by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig During my blog break, I went on a family vacation to France. Both of my children have graduated in the last couple of months: one from college, one [...]
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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is another post in my series ‘making your life easier as a writer.’ This one covers how we can set ourselves up for a successful writing [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today’s post doesn’t have the most exciting topic: organization. But if there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that being able to quickly put my hands on writing-related files makes [...]
by Mike Martin, @mike54martin Darkest Before the Dawn won the 2019 Bony Blithe Award as the best light mystery of the year. Wow!! I was more than a little surprised to win. Mostly [...]
By Joanna Campbell Slan, @joannaslan New Release March 18 marked the birthday (aka, release date) of my newest book, Second Chance at Faith: Book #4 in the Second Chance Series. There will be [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m a fan of a series that Lifehacker is running: “How I Work.” In it, various people in different industries describe how they got where they are, what [...]
by John Kerr, @themaltesetiger Can we talk about F. Scott Fitzgerald? Author of The Great Gatsby, that American classic we all read in high school. Without a doubt, one of the most acclaimed American [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A few weeks ago I’d read an interesting post from Cathy C. Hall about the danger of waiting for ‘the perfect time to write.’ She gives examples of [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have a lot of sympathy for writers who get great ideas for other projects (known as SNI…Shiny New Ideas) while working on a book. When you’re [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One cool thing about blogging for over ten years is that a lot of the posts form a sort of unexpected diary. I was glancing over some older [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Although I love what I do and can’t really imagine myself doing anything else, it’s not as if the writing life isn’t stressful. It’s not all The Neighborhood [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s kind of interesting when you’ve been blogging as long as I have. Recently, I looked back over some of the posts from 2009 and 2010. My writing [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig For a long time, I avoided Goodreads altogether. It’s the kind of place that makes me uncomfortable as a writer and so I figured I shouldn’t be on [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve made a point to more than double the amount of reading this year than the year before. As with my consumption of film, music, and TV, I’ve [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig For years I’ve disputed the fact that music has any sort of influence on my writing at all. I think this is because, when I write, I can [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve written before about being intentional about free time. By doing a little planning ahead, I feel a lot more relaxed and recharged. Instead of looking for something [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My favorite way to write is in fifteen minute sessions. That’s short enough for me to stay laser-focused on my story, but long enough to make some real [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig What is inspiration? I don’t think ‘inspiration’ is synonymous with ‘ideas’. I get ideas and don’t feel necessarily inspired. To me, inspiration is more of that creative rush [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today I wanted to pass along a helpful goal-setting and tracking tool for writers. I’ve gotten very into tracking lately. I especially like it when it’s easy to [...]
by Reyna Marder Gentin, @reynagentin When I tell people I’m writing a novel, their first questions are often about logistics — when do you write, where do you write, do you write a [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Anyone who regularly reads this blog knows that I’m not a perfectionist. There are too many typos for that to be the case. There was a time, however, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve always kept a journal…well, since first grade, anyway. I look back on those childhood diaries and wonder who that person was. My adult journaling has been a [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes dealing with both creative work and the business end can be overwhelming. On any given day, I’m brainstorming plots, researching a new promo approach, and reading articles [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was stumped a couple of months ago by a question from a very sharp writer in a high school creative writing class. He asked me what I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As I mentioned Monday in the first part of this post, I hadn’t really considered how stressful a book launch could be until I read a blog post [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read an interesting article lately that really made me think. It was by Sweta Vikram and was titled, “How Mindfulness Can Help You Enjoy Your Book Release [...]
by Joel D. Canfield, @JoelDCanfield To begin, tell me a little bit about yourself. How many of these have you experienced in your writing life during the past two years? I’ll include checkboxes [...]
by Nicky Blue, @itsnickyblue ‘The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.’ — Sigmund Freud When I [...]
by James Mullen Turner Field in Atlanta, June 1995, I scribbled a note on my knee just before the first pitch: Mike Deveraux, former legendary Braves player, is sitting behind us. The man [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I go through patches where I feel as though I can barely catch my breath. I’ll be wrapping up one book, trying to promote another, answering emails, [...]
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