by J.L. Greger “Couponing” for Authors Every shopper likes a good deal; every writer likes a clever idea. Most of us see lots of great ideas, but forget most of them. That’s why [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a Salon post by Joseph Lord— “Walking Dead” author is OK with AMC’s creative liberties“–  on Sunday that struck a particular chord with me. The article [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This post has spoilers for Beth Spann. (I’ve already texted Mama and asked her not to read my Monday post—Mama, if you are reading the post, this is [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

 by Terry Ambrose, @suspense_writer Purchase here The epiphany, the “aha” moment, the smack on the side of the head. No matter what we call it, that moment when the last piece of the [...]

by Kellie Larsen Murphy, @aguiltymind Purchase here I have always been a writer. In high school, I served as yearbook editor. In college, I sequenced in a series of English classes. Early in [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One of the best ways to make sure readers keep turning pages is to include plenty of conflict and tension in our story.  Today I’m over at F.C. [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I probably should have run this post before Thanksgiving.   But getting ready for Thanksgiving made me busy and I was juggling different activities—and writing. Which is what reminded [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If it seems a little quieter than usual on the web this week, it’s probably because Thanksgiving is tomorrow here in the States. Although I’ve got tweets scheduled [...]

by Paul Anthony Shortt, @PAShortt Thank you for having me, Elizabeth. Your blog is a constant source of wisdom which I try to apply to my work. I’ve always loved trilogies. They just [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

by Mike Martin A funny thing happened to me on the way to becoming a fiction writer. I ended up in mystery. I’m not really sure how I got here or why. But, [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I finally got around to experimenting with doing a free promo.  Naturally, I was interested in seeing if running this kind of a promo would boost sales of [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In my last post, I talked about production time for self-publishing and traditional publishing and how much shorter the lead-time for self-publishing is.  Basically, you have the ability [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Paul Anthony Shortt had an interesting comment for my “Shorter Novels in the Digital Age?” post last week.  He mentioned book spacing and book release timing (as far [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writing at home is difficult sometimes. I do much of my writing at home, most of it before 5:30 a.m.  But I’ve been trying to write a little [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last week I was working on my current project.  I felt good about it. I was definitely in the writing zone and everything was going well. Then I got [...]

by Laura Dennis, @LauraDennisCA Adoptees as ticking time bombs, “he’s f—ed up because he’s adopted.” … There’s more to it than that! In last Thursday’s guest post, I wrote about problems inherent in [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The key to discoverability, at this point, seems to be either writing a blockbuster of a book (which we’d all clearly be doing, if it were such an [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer [...]

Available here by Laura Dennis, @LauraDennisCA Christian Grey is “fifty shades of f—ed up” according to EL James … because he’s adopted. Popular fiction (eh hem, Twilight) uses adoption as a cop-out to [...]

by Bill Hopkins, @JudgeHopkins Favorite Points of View:   FIRST PERSON First person: This is a story that is usually narrated by the protagonist. If you use this, then your first sentence–or certainly [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m not going to say that all writers are a little foggy when it comes to the business side of writing. But I will say that many writers [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer [...]

by Gabriela Pereira, @DIYMFA Some writers love doing prompts. They sit in writing classes, pencils poised to start writing the moment the teacher gives an assignment. And when time is up, they shoot [...]

By Joanne Sydney Lessner, @joannelessner Earlier this month, SerialSleuths, Volume 1: Haunted hit the Kindle shelves. The brainchild of Jen Blood, author of the Erin Solomon mysteries, this short story collection features five [...]

By Peggy Williams & Mary Joy Johnson Ever want to kill your partner? Life partner? Business partner? Bridge partner?  Instead of wanting to kill each other, the writing partnership M. J. Williams regularly [...]

Passion, lucidity and tenacity: keys to being a writer   Anne Trager, founder of Le French Books, talks with international bestselling author Frédérique Molay   Imagine writing a book in your spare hours, [...]