by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Starting out with book promotion can seem like a tremendous undertaking. And it is. But the important thing to know is that anything you can do online to [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig All the links below, and over 15,000 others are found in the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by Mike Fleming—where you can search on any topic for [...]

Right now I’m writing the fourth Memphis Barbeque mystery.  I’m still working on the first draft and, like all first drafts, I’m realizing I’ve got some issues. The biggest one I’ve got right [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I visited my parents a couple of weeks ago during my children’s spring break. We also helped them to clean out their attic. (It’s hard not to take [...]

by Dr. John Yeoman, @Yeomanis “Brace yourself,” my doctor said. “This won’t come easy” he fiddled with his pen “for either of us.” He averted his eyes. I braced myself. “You eat junk [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig All the links below, and over 15,000 others are found in the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by Mike Fleming—where you can search on any topic for [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve got an extra post for y’all this week—a slightly different one than usual, since I’m profiling a particular writer. I wanted to mention both a resource for [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I spent the other morning at the DMV. The DMV, for my non-US readers, is the Department of Motor Vehicles. It’s one of those dreaded places here in [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My last post was about my layering approach to writing books, and I got a question from a blog reader about how to create subplots and then how [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Recently I was at an event where I spoke with aspiring authors after my talk. They asked about the number of books I’d written, then they looked both [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig All the links below, and over 15,000 others are found in the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine—where you can search on any topic for free. Like us on [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today I thought I’d move into mystery writing territory for a while and include some of my top tips for cozy mystery writing (some of which will work [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One of the hardest things for me, starting out as a novelist, was internal dialogue. Mysteries require the sleuth to mull things over. I really struggled over how [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Recently I was asked for tips on writing humor.  My books are billed as humorous cozies and the person emailing me asked if I could share some techniques. [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig All the links below, and over 15,000 others are found in the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine—where you can search on any topic for free. Like us on [...]

First of all, I want to thank the folks at Writer’s Digest for putting this blog in their list of 101 Best Websites for Writers for 2012. It’s much appreciated. Today I thought [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was at an event recently and heard one of the PR people for the corporation coming out of his office, sort of flustered. “Hectic day,” he said. [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hi everyone!  Today I’m over at writer Elysabeth Eldering’s blog.  In my interview with her there, I talk about juggling several series, my typical writing day, and why [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by C.E. Lawrence, @C_E_Lawrence Life is nothing if not ironic. You spend all your time working for money or fame or adulation or whatever – only to find out that in getting what [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig On Sunday, my daughter and I took advantage of the nice weather and went for a walk at the park. It was like a hundred other walks at [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Tonight I’m speaking with the creative writing students at my alma mater, Presbyterian College in SC. It’s a great liberal arts school with a strong English department. I’ll [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig After my post Wednesday on writing multiple books a year, I got some questions on Twitter and via email about my editing approach. I thought I’d tackle that [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As a busy mom, I’m squeezing my writing time out every day. For you, you might be limited by a day job or an elderly parent, an illness, [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There’s always going to be a million other things for us to do besides writing. When we’re not at our day job, our leisure time is limited by [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Below are the writing-related links I tweeted last week. The free Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by software engineer and writer Mike Fleming, makes all these links [...]

by Shelly Frome, @shellyFrome There was an instructor at a prestigious college program in the Midwest who always gave this advice. Never try to write a novel. Rather, try not to write. And [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last year I put out an ebook, myself.  When I saw that book produced strong sales, I started immediately looking for other things I could put up online. [...]

How important are reviews? The short answer to this questions is VERY. As a writer, it’s great to know what your readers think, but as a buyer of books and a reader, it [...]