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 [...]
by Warren Adler, @WarrenAdler There is ample statistical evidence showing that adult women read more novels than men, attend more book clubs than men, use libraries more than men, buy more books than [...]
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 read an interesting post on Sunday. It was from author Pedro Barrento for Indies Unlimited and titled, “Word of Mouth—An Urban Myth?” The post engendered lively comments [...]
by Julie Musil, @JulieMusil As I plotted my latest release, The Summer of Crossing Lines, I decided to give the main character a stutter. She’d be forced to do some dangerous and questionable [...]
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 As a writer who is both traditionally-published and self-published, I have an admission to make. I work very hard on my traditionally published books. But I work even [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith You have an interesting and compelling premise for your novel. Your logline is snappy and fetching. Your characters are complex with complex relationships between them. Your plot is lock-step, [...]
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 thirteen year old daughter uses an iPod device for most of her communications (which only works when on wi-fi) but also has a basic phone for when [...]
by K.M. Weiland, @KMWeiland Backstory is a weapon. And just like any weapon, it can end up doing more harm than good to those who wield it without proper experience and care. But [...]
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 Sometimes I wonder why I outline at all. I never seem to stick to them. In the book that I’m currently writing (already covered, right, since it’s so [...]
by D.J. Swykert, @djswykert The Death of Anyone (Melange Books; February 2013 trade paperback and ebook formats) is a fictional story in which a Familial DNA search is a key investigative component. This is [...]
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 blogged in May that I was giving the publishing platform Wattpad a go. I was somewhat worried about this decision at the time, wondering if my octogenarian [...]
by Virginia King, @selkiemoonbooks All new writers are advised to “write what you know” because sticking to your own experience is a recipe for authenticity, for not getting lost in unchartered territory. It [...]
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