by Jodie Renner, Editor and Craft-of-Writing Author, @JodieRennerEd Have you ever been engrossed in a novel when suddenly the author interrupts the story to give you background on a character, or detailed technical [...]

 by Phyllis Zimbler Miller, @ZimblerMiller Yes, as self-published and traditionally published authors learn sooner or later, writing a mystery is only part of the journey.  Marketing that mystery can be a much more [...]

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 19,000 free articles on writing related [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig OhLife I’ve always loved keeping a journal and started keeping one when I was in fourth grade.    There’s nothing fabulously interesting in my diaries, but it provides snapshots [...]

 by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Just thought I’d write an update today on a couple of different topics that I’ve mentioned recently. One topic is ACX, the audiobook distributor.  I’d mentioned in this [...]

 by Dina Santorelli, @DinaSantorelli To promote Baby Grand, my debut novel, I’ve done all kinds of appearances. Bookstores. Libraries. Assisted living communities. (Street corners.)  But probably my absolute favorite thing to do is [...]

 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 19,000 free articles on writing related [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Image: MorgueFile: haphthat I don’t go to a lot of conferences or give a lot of talks.  When I do give a talk though, and it’s time for [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Image by Purpleslog, Flickr Sometimes when I’m scanning my blog reader or reading through some of the messages from writer loops I’m on, I’m stunned by the lack [...]

By Price McNaughton, @PriceMcNaughton When I first began writing murder mysteries, my biggest fear was that I would reveal the murderer too soon. I hate books that make the perpetrator evident from the [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig   I was on my way to a meeting last week and was perfectly on time.  The meeting was a bit off the beaten path, out of the [...]

 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 19,000 free articles on writing related [...]

by Beate Boeker, @BeateBoeker Purchase here I’m very grateful to Elizabeth for inviting me as her guest today. She said that her readers are interested in writing tips and suggested that I write [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig   As I mentioned in Wednesday’s post, I recently decided to spend time exploring audio options for my self-published books.  The only audio rights I hold, actually, are [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig  Image: MorgueFile: Gracey I’ve been pretty single-minded with my plans to expand the self-published side of my book income.  My focus has been on writing more books.  [...]

Guest Post by Julie Duffy, @storyadaymay The sad truth is that the role of ‘writer’ does not come with staff. Even full-time professional writers, for the most part, are not issued with 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 19,000 free articles on writing related [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig MorgueFile–Destinycole Well, technically, spring hasn’t completely decided if it’s sprung in the southern United States.  But my children have spring break from school this week, so I’m going [...]

by Don McNair, @DonMcNair1   You have two choices. Write in the “here and now” or dump information. I’ll tell you right now that editors and agents want you to write in the [...]

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 19,000 free articles on writing related [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The series that I’m self-publishing had its start as a traditionally published product. “Pretty is as Pretty Dies” was published by Midnight Ink in 2009.  The book earned [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Image: MorgueFile: Bang I recently read two posts that I found very interesting.  Most interesting to me was the different positions they took (unknowingly…the posts and authors weren’t [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m a real fan of writing series.  That’s probably obvious, since I write three of them.  It gives me more opportunity to fully-develop my characters and give them [...]

 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 19,000 free articles on writing related [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When I was a kid, my elementary school would have tornado drills at least twice in a school year.  What I remember most about these drills was that [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hi everyone!  I’m over at the Writer’s in the Storm blog today, with a guest post aimed at mystery writers–“Troubleshooting Your  Mystery.”  I’ll share some common problems mystery [...]

  by Diane Krause,@DianeKrause2 In addition to writing and editing, one of my other interests is human behavior and personality types. I’m fascinated by the way we’re each uniquely wired, and what it [...]

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 19,000 free articles on writing related [...]

by Judy Alter, @JudyAlter In another life, I’d probably be a chef. I love being a writer, but cooking is my avocation. I like nothing better than to try out a new recipe [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ll write this post from a reader perspective since I haven’t used unreliable narrrators in my books, and I’ll keep the post general so there won’t be any spoilers. I just [...]