by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethspanncraig.com After years in traditional publishing, going wide with my self-published books felt scary at first. But limiting yourself to one retailer means missing readers who shop elsewhere, and [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethspanncraig.com Creating a personal style guide can be really helpful when you’re writing in series. It was something that Penguin did for me when I wrote for them [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethspanncraig.com It’s not the most glamorous writing topic, but having a system for organizing my book materials has been an absolute game-changer. After much trial and error (mostly error), [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that I’m a huge fan of lists. Here is a smattering of the list posts [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I thought I’d share a few of the sites I refer to often in the hope they’ll help some of you, too. They’re a variety of different [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 It may seem odd, but when starting a new non-fiction book project my initial step is to open a mind-mapping program and begin working on the Table of Contents. I [...]
by Mike Martin, @Mike54Martin Greetings to our American cousins and many thanks to Elizabeth for giving us the opportunity to tell you about an exciting event happening north of your borders. From [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Keeping a timeline straight in a mystery can be a challenge. You have suspects giving alibis, victims being murdered, and other assorted chaos. But timeline continuity is important [...]
By MiblArt – book cover design company for authors, @miblart Speaking from experience, creating cozy mystery book covers is a lot of fun because of how unusual the genre is. The name itself [...]
by John Kerr, @themaltesetiger Let’s talk about regrets. We all have them, right? For me, it was not realizing how important structure was to my writing life. I used to start stories or [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re starting a series, or even if you’re already several books in, I highly recommend a series bible. A series bible, or a document that helps you [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today I thought I’d share some of the different tools and resources I used this year to make my writing and writing life go a little smoother. Maybe [...]
by Chelsea Thomas Hello! My name is Chelsea Thomas and I’m the author of the Apple Orchard cozy mystery series. When I started writing this series, I learned a lot about the various [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I thought I’d share a few tools that I’ve recently come across that might help writers stay focused and motivated. First off is a free timer. I’ve mentioned [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy New Year! Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. One thing I like to do at the beginning of the year is planning. To me, setting up my year on [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When the ProWritingAid team recently got in touch with me and offered me the chance to check out their editing tool, I was happy to take them up [...]
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 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 Chrys Fey, @ChrysFey Are you on Goodreads? Your answer should be yes. Whether you’re a reader, a writer waiting to published, or an author. Goodreads is an important place to be. As an [...]
by Dave Chesson, @DaveChesson For every challenge a writer faces, there is a helping hand available in the form of a tool or app. While no tool is a replacement for talent or creativity, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re like me, sometimes you can get ideas at the most inconvenient times. Like sitting at an intersection, waiting for a light to turn green. Or in [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have become something of a to-do list aficionado. I’ve been religiously using lists since having children. That’s over 20 years of list making. I’ve changed the way [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As an indie author, I have a good team for all the things I don’t do well or need help with: cover design, editing, and formatting. But I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In the early days of digital reading, we had to carry a device around to read on. I still have two very early model kindles at home. But now [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Being a writer can involve a lot of clutter. And I don’t even print things out. I’ve trained myself by this time to work as well on the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In 2016, I worked in more reading than I had in 2015. I love reading, but for some reason in 2015 I ended up with a bunch of [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Amazon Author Insights is a new author-facing Tumblr site to help both new and established writers find writing-related resources and Amazon services for writers in one spot. I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the last post of the time saving series. You can find the first post here (on social media), post two here (on saving time writing), and the third [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the third post in my series on how writers can save time. You can find the first post here (on social media), and the second post [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I rely on a lot of time savers to help me stay productive. I’ve spoken to writers before who’ve asked me how long I spend writing each day. [...]
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