by Mike Martin, @mike54martin In some ways it’s easy to write a series. You already have a frame in which to sketch your story. Usually, that means you have a general location or [...]
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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Whenever I talk to anyone about my writing, the question usually comes up: would I like to try writing anything other than mystery? Then I explain that I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Usually I think of summer as a lazier time when I can leisurely get peripheral writing-related chores completed. I’d put all kinds of things on my calendar to do this [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I mentioned in April that I was trying a new approach to my free time. I actually had very little free time and found that the little time I did [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Out of all the different things I’ve done to make my writing better, practice has benefitted me most outside of pure reading. I’ve taken classes, I’ve read craft [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was so happy at finishing my most recent book on Thursday that my sigh of relief might have been heard miles away. This book was the sixth book in [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One of the ways I motivate myself to the treadmill every other day is to listen to podcasts while I walk. These range from strictly writing-related podcasts to [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve had a very tough time finding time to just relax the past few years. Part of the problem is that, when [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve become something of a Google calendar fanatic. I’ve completely outsourced my memory to it and have it open much of the day on my laptop and phone. I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig For years I’ve had the attitude that I was best connecting with readers through my stories. I still feel like that’s true. They’re getting a glimpse inside my [...]
by Colleen M. Story, @colleen_m_story I was working too many hours a day. I knew it, but I had deadlines to meet. As a full-time freelance writer, it’s not like I could tell my [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The prevailing advice for better sales seems to be to write faster. I think this may be true. I did find that my self-published sales really picked up [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig After a really nice vacation to Alaska (where it wasn’t even close to the 100 degrees F we’ve had here in NC), I had a few things to [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I pride myself on being a productive writer. I keep to my deadlines, both self-imposed and contractual. I write each day and meet my goals. It’s rare I get [...]
by Patricia Abbott , @Pattinaseabbott I wrote approximately 100 stories and a handful of poems before it seemed time to try my hand at a novel. And it turned out to be so terribly [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There has been a good deal written about the need for self-publishing authors not to be in a rush to publish. And yet, there has been a good [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There’s an old Bugs Bunny cartoon called Hare Brush where a psychiatrist brainwashes Bugs to make him believe he’s Elmer Fudd. The line he brainwashes Bugs with is: [...]
by Bryon Quertermous, @bryonq I’d always hoped that I would have my second book written before my first book was published and before the reception (good or bad) of the first book was known. Alas, [...]
by Mickie Kennedy, @ereleases We’ve all been there. You have to write SOMETHING, but there is literally nothing going on or your brain. You’re tired, feeling fried, and that blank screen is just staring [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I think of myself as a pretty productive writer. But this winter has been the toughest ever for me in terms of being able to finish a project. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I hope that I’m not just accentuating the positive on my blog. Writing rarely comes super-easy to me. It’s always a fight to stay focused and meet my [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Working from home is something that sounds amazing for many people. Who wouldn’t want to work from home, right? No commute. No dry cleaning bills. No annoying coworkers. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy 2015! Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. I’m back into the swing of things and have been working on this year’s production plan for my books. I’m not [...]
by Alex J. Cavanaugh, @AlexJCavanaugh While writing itself is usually a solitary venture, everything else we need to accomplish as authors is not. We need input from critique partners, advice on publishing, assistance [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I try hard not to work on more than one project at a time. But sometimes, with several series, I’ve had to juggle multiple projects at once. For [...]
by David Khara, @DavidKhara I wish I received a dollar every time someone asked me if I suffered from writer’s block—in France, they call it “the blank page syndrome.” You know, those moments when [...]
by Patrick Ross, @PatrickRWrites “The author has certainly gone on an interesting journey, but I’m afraid the tone is too journalistic for our list. I’m looking for more literary and personal accounts of [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I mentioned a couple of months ago that I’d been going to physical therapy since July for a back issue I’d been having (from sitting. Don’t believe that [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today I have another public service announcement for all the writers out there—sitting can be hazardous to your health. Yes, I know. We thought we had the kinds [...]
by Lex Thomas, @LexThomasAuthor We all have our demons. Mine is writing. It’s been with me since I was little, this compulsion to create. A nagging feeling like I shouldn’t be living in this [...]
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