Panel
Room Two
4:00pm- 50 minutes

Suzanne E Flaig

Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski, Margaret C. Morse

Could cozy and humorous elements help engage your readers' personal emotions? Can murder be humorous ... a way to lighten the mood in a mystery? 

A review of cliche overuse, cozy tropes, and humor with an analysis of how these can warm up other genres or help you write in the cozy and/or humorous genres. Attendees will have the opportunity to write down cozy and/or humorous elements that could enhance their stories.

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