by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig. I’m currently reading a mystery (no surprise there) that I’m really enjoying:  Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet. One thing I love as a mystery reader [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was interviewed recently and one of the questions I was asked was what type of preparation or training I’d received to become a novelist. I think the [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Blogger is being obnoxious and frequently putting genuine comments into my blog’s spam folder.  I’ve rescued a few of them and have noticed that the common thread seems [...]

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 There was an article in the New York Times recently, entitled Writer’s Cramp: In the e-Reader era, a Book a Year is Slacking. Obviously, this is a provocative [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was working away on the fourth Memphis book yesterday, writing an important scene for the book. It’s a scene where a suspect gives important information to my [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’d just finished my daily goal for my fourth Memphis book on Thursday when I had a sudden uneasy feeling about the third quilting mystery. When was that [...]

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 Cozy mysteries, also known as traditional mysteries, are lots of fun to write.  But there are some challenges authors will face while writing them. Hope you’ll join me [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re like me, you have a love/hate relationship with social media. I love being connected with other writers and resources—but I hate the way it sucks up [...]

by Sandra Gardner Since character and story are major elements in a novel, your primary concern as a novelist is to figure out who your characters are, what their motivations are, and where [...]

Today, many writers are participating in a special event, created by Becca and Angela at the Bookshelf Muse. We’re all focusing on writers who make a difference in the writing community–either on a [...]

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 I’m thankful for the rise in dystopian fiction (my son’s favorite genre and one that was difficult to find before the Hunger Games gained prominence) and e-readers. Believe [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Social media has made it possible for readers to find out more about and connect with their favorite authors. Authors interact on Twitter, Facebook, and through blogs and [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I usually don’t open forwarded videos (or forwarded emails of any kind) unless it’s something I’ve heard a lot about or something that’s gone especially viral (and I [...]

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 @bhartikirchner, Bharti Kirchner When I first wrote a draft of Tulip Season I believed it fell in the mainstream category (like my four previous novels), but had a mystery element in it. [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There comes a point in almost every manuscript where I get a little stuck. I’m either bogged down by the story itself or by outside forces (i.e.—life). It’s [...]

by Jessica Park, @JessicaPark24 I am an unapologetic fan of self-publishing. Massive, foam finger-waving fan. But, for the record, I realize that it’s not for everyone. Big publishers have obvious distribution and marketing [...]

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 Chihuahua Zero, @chihuahuazero Pick any ten writing blogs in the writing blogosphere, and I bet nine of them will say: “don’t use said-bookism!“ This is understandable. Excessive amounts of dialogue tags besides [...]

by Nick Thacker, @NickThacker Twitter, social media platforms, Facebook pages, Google+, Pinterest, in-store signings, KDP Select, etc. All of these things are great innovations for authors, and can certainly help you get your [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Starting out with book promotion can seem like a tremendous undertaking. And it is. But the important thing to know is that anything you can do online to [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig All the links below, and over 15,000 others are found in the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by Mike Fleming—where you can search on any topic for [...]

Right now I’m writing the fourth Memphis Barbeque mystery.  I’m still working on the first draft and, like all first drafts, I’m realizing I’ve got some issues. The biggest one I’ve got right [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I visited my parents a couple of weeks ago during my children’s spring break. We also helped them to clean out their attic. (It’s hard not to take [...]

by Dr. John Yeoman, @Yeomanis “Brace yourself,” my doctor said. “This won’t come easy” he fiddled with his pen “for either of us.” He averted his eyes. I braced myself. “You eat junk [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig All the links below, and over 15,000 others are found in the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by Mike Fleming—where you can search on any topic for [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve got an extra post for y’all this week—a slightly different one than usual, since I’m profiling a particular writer. I wanted to mention both a resource for [...]