by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I still think of myself as a very reluctant outliner. It’s definitely my least-favorite part of the creative process. Brainstorming is fun, drafting is fun. Even editing can [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I do a good deal of shopping on Amazon and have found that items having the enhanced product description section (a photo and text collage) seem somehow more [...]
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 I think all of us have a crisis of confidence at some point when we’re writing. Sometimes it’s because the writing that day has been slow. Maybe you’re [...]
by E. J. Wenstrom, @ejwenstrom I just released by fifth book, for which I worked with my second small press partner. I’ve learned a lot along the way about what small press has [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig I promised that I’d share an updated version of a checklist I use for my release days. The idea is to make sure that I’ve covered everything so [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig I realized a couple of years ago that any time I’m interviewed for a podcast or anytime that a writer asks me about writing cozies, I immediately try [...]
by Colleen M. Story, @colleen_m_story One of the reasons many writers enjoy their craft is because it provides an absorbing method of escape. If you’re one of those, it’s time to celebrate! For [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 When I revised my book, Business Basics for Authors, I decided to ask other authors about this idea of a business. I asked three questions and I got over a [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Around this time of the year, I like to take a look at my goals that I’ve made and evaluate how much progress I’ve made on them. I’m [...]
by Mike Martin, @mike54martin Somebody recently asked me how did one write a mystery series? That was a good question. Safe Harbour, the latest in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series is Book #10. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are so many different aspects of being a writer these days. We have to be more outgoing online than many of us might want to be. We [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 When I revised my book, Business Basics for Authors, I decided to ask other authors about this idea of a business. I asked three questions and I got over a [...]
Hi everyone! Just wanted to send you over to my guest post today at the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’ll be giving tips for keeping your book production on schedule…that includes everything [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writing is frequently a really daunting task. So often we have the perfect story conceived in our heads but when it comes to putting it down on paper, [...]
by Nicole Souza What is strength? What is female strength specifically? It’s a complex question and must be answered by every writer individually. However, exchanging insights is helpful, so here are my top [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a lot of books in 2020…probably in order to distract myself from everything that was going on in 2020. But I know one thing–I could have [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m a very type-A person, but I feel very fortunate not to be a perfectionist. However…I’m married to a perfectionist. And both of my kids are perfectionists. Every [...]
by Kristina Adams , @writingcookbook We all want characters with lots of depth, right? Characters our readers love so much they keep coming back for more? For me, there’s no bigger compliment than when a reader [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig When I was traditionally published, launch days felt incredibly stressful to me. That’s because the publisher had a lot riding on the release…and for a fairly short period [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig I think writers have a lot of understandable angst when it comes to responding to readers. We care a lot about what they have to say and we [...]
by Rhiannon Gelston I consider myself a rather creative person. Not just in what I do, but in how I view things. My mom is extremely creative and I do think that it [...]
by Kristina Adams , @writingcookbook Self-awareness helps us to recognise our positives and negatives without being harsh or judgmental. We know things are what they are, and we know that if we dislike [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As someone who shares a lot of posts, I’m also someone who reads a lot of posts. Blogs that are [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 58,000 free articles on writing related topics. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig 2020 was a tough year for most of us and sometimes the writing didn’t come as easily to me [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig 2020 was a difficult year for all of us. I wrapped up my own difficult year with my father’s death last month. I immediately stopped everything else I [...]
by Megan Taylor Morrison In the summer of 2018, I sat in my favorite café in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, writing the intro for my anthology Dance Adventures: True Stories About Dancing Abroad. [...]
by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld This story begins with last Christmas. That’s when I got hooked on Hallmark Christmas movies (and movies in that vein). Now, if these movies aren’t your cup of tea, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s been a weird summer, hasn’t it? I’ve managed to keep my head down and bulldoze my way through my usual writing goals, even upping my word count [...]
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