by Terry Ambrose, @suspense_writer Purchase here The epiphany, the “aha” moment, the smack on the side of the head. No matter what we call it, that moment when the last piece of the [...]

by Kellie Larsen Murphy, @aguiltymind Purchase here I have always been a writer. In high school, I served as yearbook editor. In college, I sequenced in a series of English classes. Early in [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigOne of the best ways to make sure readers keep turning pages is to include plenty of conflict and tension in our story.  Today I’m over at F.C. Malby’s [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigI probably should have run this post before Thanksgiving.   But getting ready for Thanksgiving made me busy and I was juggling different activities—and writing. Which is what reminded me [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigIf it seems a little quieter than usual on the web this week, it’s probably because Thanksgiving is tomorrow here in the States. Although I’ve got tweets scheduled through [...]

by Paul Anthony Shortt, @PAShortt Thank you for having me, Elizabeth. Your blog is a constant source of wisdom which I try to apply to my work.I’ve always loved trilogies. They just seem [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

by Mike Martin A funny thing happened to me on the way to becoming a fiction writer. I ended up in mystery. I’m not really sure how I got here or why. But, [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigI finally got around to experimenting with doing a free promo.  Naturally, I was interested in seeing if running this kind of a promo would boost sales of my [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigIn my last post, I talked about production time for self-publishing and traditional publishing and how much shorter the lead-time for self-publishing is.  Basically, you have the ability to [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigPaul Anthony Shortt had an interesting comment for my “Shorter Novels in the Digital Age?” post last week.  He mentioned book spacing and book release timing (as far as [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigTwitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigWriting at home is difficult sometimes. I do much of my writing at home, most of it before 5:30 a.m.  But I’ve been trying to write a little extra [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigLast week I was working on my current project.  I felt good about it. I was definitely in the writing zone and everything was going well. Then I got to [...]

by Laura Dennis, @LauraDennisCA Adoptees as ticking time bombs, “he’s f—ed up because he’s adopted.” … There’s more to it than that! In last Thursday’s guest post, I wrote about problems inherent in [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigThe key to discoverability, at this point, seems to be either writing a blockbuster of a book (which we’d all clearly be doing, if it were such an easy [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer [...]

Available here by Laura Dennis, @LauraDennisCA Christian Grey is “fifty shades of f—ed up” according to EL James … because he’s adopted. Popular fiction (eh hem, Twilight) uses adoption as a cop-out to [...]