By Vicki Vass

This is my last scheduled blog post for 2015, and I wanted to take a few moments to reflect back on the past year.  A lot happened over the past year, and I’m not talking about at my full-time job.

In 2015, I published my first cozy mystery novel, Murder by the Spoonful, the not-so-real adventures of my two close friends, Anne and CC, intrepid antique hunters who stumble upon a murder. I followed that up with writing their second story, Pickin’ Murder, based on my husband and mine’s vacation to Nashville.

Much of the rest of the year has been spent on marketing the books, attending book signings at Affordable Antiques in Naperville and hosting Facebook events. Not only is it one of my favorite antique stores but they have agreed to stock the books there.

I also completed the National Novel Writing challenge of writing…