by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Tonight I’m speaking with the creative writing students at my alma mater, Presbyterian College in SC. It’s a great liberal arts school with a strong English department. I’ll [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig After my post Wednesday on writing multiple books a year, I got some questions on Twitter and via email about my editing approach. I thought I’d tackle that [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As a busy mom, I’m squeezing my writing time out every day. For you, you might be limited by a day job or an elderly parent, an illness, [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There’s always going to be a million other things for us to do besides writing. When we’re not at our day job, our leisure time is limited by [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Shelly Frome, @shellyFrome There was an instructor at a prestigious college program in the Midwest who always gave this advice. Never try to write a novel. Rather, try not to write. And [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last year I put out an ebook, myself.  When I saw that book produced strong sales, I started immediately looking for other things I could put up online. [...]

How important are reviews? The short answer to this questions is VERY. As a writer, it’s great to know what your readers think, but as a buyer of books and a reader, it [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Joan Swan, @joanswan Villains are people too. Memorable, compelling characters—that’s what good fiction boils down to. And, yes, this includes your villains. Your villain was an innocent child once. What changed? Why [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Yesterday morning, I had a great phone interview with writer and radio show host Sharon Vander Meer on KFUN in New Mexico, where I was a call-in guest. [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Although it’s tough for me to get away, I really enjoy going to writer’s conferences. I love the chance to see other writers in person, since most of [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last weekend, I was in South Carolina for the Festival of the Arts in the town of Anderson. I’m originally from Anderson and Jane, one of the event [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Penguin has asked me to write a fourth Memphis Barbeque book. It was great to hear that I’d have a reason to spend more time with the characters [...]

by Steven Lewis, @Rule17 Being raised English presented considerable disadvantages to me as a writer and a blogger. The greatest of them was the English pride in understatement and self-deprecation. Promoting my blog [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Anora McGaha, @anorawrites Mysteries scare me. As a girl, I started with Nancy Drew. Loved her curiosity. Her intelligence. Her courage. But I would get scared and have to close the book. [...]

by Chrystle Fiedler, @ChrystleFiedler It’s fun to take a break from writing and visit Elizabeth on her blog! Thanks Elizabeth! I thought it would be fun to write about natural remedies since my [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!  Today I’m over at the Southern Writer’s Magazine blog with a post on torturing our characters…for their own good.  Hope you’ll be able to [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hope you’ll join me today over at A Good Blog is Hard to Find. I’m on the rotation for this blog of Southern-US writers and my topic today [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I like to drive to uptown Charlotte to have lunch with my sister, who works up there. We usually go to the same few restaurants, so I [...]

I’ve written a guest post that’s up today at the Books by Women blog . I’ve posted a few tips for meeting our writing goals while juggling everyday life (it’s not always easy!) [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re a writer, you’ll probably find a decent headshot of yourself useful. I’m asked for my picture for everything from guest blog posts to conference programs to [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by C.S. Lakin, @cslakin As mystery writers, we excel in piecing puzzles together and gathering pertinent clues to bring a reader to that “aha” moment of realization. But in the midst of our [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hope you’ll pop over and join me today at Nicole Basaraba’s Uni-Verse-City blog.  Nicole is running a blog series that focuses on the nuts and bolts of writing [...]

by Blythe Leszkay You’ve thought about writing a courtroom scene or a legal thriller. But maybe you don’t know how courts really work or how to use legal jargon. You’re not sure what [...]