Guest post by Anne Trager, @lefrenchbook, the founder of Le French Book and translator of The Paris Lawyer by Sylvie Granotier I recently founded Le French Book, an independent publisher dedicated to bringing [...]

by Kaitlin Nichols, @TheAtheleSeries I like genre blending. I’ll just come right out and say it. I mean, this isn’t anything against purity – a straight horror or a straight sword and sorcery [...]

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 [...]

by Donna Galanti @DonnaGalanti In becoming an author and reader across genres, I’ve discovered a compelling novel is an emotional experience. If we fall in love with the characters in a book we [...]

by Man Martin, @ManMartin1 Farrish Carter, an old college friend – and by old, I mean old; we hadn’t seen each other in thirty years – stayed at our house for a couple [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I wanted to touch on a topic today that not everyone is going to relate to, but one which I think is important—self publishing backlists or restarting discontinued [...]

The editing’s finished, the cover looks amazing, and the launch is days away. Now it’s time to start work again … Death on a Longship, and its sequel, The Trowie Mound Murders, are [...]

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 [...]

by Diane Lefer I think it was Muriel Rukeyser who said offer your work to publishers. A writer must never submit. Never never never submit. And oh! I know the righteous anger of [...]

by Kathryn Jones, @kakido Strange but true. You may find that writing your mystery novel is easier than marketing it afterwards. Besides that fact that there are many things to do–you just don’t [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was driving one of the interminable carpools that I drive on a daily basis during the school year. This was a middle school one and there’s a [...]

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 [...]

by John Yeoman, @Yeomanis How do you tell a mother her baby is ugly? You don’t. You can’t. Agents can’t, either. We drop off our favourite child at their office, with love in [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The other mothers at the stables assured me that the day would come (probably sooner than later) when my daughter was going to come flying off her horse. [...]

by Douglas Corleone, @douglascorleone One of the toughest parts of being a new novelist is requesting blurbs from established authors. You’re not only asking an author to take eight to ten hours out [...]

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 [...]

I’ll be back on Sunday with Twitterific, but will be on break until then.  I’m suddenly the aunt of twins.  :) [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It happens to all of us. If life hasn’t hijacked your writing schedule, then you’ve either been very lucky or else you haven’t been writing for very long. [...]

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 [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today I’m over at Laura Howard’s Finding Bliss blog. I’m going to be talking about passive voice—a tricky subject and one that’s frequently misunderstood by writers. Hope you’ll [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One of the hazards of reading so many blogs is that I find out about a lot of fantastic-sounding books. I have a lot of to-be-read books on [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A friend of mine has a party each summer. Each summer she tells me, “Now, Elizabeth. I know you don’t like parties, but I’m counting on you to [...]

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 [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I had an interesting email exchange with another writer after Friday’s post ran. She mentioned that she had been at an event recently to talk with new writers [...]

by Joanna Slan, @JoannaSlan New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber has said, “If you don’t cry while you’re writing it, the reader won’t cry while she’s reading it.” Easier said than done. [...]

by Jodie Renner, freelance editor, @JodieRennerEd Have you ever read a book where the name of the main character was jarring to you, seemed inappropriate, or just wrong? Or have you mixed up [...]

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 [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My son is a rising sophomore in high school. I’ve heard from several friends with older kids that it might be smart for my son and I to [...]

@joannelessner “As someday it may happen that a victim must be found, I’ve got a little list.” –W.S. Gilbert I’m planning to kill my neighbor. Lest you fear that I’ve just made you [...]

@JoanRylen Thanks Elizabeth, for having us today so we could share our crazy, co-author story with your readers. Hey y’all! We are Johnell Kelley and Robbyn Hill, co-authors of Getaway Girlz, our debut [...]