How important are reviews? The short answer to this questions is VERY. As a writer, it’s great to know what your readers think, but as a buyer of books and a reader, it [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Joan Swan, @joanswan Villains are people too. Memorable, compelling characters—that’s what good fiction boils down to. And, yes, this includes your villains. Your villain was an innocent child once. What changed? Why [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Yesterday morning, I had a great phone interview with writer and radio show host Sharon Vander Meer on KFUN in New Mexico, where I was a call-in guest. [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Although it’s tough for me to get away, I really enjoy going to writer’s conferences. I love the chance to see other writers in person, since most of [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last weekend, I was in South Carolina for the Festival of the Arts in the town of Anderson. I’m originally from Anderson and Jane, one of the event [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Penguin has asked me to write a fourth Memphis Barbeque book. It was great to hear that I’d have a reason to spend more time with the characters [...]

by Steven Lewis, @Rule17 Being raised English presented considerable disadvantages to me as a writer and a blogger. The greatest of them was the English pride in understatement and self-deprecation. Promoting my blog [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Anora McGaha, @anorawrites Mysteries scare me. As a girl, I started with Nancy Drew. Loved her curiosity. Her intelligence. Her courage. But I would get scared and have to close the book. [...]

by Chrystle Fiedler, @ChrystleFiedler It’s fun to take a break from writing and visit Elizabeth on her blog! Thanks Elizabeth! I thought it would be fun to write about natural remedies since my [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!  Today I’m over at the Southern Writer’s Magazine blog with a post on torturing our characters…for their own good.  Hope you’ll be able to [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hope you’ll join me today over at A Good Blog is Hard to Find. I’m on the rotation for this blog of Southern-US writers and my topic today [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I like to drive to uptown Charlotte to have lunch with my sister, who works up there. We usually go to the same few restaurants, so I [...]

I’ve written a guest post that’s up today at the Books by Women blog . I’ve posted a few tips for meeting our writing goals while juggling everyday life (it’s not always easy!) [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re a writer, you’ll probably find a decent headshot of yourself useful. I’m asked for my picture for everything from guest blog posts to conference programs to [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by C.S. Lakin, @cslakin As mystery writers, we excel in piecing puzzles together and gathering pertinent clues to bring a reader to that “aha” moment of realization. But in the midst of our [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hope you’ll pop over and join me today at Nicole Basaraba’s Uni-Verse-City blog.  Nicole is running a blog series that focuses on the nuts and bolts of writing [...]

by Blythe Leszkay You’ve thought about writing a courtroom scene or a legal thriller. But maybe you don’t know how courts really work or how to use legal jargon. You’re not sure what [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I wrote a post on January 10th about the benefits of being a novelist…one being that you can write whatever you want to write, under different names. It’s [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links (now [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My husband, God bless him, is a perfectionist. I had some pictures that I’d wanted to hang on one of our walls. They’re nice botanical prints. The problem [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig First a special note—yesterday marked the first anniversary of the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine. The WKB is the free, searchable archive, developed by Mike Fleming, for all [...]

by Lisa Gail Green, @LisaGailGreen Lending realism to paranormal. It sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? But allowing your readers to suspend their disbelief is vital if you’re writing in this genre or [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links (now [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re a new writer or have recently decided to spend more time writing, you might be looking for other writers online. Plugging into the online writing community [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m always interested in finding new ways to get organized and take more control over my day. Although I’ve been busier than ever with my writing and family [...]