world! I am, as far as I can tell, Daisy Bateman, author of an upcoming mystery novel set in an artisan foods market set on the Northen California coast. Won’t you be my reader? #MeetThe2020s pic.twitter.com/pXT5SDoe3Q
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 1, 2019
Tuesday was time to introduce the book:
When a tenant of Claudia’s artisan market is murdered right after she had terminated the victim’s lease for fraud, the police chief thinks Claudia looks like an easy pick to be the killer. So Claudia has to solve the mystery herself, with help from her new friends.#MeetThe2020s pic.twitter.com/wSxi0ydIDu
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 2, 2019
Wednesday we dipped into my past:
#MeetThe2020s What was I doing three years ago? I don’t know, let’s check. pic.twitter.com/x0Xr81zlAJ
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 3, 2019
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 3, 2019
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 3, 2019
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 3, 2019
On Thursday we took a break from the holiday festivities to talk about what I’m up to now:
Reading: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (which I'd describe as a Victorian comedy of manners that's being periodically interrupted by a time travel thriller)
Writing: a new book (which I won't describe just yet)
Drinking: you know, that sounds like an excellent idea pic.twitter.com/e48ap0Yx1F— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 4, 2019
Friday was every author’s favorite question:
#MeetThe2020s I can't remember exactly how the idea for MURDER GOES TO MARKET came to me, but I think it was some combination of wanting to write a cozy, thinking about one of my favorite places, and being hungry. pic.twitter.com/EkkHYTBezG
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 5, 2019
Needless to say, Saturday was all about the booze:
For a drink pairing with my book, I think I'd choose the Mighty Dry hard cider from Golden State Cider, because it's both very tasty and, in keeping with the local foods theme, it's made about thirty miles from my (fictional) setting. #MeetThe2020s pic.twitter.com/WdI0U9FuyC
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 6, 2019
And on Sunday we considered the setting:
My book is set in the fictional town of San Elmo, California, which happens to be in a spot on the Sonoma coast right about where the not-fictional town of Bodega Bay is located. Any similarities between the two are probably not a coincidence. #MeetThe2020s pic.twitter.com/5P2o7g1XxX
— Daisy Bateman (@daisyj) July 7, 2019
There are some questions coming up that call for a longer answer, so watch this space, if you’re so inclined.