by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In the past month, I’ve had three writers reach out to me. They were all writing mysteries for the first time. They asked me about outlining with arcs [...]
by Mike Martin, @mike54martin In some ways it’s easy to write a series. You already have a frame in which to sketch your story. Usually, that means you have a general location or [...]
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 There’s a lot to think about and remember for so many different aspects of book production and book release. I recently shared my checklist for releasing a book. [...]
By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy Foreshadowing might seem like a technique that applies mostly to mystery writers, but all stories rely on the classic “what might happen next?” question. Even in a romance, there [...]
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 Whenever I talk to anyone about my writing, the question usually comes up: would I like to try writing anything other than mystery? Then I explain that I [...]
by David H. Safford, @DavidHSafford Few elements of our craft vex us more than exposition. Perhaps this is because the rules aren’t written in stone. To you, the writer, it feels necessary to share [...]
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 Joanna Campbell Slan, @joannaslan Over the years I’ve entered and judged a variety of contests. Since we’ve recently opened our call for entries to the 2016 FREDDIE AWARD for WRITING EXCELLENCE (FAWE) [...]
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 Wednesday I drove to Flat Rock, North Carolina, to speak with a book club. It was a great event and the group asked some very interesting questions. One [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Releases are always a lot more work than I think they are. That’s because of all the little things I have to do to prepare. It’s a lot. [...]
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 Usually I think of summer as a lazier time when I can leisurely get peripheral writing-related chores completed. I’d put all kinds of things on my calendar to do this [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve found that, bottom-line, readers are still interested in purchasing and reading books in print. My print income remains a stable monthly source of revenue. If there is [...]
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 M.K. Tod, @MKTodAuthor What do The Ashford Affair by Lauren Willig, The Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian, The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro, and The Lost [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As I wrote in this post in April 2015 (a post which landed me immediately on a couple of different podcasts to elaborate), I have not been much of a [...]
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 part one of this series, I covered setting up a blog and maintaining a blogging schedule. But that’s only part of the process. Today I’ve got ideas [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My first post on this blog (which started out at Blogger) was on August 9, 2008. Tomorrow marks 8 years of blogging. When I first started blogging, I [...]
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 mentioned in April that I was trying a new approach to my free time. I actually had very little free time and found that the little time I did [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writers read a lot about the importance of our author newsletter. Industry expert Jane Friedman explains it well in her post “Email Newsletters for Authors: Get Started [...]
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 It used to annoy me when I’d read about how important it was to offer a free book to readers for newsletter signups or as rewards for newsletter [...]
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 mentioned last week that I enjoy hearing other writers’ book-writing processes. I share a variety of writing-craft tips on Twitter because although something may not be [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Those who’ve been reading my blog for a while know that I’ve had something of a bee in my bonnet lately over metadata. When I first heard [...]
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