By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Recently, I mentioned that I’ve been working on a lot of different things…from foreign rights to promo. My favorite type of promo is passive. I’ve learned that readers [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith Antagonists can be persons or larger forces—groups, institutions, the society as a whole, nature, or the cosmos. Plots dealing with larger forces tend to embody conflicts with individuals as [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I thought I’d share my efforts at better marketing and for thinking on more of an international scale with my work. Here’s what I’ve been doing: Newsletter: Sharing the [...]
by Mickie Kennedy, @ereleases We’ve all been there. You have to write SOMETHING, but there is literally nothing going on or your brain. You’re tired, feeling fried, and that blank screen is just staring [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I think of myself as a pretty productive writer. But this winter has been the toughest ever for me in terms of being able to finish a project. [...]
by Jodie Renner, editor and author @JodieRennerEd To celebrate the release of her third writing guide, Captivate Your Readers, Jodie has priced it at 99 cents for today only and will also be [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I had to answer a questionnaire for self-publishers recently and several of the questions stumped me. I have a feeling that this isn’t a good thing. One of [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig What’s it like being a hybrid writer (someone who both publishes traditionally and self-publishes)? Today I’m at the Insecure Writer’s Support Group listing pros and cons of [...]
by Leslie Budewitz, @LeslieBudewitz I take a methodical approach to revision. As I work on the draft, I start a list of “Revision Notes”—facts to check, inconsistencies to iron out, name changes to [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith Fiction depends on tension. Tension—a felt response to conflict—must be heightened as well as diminished in a literary work. Where this is accomplished depends on the nature of the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Not all writers are introverts, of course. I’m one of the more introverted ones. My introversion can veer into shyness around readers…I’m not a shy person otherwise. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I had my tax appointment with my accountant on February 2nd. This is really not “my thing,” but I feel a lot better now that I’ve got a [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I get surprised reactions both from non-writers and writers that I’m self-publishing in print as well as in ebook format. I know some think print is dying [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I can be a pretty annoying person to watch television or movies with. Maybe most writers are. Plot holes and plot devices trip me up in bad stories [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m not sure what the grocery shopping is like internationally, but here your data gets tracked if you use loyalty cards. And loyalty cards get you special discounts [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I hope that I’m not just accentuating the positive on my blog. Writing rarely comes super-easy to me. It’s always a fight to stay focused and meet my [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have a cover conference (via email) this week with my current cover designer, Karri Klawiter. I’ve been told by cover designers in the past that they like [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Working from home is something that sounds amazing for many people. Who wouldn’t want to work from home, right? No commute. No dry cleaning bills. No annoying coworkers. [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith When you write and revise your fiction, you deal with a host of problems. With some novels, it’s hard to decide on the right point of view. With others, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Detail and description is, I think, a little tricky. Two of my series require a lot of it because of the nature of the subgenre. The quilting mysteries [...]
Note from Elizabeth: Several years ago, when I took the self-publishing plunge, the scariest part of the process for me was making an investment in my writing without the promise of a payout. [...]
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