by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve never officially been part of National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo: more about the event here. If you’re interested in signing up, here’s how). Wikipedia’s NaNoWriMo entry explains [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writers sometimes joke that the worst question to get from readers (and one of the most common) is “where do you get your ideas from?” I recently read [...]
by Mike Martin, @mike54martin The setting for the Sgt. Windflower Mysteries is not just a prop or a way to entice the reader to enter the realm of these books, although I certainly hope [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Believe it or not, there are ways to make cozy mystery writing complex. And I think cozies are fairly easy books to write. At first I titled this [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m lucky to have a very good relationship with my readers. We frequently exchange emails. I recently received an email from a reader of mine that I’ve corresponded [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I spend a good deal of time finding and scheduling content for Twitter, but not a lot of time on Twitter. In the last month or so, however, I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My strategy for the last couple of years is increase the income streams for my already-published books by branching into international publishing, libraries, and translation. I’m about [...]
by Jonathan Vars A dark figure emerges from the shadows. In a raspy voice, he taunts the hero, having once again bested him. Stepping into the light, the figure thrusts back his hood, [...]
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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
By Hyu-Wai Loucks One of the most difficult aspects of writing a novel, or any narrative for that matter, is striking the delicate balance between dialogue and description. While insight into a character’s [...]
by Colleen M. Story, @Colleen_M_Story “Oh, I want to write today, but I just don’t have the time!” You’ve probably felt this way more than once. In fact, if you’re like many of [...]
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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
If you venture out of your comfort zone and can’t find your way back, maybe it’s all good. by Garry Ryan, @GarryGarrettRya This story probably began in Singapore. I spent the last two [...]
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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I remember how stressed I was whenever I had a book launch for Penguin Random House. For one thing, the launches were happening pretty regularly, since I was [...]
By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy Ask any agent or editor to list the top three reasons manuscripts get rejected and you’ll find “not enough conflict” on that list. Conflict is at the core of [...]
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 40,000 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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Back at the start of the Memphis Barbeque and the Southern Quilting mysteries, I didn’t worry at all about planning the length of the series. That’s because I knew [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have mixed feelings about group giveaways that are geared to grow newsletter subscribers. I’ve had success in the past with the (very few) times that I’ve participated [...]
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 40,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I like reading many different kinds of books. Everything from biographies to literary fiction and classic literature interests me. But for writing, I’ve been sticking with cozy mysteries. [...]
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 I lurk in a lot of Facebook groups and while there are always writers who are pumped up about writing and promoting (yes, really, there are those writers!) [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was looking for a movie to watch and stumbled across “Paterson” on Amazon Prime Video (free to Prime customers). The description of the movie reads: Every day, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Every so often, I run a variation of the same post. It’s a public service announcement to back up your work. I have heard so many horror stories [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was reading through my Feedly RSS feeds (I work and curate links about a month behind in the feed reader) and I came across a post by [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are times when I’m completely prepared to admit that I’m a writer. These are usually social situations or parent meetings where small-talk entails being asked what one [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a lot of posts that assume that writers have unlimited funds for book production. But many writers who self-publish books are having to fit the process [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Years ago I was stumped when I received an email from a middle school student. He was reading one of my books for a school assignment (this, in [...]
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