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 J.J. Hensley, @JJHensleyauthor As most of you, I’ve read hundreds of mysteries and thrillers. And as most of you, I’ve recognized that many of them can be formulaic and use characters that [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Transition issues are common problems in first drafts (later drafts, too). I’ve been guilty of a couple of different transition fouls in past manuscripts. Transitions that are too [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read many posts online where writers worry over centering their platforms on writing and writers. ‘Marketing to writers’ is the phase I read over and over. This [...]
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’ve learned not to talk to my family about reviews. I’ve seen them flinch in the past when I’ve mentioned some of the negative things said about my [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The last time I ran a post on mistakes I’d made, it helped illuminate areas I’d fallen behind on so that I could stick them on my calendar [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was very late to hop on the newsletter bandwagon. I’ve finally started sending them. Of course, before I start anything, I have to try to find out [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search alengine(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 This post is written by both Elizabeth the Mom and Elizabeth the Author. Although the subject of encouraging boys to read is one that’s been important to me [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As I’ve mentioned before, I have a love-hate relationship with outlining. For me and the speed with which I’m writing, it’s become a necessary evil. But I dislike [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig By now in North Carolina, we usually have average daily temperatures in the lower 70s and sunshine more often than not. It’s been a very strange winter and spring [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search alengine(developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Shawndra Russell, @ShawndraRussell Social media opens up a world of opportunity for us writers. You can create a private Notice-Me List on Twitter filled with publications you want to write for and [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search alengine(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 Reading and writing have always gone hand in hand with me. I read early and read books I found around the house or at the library, whether they [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith Robert Garner McBrearty, author of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Prize for his collection Episode, recently shared a technique he’s been using to draft a novel. Write the whole [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When I spoke to students recently, they asked a lot of questions and some very good ones. Naturally, though, one of the questions, which won’t surprise any writer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search alengine(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 recently read an interesting novel—I won’t say which one, since I’d be spoiling the ending. The most important character in the book was killed in an ending [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When I was asked to speak to the 8th graders at the local middle school, my first thought was, “Oh cool…I can encourage young people to write.” Then [...]
By Jennifer Brown Banks, @jenpens2 There’s great truth to the expression, “You should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes to understand them.” Which is why I’m very fortunate, that when it comes [...]
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 Deborah Nam-Krane, @dnkboston It took me almost six years to publish my series The New Pioneers, even though I had four completed novels. Part of my delay was that it takes a number [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve been hearing a lot lately about author earnings—self-published, traditionally published, and earnings from what writer Bob Mayer coined “hybrid writers.” I think that the chart that started [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are many things that I really like about writing series. For one, readers seem to love them. I think that’s because they have more of an opportunity [...]
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 (rarely), a book flies along as I write it. The words come automatically into my head and I type quickly to get them down. The book I’m [...]
by Greg Strandberg, @gpstberg Authors come in two types: whales and mermaids. Whales have been at this game called publishing for some time and know the tips and tricks. Mermaids, however, are new [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was sitting with the other parents watching my daughter’s horseback riding lesson when one of the moms there asked me if I was always inspired when I [...]
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