By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m design-challenged. I learned this early. My father was a teacher and when I was in elementary school, one of my father’s friends (also a teacher) knew I [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith To write a publishable novel, you must cover a lot of bases. This means handling a number of fictional elements seamlessly. Chief among these is creating a strong protagonist, [...]
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 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was driving carpool from the middle school last week when a couple of radio hosts started talking about Facebook and vacation stories. One of the hosts said [...]
by Alan Orloff, @alanorloff Thank you, Elizabeth, for hosting me on your fabulous blog! A few years ago, we had a guinea pig for a couple of weeks. It (I never checked if [...]
by Colby Marshall, @colbymarshall The first time I pitched agents in person was a terrifying, enlightening, fantastic, and awful experience. I met my now-agent that day, but I also made some mistakes that—trust me—I [...]
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 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve noticed that my books with the highest number of reviews usually tend to be my top sellers. Not always (there are a couple of Penguin books with a [...]
by Patrick Ross, @PatrickRWrites “The author has certainly gone on an interesting journey, but I’m afraid the tone is too journalistic for our list. I’m looking for more literary and personal accounts of [...]
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 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hi everyone! I’m over at James Moushon’s HBS Spotlight today talking about how free book promos have worked for me, how I’ve gotten book reviews, how audiobooks [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you live in the Southern US or have spent much time here, you’ll know that even something like a short trip to the grocery store can mean [...]
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 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Wired’s founding executive editor Kevin Kelly stated that if writers and other artists have “one thousand true fans” then they’re able to sustain a living from their art. [...]
By Jeni Chappelle, @jenichappelle Writers often spend hours creating a realistic and compelling backstory for each major character in their novels. After all that hard work, it’s natural to want to include as [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
Thanks for French writer Frédérique Molay for guest posting today. A quick note that I’m posting on the Writers on the Storm blog today on Making Our Content Work Harder for Us. Thanks! by Frédérique [...]
by Kathryn Jones, @Kakido The Secret of the Old Clock…The Bungalow Mystery…The Mystery of Lilac Inn… I was twelve-years-old when I began reading Nancy Drew mysteries by Carolyn Keene. Nancy not only drew me [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I mentioned a couple of months ago that I’d been going to physical therapy since July for a back issue I’d been having (from sitting. Don’t believe that [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig For years, I belonged to several email loops with other traditionally published mystery writers. We would share information and resources with each other and were on a blogging [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith A strong opening to a novel is, of course, important. If the opening is boring or off-putting in any way, the reader is likely not to read on. It [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I ran across something a few days ago that I thought I’d share here—although I’m probably the last person on the block to find out about this. It’s [...]
by Dori Butler, @Dorihbutler I write mysteries for kids. I don’t write for this audience because it’s easier than writing for adults. (It’s NOT easier!) I write for this audience because I like [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I find my daughter’s middle school English homework a lot more interesting than she does. She had a page of notes regarding “signposts” she should be looking for [...]
by D.E. Ireland, @DEIrelandAuthor If you’ve come with up a unique idea for a book, congratulations. But you may need advice on how to shepherd this idea from that first inspiration to typing [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My entire family has suddenly become obsessed with pineapple. I don’t know what came over them. It’s like the pineapple fairy visited one night. And they want it [...]
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