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by Colleen M. Story, @colleen_m_story The middle of the book. For readers, it’s often the most enjoyable part. For writers, it can be hell. The beginning is full of bliss and promise. The [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 To a new fiction writer, there are a bewildering number of story elements that are essential to the story and incorporated into the work. To mention a few, there [...]
by Angelica Hartgers, @SelfPublishing7 Are you taking part in NaNoWriMo? As well as being a time to test your writing effort and output capabilities, it’s also a time to gain valuable insight. When [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As a child and as a parent, I have always been fond of the PBS preschool show, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Mr. Rogers was a gentle soul who helped [...]
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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A quick note that some of my blog readers may have seen this post pop up early on my beta website that’s being designed. :) Sorry for the [...]
Vicki Vass, @vickivass Whoever said reality can be stranger than fiction might be right, at least for me. Reality slips into my cozy mysteries, particularly my Antique Mystery Hunters series. My need to [...]
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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig What made me decide to launch two titles on the same day? Besides a touch of insanity? I thought I might be able to pick up some exposure [...]
by Ellen Jacobson, @Ellen_Jacobson One of the quintessential hallmarks of a cozy mystery series is a hook such as the amateur sleuth’s hobby (knitting, quilting, gardening), profession (real estate agent, florist, archaeologist), place [...]
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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Penny Sansevieri, @bookgal The following is an excerpt from Penny Sansevieri’s newly released book, How to Sell Books by the Truckload on Amazon – 2020 Updated Edition! Learn how to turn Amazon [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In every cozy mystery, there comes a time when the sleuth puts together various clues and realizes who the perpetrator is. But the timing of this revelation can [...]
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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is one of those posts that will only help a very specific group of writers, but I thought I’d throw it out there since the issue is [...]
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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Red herrings, or false leads, can add a lot to a mystery and serve different purposes. How red herrings add to mysteries: They make the mystery more complex. [...]
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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Here’s a quick tip for those of you who already like to outline: save your outlines for your older books. I’m [...]
by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld Wow. We’ve covered a lot of ground in this four-part blog series on how to handle the stakes in a cozy mystery. (By the way, although the illustrative [...]
by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld Standalone or series. It’s a dilemma that many novelists face. But for authors of cozy mysteries, the decision’s almost a foregone conclusion: series. By all accounts, that’s what [...]
by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld Handling the stakes in a mystery with an unlikeable victim isn’t entirely a straightforward affair. On one hand, when the victim is unlikeable, you’ll have puh-lenty of suspects, which [...]
by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld Here’s the scenario: You’re writing a cozy mystery. And your victim is unlikeable. Your suspect list is, as they say, healthy. You’re having a blast coming up with motives [...]
by L. Diane Wolfe, @DancingLemurPre Online media provides us few opportunities to express ourselves in our entirety. Text gives us a voice, but what about the other senses? We can’t taste, touch, or [...]
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 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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
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 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 50,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
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