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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are times when I’m completely prepared to admit that I’m a writer. These are usually social situations or parent meetings where small-talk entails being asked what one [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a lot of posts that assume that writers have unlimited funds for book production. But many writers who self-publish books are having to fit the process [...]
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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Years ago I was stumped when I received an email from a middle school student. He was reading one of my books for a school assignment (this, in [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Anyone familiar with this blog knows that I’m not a fan of old-fashioned promoting. I think I’ve sold a lot more books by using better book metadata and [...]
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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Probably one of the things I’m emailed the most about by other writers is how to find mystery writing resources. Sometimes I feel that many mystery writers aren’t very [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve worked hard to make sure that my books are available internationally. They sell well in Canada, the UK, and Australia, in particular. Not only do I have [...]
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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Larry Brooks of StoryFix frequently offers helpful posts for writers. He wrote a post recently for the Kill Zone blog called “Three Quick and Easy Tips that Will [...]
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 nice post by Nils Ödlund, “Don’t Show, Don’t Tell — How to Leave Room for the Reader’s Imagination ” on the Mythic Scribes blog. As he says [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig,o9 I’ve recently been interested in expanding my books into every format that I can. Who knows how someone might want to read my books? I’m in digital, print (paperback), [...]
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 One thing that I love about writing cozy mysteries is the ability to integrate humor into the stories. The amount of humor varies. I still somewhat regret writing [...]
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 [...]
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