By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve come to the conclusion that production plans are important for any prolific writer, whether they’re self-published, traditionally published, or a hybrid writer. I was lucky enough with [...]
by Barry Knister, @barryknister When I first decided to write a mystery series, the initial problem I faced didn’t have to do with writing. It had to do with the crime business. I’m [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It must have been 2011 when I was first asked to write an outline of a book for an editor. At that point I’d written four or five [...]
by C. S. Lakin, @CSLakin I ask a lot of questions in my line of work as a professional manuscript critiquer and copyeditor. Sure, I also give a lot of suggestions and fix [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Mystery writers that I’ve met tend to fall into a couple of different groups—writers who have picked their killer before they start writing their story (or early in [...]
by L. Diane Wolfe, @SpunkonaStick Self-publishing has become a very attractive venture for writers these days. It’s now much easier to send a book out into the world without the help of a [...]
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 Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Tax time is making me a bit reflective this year. Maybe I didn’t have the time to reflect on Dec. 31st/Jan. 1 since I had a January 1 [...]
by Julie Musil, @JulieMusil My hubby and I are die-hard do-it-yourselfers. The home we live in now sits on what used to be nothing but acres of wide open dirt and scrub oak. [...]
by Kathy Owen, @kbowenwriter Elizabeth invited me to share with you one of my favorite classic detective novels, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles. I love talking about the classics [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig These days, it seems as though everyone is talking about writing faster. And there’s definitely a link between the number of books we have available for sale and [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today I’m guest-posting at the Insecure Writer’s Support Group blog with seven best practices for self-publishing success. The Insecure Writer’s Support Group was founded by writer Alex J. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I used to be a big fan of writing each book in my different series as a standalone. I liked the fact that readers could pick up any [...]
By Dina Santorelli, @DinaSantorelli So you’ve won an award for your book. Very cool. You should be congratulated not just for winning, but for having the gumption to enter that competition in the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One thing about the holidays is that I’m always around people a lot more than I usually am. In fact, I really can’t think of a time in [...]
Guest Post by Aidyl Ewoh, @aidylEwoh Serious young writers are a lot more common than most people seem to realize, although maybe that’s because we’re all hidden away writing! I am part of an [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy 2014 everyone! And, like everyone else on the internet, I have advice for making it a better year. :) I actually had a different post I planned [...]
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 [...]
Aside from my Twitterific writing link round-ups on Sundays, I’m going to take a blogging break until January 1. After taking a long look at my to-do list (which includes Christmas and a [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I received an email last week from a busy writer with a full-time job and young children. She asked if I could provide some tips for squeezing writing [...]
by Joe Benevento In Edgar Allan Poe’s third and final story featuring C. Auguste Dupin, “The Purloined Letter,” Dupin explains to the narrator why the police were unable to find the letter in [...]
by Mike Martin I know you are not supposed to, but I do judge a book, at least whether I am going to buy it or not, based on the picture on the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In many ways, my children have been a blessing to me. There are all the big reasons they are…and a smaller one: they’re nothing at all like me. [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith Let’s say you want to create an ironic tone in a story or novel—it’s just needed. First off, what is tone? On the one hand, we might say that [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One thing that’s nice about having older children is that they can take over household tasks that we’re either not excited about, or just don’t do well. This [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writer Lynda R. Young wrote a great post for the Insecure Writers Support Group: 4 Reasons to Celebrate Your Writing Milestones. In it, she talks about the benefits [...]
Guest Post by Bryan Cohen When my wife and I moved into our latest apartment a few years ago, we made sure to get a place with a second bedroom. I planned to [...]
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 [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve been thinking a lot lately about gaining distance from our books. I really feel that’s vital to both editing them effectively, gaining [...]
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 [...]
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