by Virginia King, @selkiemoonbooks All new writers are advised to “write what you know” because sticking to your own experience is a recipe for authenticity, for not getting lost in unchartered territory. It [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One thing that I love about writing mysteries is that they’re so much fun to write. In my guest post today for Mason Canyon at the Thoughts [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m frequently asked why I chose to write cozy/traditional mysteries. I’ve always just answered that it was a genre that came naturally to me–I grew up reading these [...]
by Heather Day Gilbert, @heatherdgilbert Many people wonder why my second book is a contemporary Appalachian mystery (Miranda Warning), when my debut novel was a Viking historical (God’s Daughter). Although both books are starts [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today I have another public service announcement for all the writers out there—sitting can be hazardous to your health. Yes, I know. We thought we had the kinds [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith When we think of a novel, we think of a story. We think of characters moving through time, growing due to conflict, coming ultimately to some sort of realization, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ll be the first to admit that reading industry news can be…stressful. I’m one of those people who avoids confrontation at all costs, so I rarely weigh in, [...]
by Lex Thomas, @LexThomasAuthor We all have our demons. Mine is writing. It’s been with me since I was little, this compulsion to create. A nagging feeling like I shouldn’t be living in this [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Unfortunately, protecting ourselves against scams is a very important topic for writers. And I think that, sadly, we’re easy prey since we’re eager to publish and want so [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve always been very jealous of writers who have spectacular, manuscript-worthy dreams. Those writers who wake up with ideas for their works in progress or for new stories, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig First off, I have an increasingly rare public appearance to announce. Saturday—tomorrow, actually—I’m going to be on a panel of mystery writers at 2:30 p.m. at the West [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Over the last couple of years, I’ve transformed into a (very reluctant) outliner. Long story short, I royally screwed up a couple of books really close to deadline [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Microsoft Word is an incredibly useful tool for writers—and one that I think is easy to overlook because we use it all the time. Features that I use [...]
By Dan Morse, @morsedan, author of The Yoga Store Murder In 2011, as a reporter for The Washington Post, I covered the most violent of murders in the least likely of places. Someone had slashed, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve gotten several emails from writers lately, pinging me for resources…which makes me think maybe I could do a better job spotlighting various resources on my blog. So, [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Self-publishing means running a small business. For me, it’s been a trial by fire. Fortunately, as in many small businesses, I had a bit of a slow period, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith In fiction what is “correct” is what works—what creates strong characters, drives the story, and creates the appropriate tone. This applies to grammar and mechanics as well. I’ll have [...]
By Kristi Belcamino, @KristiBelcamino Writers dream of the day when they walk into a bookstore, see a book they wrote on the shelf, and then hold that book in their own two hands! [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I dislike resolutions, but I do like setting goals. I know that June isn’t the popular month for setting goals that January is, but it’s a great time [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Man Martin, @manmartin1 I’ve been reading students’ unpublished novels for a summer class I’m teaching alongside Nancy Zafris at Kenyon College in Ohio. Again and again, I see the same fundamental flaw: the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I don’t know if y’all operate the same way, but I will allow large projects that I know will be time-sucks slide for a while…years, usually…until I finally [...]
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