By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Recently, I’ve noticed a shift in writers’ opinions on the importance of blogging as part of a writer’s general platform. Popular blogger Jody Hedlund expressed it well inher [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig For my daughter’s entire life, I’ve watched with amusement as people have made the mistake of judging her by her appearance. She’s diminutive, doll-like in many ways.  Very odd, since [...]

Guest Post by J.E. Fishman, @JEFISHMAN Purchase Here Last year, when I was visiting a library book club to discuss my first novel, Primacy, a woman told me she kept flicking the bedroom [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read an interesting post recently by Chris Gerwel: A Question of Identity. Chris stated that his last name was actually Modzelewski.  He explains why he chose to [...]

Guest Post by Colby Marshall, @ColbyMarshall In my (very brief) career as a writer, I’ve learned a few things about self-promotion on social media sites and in the blogosphere. I’m not an expert [...]

Guest Post by Victoria King-Voreadi, @VAKingVoreadi There wasn’t much cloak & dagger mystery involved in researching our tale Interrogation Tango. Our anti-hero Georg Elser did it; there was never any doubt about that. [...]

Guest Post by Terry Ambrose, @suspense_writer  Purchase Book Here I admit it; I do get some sort of perverse satisfaction from driving the Grammar Cops (GCs) crazy. It’s not that I’m a [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

by Khanh Ho, @LAMysteryWriter I’ve taken dozens of writing seminars—some good, some bad. Over time, I’ve done hundreds of exercises. And in my capacity as a college level Creative Writing professor, I’ve had [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Recently, there’s been a real change in attitude among some high-profile writers regarding promo. And I’ll admit that it makes me a little nervous. I was especially uncomfortable [...]

Guest Post by Elizabeth Grace Saunders @RealLifeE    Purchase Book Here New Year’s Resolution #1: Write More in 2013.   If you’re like most writers, you really want to find more time [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week.   The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One of my favorite ways to learn more about a new character (I always have plenty of new characters since each book has new suspects), is to think [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy New Year everyone!  Hope you all have a healthy, happy year. Writing-wise, 2013 will be a different type of year for me.  I’d halfway forgotten this until [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy New Year (almost)!  I’ll be back on Wednesday with my first post for 2013.  Now for some writing links. Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! I’m taking a full week off from the blog—although I’ll have my Twitterific round-up this Sunday—to finish getting ready for Christmas and [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Image: Xandert As a traditionally published writer, I’ve felt guilty for years for my approach toward promo. I’m extremely uncomfortable with direct sales, so I never fully embraced it.  [...]

By F.C. Malby @fcmalby   Purchase here Sociologist, geographers, historians, writers, artists, and anthropologists have all been interested in the idea of ‘A Sense of Place’ for a long time. Why? Because this [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My editor emailed me a week ago and said she was going to fit in a cover conference before the staff at Penguin left for Christmas break.  This [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

 by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Lately, I’ve had ideas bursting out of me at crazy times of the day: frequently when I’m doing something else. I’m driving a car and am struck by [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve mentioned before that I have a hard time sitting still.  It makes me feel like I’m about five years old when I admit this, but it’s true. [...]

by Gina Conroy, @GinaConroy When I contracted my mystery novella last year and had to cut 36,000 words from my WIP, I knew it was going to be hard. In fact, I almost [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]

by J.L. Greger “Couponing” for Authors Every shopper likes a good deal; every writer likes a clever idea. Most of us see lots of great ideas, but forget most of them. That’s why [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a Salon post by Joseph Lord— “Walking Dead” author is OK with AMC’s creative liberties“–  on Sunday that struck a particular chord with me. The article [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This post has spoilers for Beth Spann. (I’ve already texted Mama and asked her not to read my Monday post—Mama, if you are reading the post, this is [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and [...]