Author Guest Post
When Besties Co-Write a Mystery
by Jodi Rath
Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart is the fourth installment in The Cast Iron Skillet Mystery Series, although it’s the sixth story with two other holiday stories. As usual, life happens, and I found myself behind on my deadline for the first draft. My BFF and editor, Rebecca Grubb, and I have been in writing groups together, and I’ve seen the stories she has created. Plus, she knows all of the books in the series and has been there to save my tush on many occasions—so, naturally, I called her, put her on the spot, and asked if she’d co-write this book with me. Being true to the wonderful human being she is, she didn’t let me down.
While Rebecca is an excellent editor and writer, she’s never been published before, so this was all new to her. She was used to me texting, emailing, and calling all hours of the day as I pulled my wild curls out while trying to meet deadlines and to bounce ideas off of her—but, she wasn’t used to being on said deadline to produce the story and come up with ideas. You have to understand our friendship—it looks a lot like Jolie’s and Ava’s friendship in the books, but we aren’t nearly as clean and proper at all times! And let’s face it, that’s a beautiful thing to have in a bestie—one who you know you can show your best and worst parts of yourself and they will still be there after all is said and done. And let me tell you all—I am flawed, baby—seriously flawed!
So, off we are on our new journey into co-writing. What a beautiful yellow-brick road we saw before us—like Dorothy—many twists and turns followed that path. Yes, there were times we wanted to strangle each other, and times we said to each other, “YOU ARE BRILLIANT MY DEAR!” And in the end, we created a gold nugget of suspense, mystery, and adventure that will surely take you on a wild ride. Enjoy!
About Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart
Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart (The Cast Iron Skillet Mystery Series)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Publisher: MYS ED LLC; 1 edition (May 29, 2020)
~200 Pages
ASIN: B081DD5CFB
On again, off again, ON AGAIN–Jolie Tucker and Mick Meiser are giving their relationship another try. Things seem to be working out for them so far, and love is on the menu all over Leavensport! An unexpected pregnancy with a surprising partner, a therapist pairs off with the chief of police, and the mayor of Leavensport falls for Jolie’s Aunt Fern!
Although Leavensport is serving up affairs of the heart, there are a lot of mysterious activities lurking in the air. The townspeople awake to find freshly dug empty holes throughout the fields that were recently up for sale under suspicious circumstances. Jolie and Ava believe they are taking a break from solving murders when they start teaching an online cooking course–until they witness one of their students take a stake through the heart!
Welcome to Leavensport, OH, where DEATH takes a DELICIOUS turn!
About Jodi Rath
Moving into her second decade working in education, Jodi Rath has decided to begin a life of crime in her Cast Iron Skillet Mystery Series. Her passion for both mysteries and education led her to combine the two to create her business MYS ED, where she splits her time between working as an adjunct for Ohio teachers and creating mischief in her fictional writing. She currently resides in a small, cozy village in Ohio with her husband and her nine cats.
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About Rebecca Grubb
Rebecca Grubb utilizes her experience in the high school English classroom and her decades as a bookworm to coach writers and edit fiction and creative non-fiction. She enjoys reading and writing books, particularly mysteries and science fiction. She lives in a small town in Ohio with her husband and the three mischievous children.
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The book look like a hilarious read, Thanks for your great generosity.
Sounds like a fun read. Looking forward to reading the book.
Thank you! It was fun to write. I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks, Dianne! We had a blast writing it! Please enter the raffle for a chance to win–also, on my Author Jodi Rath FB page I do a giveaway raffle once a week–it goes up every Monday and ends every Friday. I hope you will like the page and join in the weekly raffles! Have a wonderful day!
Jodi Rath
Thanks for having us on to talk about our experience writing together. It was an adventure!
Jodi and I email each other with a book idea (usually something completely off-the-wall and unrelated to this series) at least twice a week.
“When we get some spare time, let’s write a space opera rom-com about sentient hedgehogs who discover a wormhole to Earth!”
“Yeah! I’m in!”
So it is possible!
-Rebecca
http://www.sterlingwords.com
I’m all in for the hedgehogs. Can you make one look like a hedgehog version of Laura Croft? Please!
It wouldn’t be worth reading if we didn’t!!
I have a strong feeling we will be co-writing again. We are kind of like the odd couple–I’m SUPER OCD about everything and Rebecca is super laid back–what is HILARIOUS is that when we co-wrote this book–I ended up being very calm (SO WEIRD) and she was the OCD, hyper one worrying about every little thing (I’m not going to lie–it made me SO happy to see her worked up for once! LOL!). Also, the back and forth verbal bashing we do with each other is where we get inspiration for Jolie and Ava’s verbal friendship bashing. LOL! Yes, a Laura Croft hedgehog is a MUST. Rebecca–make a note!
Jodi
Note made!
Oh my goodness, everything you said is true! I was so worried about every little clue and reveal. I got obsessed. I’m basically a detective now, I think. Right?
Or a PI! LOL! PI Grubb!
Thanks so much for having us here today! It was great fun writing about our experiences! Have a great day!
Jodi