by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Cozy mysteries, also known as traditional mysteries, are lots of fun to write.  But there are some challenges authors will face while writing them. Hope you’ll join me [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re like me, you have a love/hate relationship with social media. I love being connected with other writers and resources—but I hate the way it sucks up [...]

by Sandra Gardner Since character and story are major elements in a novel, your primary concern as a novelist is to figure out who your characters are, what their motivations are, and where [...]

Today, many writers are participating in a special event, created by Becca and Angela at the Bookshelf Muse. We’re all focusing on writers who make a difference in the writing community–either on 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’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m thankful for the rise in dystopian fiction (my son’s favorite genre and one that was difficult to find before the Hunger Games gained prominence) and e-readers. Believe [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Social media has made it possible for readers to find out more about and connect with their favorite authors. Authors interact on Twitter, Facebook, and through blogs and [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I usually don’t open forwarded videos (or forwarded emails of any kind) unless it’s something I’ve heard a lot about or something that’s gone especially viral (and I [...]

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 @bhartikirchner, Bharti Kirchner When I first wrote a draft of Tulip Season I believed it fell in the mainstream category (like my four previous novels), but had a mystery element in it. [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There comes a point in almost every manuscript where I get a little stuck. I’m either bogged down by the story itself or by outside forces (i.e.—life). It’s [...]

by Jessica Park, @JessicaPark24 I am an unapologetic fan of self-publishing. Massive, foam finger-waving fan. But, for the record, I realize that it’s not for everyone. Big publishers have obvious distribution and marketing [...]

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 Chihuahua Zero, @chihuahuazero Pick any ten writing blogs in the writing blogosphere, and I bet nine of them will say: “don’t use said-bookism!“ This is understandable. Excessive amounts of dialogue tags besides [...]

by Nick Thacker, @NickThacker Twitter, social media platforms, Facebook pages, Google+, Pinterest, in-store signings, KDP Select, etc. All of these things are great innovations for authors, and can certainly help you get your [...]

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 [...]