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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
by Bill Hopkins, @JudgeHopkins How many times have you read in an otherwise excellent book that a character “spoke with a heavy accent” or something similar? Too many, is my guess. Everyone (you, [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig For someone who doesn’t think of herself as much of a speaker, I’ve been very busy with speaking engagements in the last few months. I’ve got less than [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Although there are so many things that we can try to help us manage parts of our writing careers, I’ve found that some of the best are the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m not one of the front-runners, ever, on promotion-related things. I tend to be a lot more cautious. Or, really, it’s more that I’m super-protective of my time [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the last post in my series on cozy writing. (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6.) Today I thought I’d wrap up a few things that are, [...]
by Joel D Canfield, @SomedayBox I once surveyed all the authors I knew about what they wanted most for their writing. The universal response was “Someone to do my marketing for me.” I considered [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re just joining us, I’ve been running a series on writing cozy mysteries. (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Today I thought I’d cover a few problem [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The Novelists, Inc. or NINC, conference in St. Pete Beach, Florida, was chock-full of interesting speakers and takeaways. Looking around the conference rooms, nearly everyone was jotting down [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One of the most important aspects of the cozy mystery is the puzzle itself. Aside from character development, the puzzle is the most important part of the mystery. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A favorite blog topic among writers is writer’s block. I can’t imagine how many articles I’ve seen on the topic…from the debate over whether it actually exists, to [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the fourth part in my series on writing cozy mysteries. Today, I’m covering two important elements of our story: the setting and our sidekick. Most cozy [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig At the very start of this blog back in 2008, I tried to figure out who I was writing for. I’d read a lot of advice at the [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the third in my cozy mystery writing series. Today I’m taking a closer look at our victim. Parts one and two can be found here and [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The prevailing advice for better sales seems to be to write faster. I think this may be true. I did find that my self-published sales really picked up [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the second in my cozy mystery writing series. Last week I focused on writing better sleuths. Today, I thought I’d take a look at another vital [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve had a few people emailing me asking questions about starting a cozy mystery (or, really, any type of mystery involving an amateur sleuth). I promised to write [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve seen several articles and post comments online recently where writers have stated they’ve used services like Buffer to schedule tweets because it’s very cumbersome to mass schedule [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I spend so much time thinking about really big ideas that I forget about some of the small things we can do to either gently promote ourselves/get [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One thing that can trip up even experienced writers is giving everything away in the story too quickly. It’s always a temptation for me. I tend to want [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
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