by Alex J. Cavanaugh, @AlexJCavanaugh While writing itself is usually a solitary venture, everything else we need to accomplish as authors is not. We need input from critique partners, advice on publishing, assistance [...]
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 Steven R. Leonard, @easterduckling “Those were the best days of my life.” Bryan Adams in “Summer of ‘69” THE FUNNIEST STORIES DON’T NEED TO BE EMBELLISHED MUCH – THEY REALLY HAPPENED We all [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I try hard not to work on more than one project at a time. But sometimes, with several series, I’ve had to juggle multiple projects at once. For [...]
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 David Khara, @DavidKhara I wish I received a dollar every time someone asked me if I suffered from writer’s block—in France, they call it “the blank page syndrome.” You know, those moments when [...]
by Elizabeth Craig, @elizabethscraig I loved the organic, ‘pantster’ approach to writing. I followed the genre-determined general structure (meet victim, meet suspects, question suspects…) and then happily made up each story as [...]
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’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 [...]
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