Lynn Cahoon is…On the Writing Block!

Sherry Ickes
2 days ago
3 min read

Updated: 4 hours ago

One of the things that I love about this blog series is getting to chat with fellow authors who share a passion for writing stories! And my next guest, Lynn Cahoon, has a new magical release to tell us all about…

Anthony-nominated and award-winning New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, Lynn Cahoon, pens several cozy mystery series including The Cat Latimer Mysteries, The Tourist Trap Mysteries, The Kitchen Witch Mysteries, Survivors’ Book Club Mysteries, The Farm to Fork Mysteries, and the Bainbridge Island Mysteries. She lives in a small town in Eastern Tennessee like the towns she loves to write about with her husband and three spoiled Keeshonds.

What is your ultimate goal as an author?

This is a hard question. I always seem to know the next step, but maybe not the end game. I’d love to be an airport author, someday. Wander through the airport and see your book on a sales shelf? That would be cool.

Do you have a writing schedule, or do you write whenever you can squeeze it in?

I used to be a squeeze it in writer. I’d take my laptop to the day job and write on my lunch period as well as a break. Now, that I’m a full-time writer, I have a bit more of a schedule. I know my deadlines and what I need to get done each week before the due date. Last year, I was ahead of the game for a couple of months, then life got in the way. I’m hoping to be back in the getting done early group in 2026.

Are there any animals in your book? If so, describe them and how involved they are in the investigation.

Kitchen witch books are really fun to write because my animals are all special. Cerby (Cerberus) is a Maltese, but he’s also a hell hound. Mr. Darcy, Mia’s cat, is her familiar, but also had Dorian’s spirit inside him for several years. And then there’s Cerby’s friend who he manifested when he was lonely at Hellhound Camp. Buddy is a pink baby dragon. Buddy is my favorite animal to write lately. None of them are involved in the investigation. They’re more focused on keeping everyone safe and causing problems with their play time.

Do you prefer pen and paper, or computer for writing?

I think while I’m writing, so I always said my story goes from the head to the fingers, where I type it onto paper. I’ve done some planning long hand, but when I’m drafting or revising, I want to be in the word document.

What is Eight Enchanting Elixirs about?

New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon’s irresistible kitchen witch, Mia the caterer, once again works magic with a meal—and with a murder—in an Idaho town with a lot of community spirits . . .

Mia’s grandmother is feeling stressed about an ex who’s returned . . . from the dead. Mia’s boyfriend is confined to his home for six weeks in a desperate attempt to get his fluffy Maltese pup, Cerby, trained as a hellhound. And Mia herself is being hassled by the coven, which is suddenly questioning the validity of her witch credentials!

Suspected of cheating on her exam, Mia is pressured to retake it. When she not only passes but moves up a level, national coven rep Suzanne Parker is furious. Parker, a relative of a witch hanged in Salem, threatens Mia with a witch’s worst nightmare. When she’s found dead the very next day, the coven suspects the kitchen witch’s potions contained an extra, very lethal ingredient.

With all this toil and trouble, Mia has no choice but to prove that she’s a good witch—in every sense of the word . . .