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 [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve never been a fan of exercising, although I’m trying to do better. I’ve read a slew of articles lately about the connection between exercise and creative thought. [...]
Guest Post by Marsali Taylor, @MarsaliTaylor The world is a more interesting place than our science can explain. I’ve always been at ease with the idea that the world is stranger and more interesting [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m an avid reader of mystery writer M.C. Beaton’s (pen name for Marion Chesney’s) books and have been for many years. I keep track of her releases and order [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by J.J. Hensley, @JJHensleyauthor As most of you, I’ve read hundreds of mysteries and thrillers. And as most of you, I’ve recognized that many of them can be formulaic and use characters that [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve learned not to talk to my family about reviews. I’ve seen them flinch in the past when I’ve mentioned some of the negative things said about my [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Reading and writing have always gone hand in hand with me. I read early and read books I found around the house or at the library, whether they [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When I was asked to speak to the 8th graders at the local middle school, my first thought was, “Oh cool…I can encourage young people to write.” Then [...]
by Deborah Nam-Krane, @dnkboston It took me almost six years to publish my series The New Pioneers, even though I had four completed novels. Part of my delay was that it takes a number [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve been hearing a lot lately about author earnings—self-published, traditionally published, and earnings from what writer Bob Mayer coined “hybrid writers.” I think that the chart that started [...]
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