By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I spend so much time thinking about really big ideas that I forget about some of the small things we can do to either gently promote ourselves/get [...]
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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One thing that can trip up even experienced writers is giving everything away in the story too quickly. It’s always a temptation for me. I tend to want [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A few odds and ends and updates: Draft2Digital: I’ve used Smashwords since I started self-publishing. It’s been convenient for me to upload one file there for distribution to [...]
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 Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
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 Carolyn Haines, @DeltaGalCarolyn In real estate, the old saw is that location is everything. For me, the same is almost always true in fiction. My reading and writing preference is that the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have been seriously buried lately trying to research and learn effective marketing practices for writers. First, it takes a while to find the information you need. Then you have [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith Antagonists can be persons or larger forces—groups, institutions, the society as a whole, nature, or the cosmos. Plots dealing with larger forces tend to embody conflicts with individuals as [...]
by Jodie Renner, editor and author @JodieRennerEd To celebrate the release of her third writing guide, Captivate Your Readers, Jodie has priced it at 99 cents for today only and will also be [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig What’s it like being a hybrid writer (someone who both publishes traditionally and self-publishes)? Today I’m at the Insecure Writer’s Support Group listing pros and cons of [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I had my tax appointment with my accountant on February 2nd. This is really not “my thing,” but I feel a lot better now that I’ve got a [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I can be a pretty annoying person to watch television or movies with. Maybe most writers are. Plot holes and plot devices trip me up in bad stories [...]
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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays. I’m taking a break from blogging until January 1 to allow me time to visit with family and friends. Merry Christmas [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last week I opened up a crime novel translated into English from Norwegian and saw the logos in the picture to the right. It startled me because I’d never [...]
By Steven R. Leonard, @easterduckling “Those were the best days of my life.” Bryan Adams in “Summer of ‘69” THE FUNNIEST STORIES DON’T NEED TO BE EMBELLISHED MUCH – THEY REALLY HAPPENED We all [...]
by Julie Musil, @JulieMusil As I plotted my latest release, The Summer of Crossing Lines, I decided to give the main character a stutter. She’d be forced to do some dangerous and questionable [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My thirteen year old daughter uses an iPod device for most of her communications (which only works when on wi-fi) but also has a basic phone for when [...]
by K.M. Weiland, @KMWeiland Backstory is a weapon. And just like any weapon, it can end up doing more harm than good to those who wield it without proper experience and care. But [...]
by Virginia King, @selkiemoonbooks All new writers are advised to “write what you know” because sticking to your own experience is a recipe for authenticity, for not getting lost in unchartered territory. It [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One thing that I love about writing mysteries is that they’re so much fun to write. In my guest post today for Mason Canyon at the Thoughts [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m frequently asked why I chose to write cozy/traditional mysteries. I’ve always just answered that it was a genre that came naturally to me–I grew up reading these [...]
by Heather Day Gilbert, @heatherdgilbert Many people wonder why my second book is a contemporary Appalachian mystery (Miranda Warning), when my debut novel was a Viking historical (God’s Daughter). Although both books are starts [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ll be the first to admit that reading industry news can be…stressful. I’m one of those people who avoids confrontation at all costs, so I rarely weigh in, [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig First off, I have an increasingly rare public appearance to announce. Saturday—tomorrow, actually—I’m going to be on a panel of mystery writers at 2:30 p.m. at the West [...]
By Kristi Belcamino, @KristiBelcamino Writers dream of the day when they walk into a bookstore, see a book they wrote on the shelf, and then hold that book in their own two hands! [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I dislike resolutions, but I do like setting goals. I know that June isn’t the popular month for setting goals that January is, but it’s a great time [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I don’t know if y’all operate the same way, but I will allow large projects that I know will be time-sucks slide for a while…years, usually…until I finally [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Just a quick wrap-up today of my thoughts on various formats/platforms I’m using to reach readers, an idea for a format I might explore in the future, and [...]
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