by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Many writers have a hard time with beginning and ending their books. I’ve never had much trouble starting a book (I rarely vary from starting with dialogue between [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
By Selina Siak Chin Yoke, @SiakChinYoke With the publication of my debut novel, The Woman who Breathed Two Worlds, by Amazon Crossing in 2016, I achieved a long-cherished dream. And when the book [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Routines are wonderful–until they’re not. I’m a very routine-driven writer. Actually, I’m routine-driven, period. I’m a lot more productive when I can keep my malfunctioning brain out of [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a lot of blog posts about revision and most of them are focusing on the big things: arc, character development, conflict, etc. This is a post [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When I was a traditionally-published author, I remember my frustration that I didn’t hold any audiobook rights. My publisher held them, but never exploited them. And I regularly [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @Elizabethscraig When I hit rough patches (and I do nearly every book), I keep going without feeling blocked. That’s because I’ve done it before. Every couple of books I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One of the most awkward things about being a writer is handling reviews and reader comments. The rule of thumb is to never reply or comment on reviews: [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Unpleasant characters are tough for any genre. But for mysteries, they present special challenges. My editors from Penguin would often bring up concerns they had with unpleasant characters [...]
by Mark Gottlieb, @Trident_Media As a literary agent in major trade publishing at the Trident Media Group literary agency, I often have to explain the elements of a good query letter to new [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Mike Fleming, @Hiveword In my previous post about changes to the Writer’s Knowledge Base (WKB) I mentioned that a future feature would be the possibility of receiving emails brimming with writing links [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When I was first signing a book contract in 2008, I remember that the industry generally scoffed at writers worried about copyright issues. Some writers wondered if they [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In 2016, I worked in more reading than I had in 2015. I love reading, but for some reason in 2015 I ended up with a bunch of [...]
by Fred Johnson, @FredBobJohn In our non-stop world of tweets, tags, and text messages, it’s often difficult to find the time and motivation to sit down and read (let alone write!) a full-length [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Amazon Author Insights is a new author-facing Tumblr site to help both new and established writers find writing-related resources and Amazon services for writers in one spot. I [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 Today, author Hank Quense offers tips on three vital elements of the writing craft: subplots, scenes, and POV. Integrating subplots naturally: I’ve seen subplots mishandled many times. When this [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Although I was late to sell my books on Google Play, I’ve discovered that my books have sold well there. I was a something of a skeptic about [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve always felt it was important to get my books in libraries. That’s not only because I like the idea of being discovered there (I’ll take readers however [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve always heard that smart writers think beyond the story in terms of book marketing. Publishing expert Richard Nash has called it the”commodification of the book” as cited in [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve been using InstaFreebie since July of last year, but my use was limited to a convenient method of distributing free ebooks to readers or reviewers (and having [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
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