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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 65,000 free articles on writing related [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy 2023, everyone! It’s always great to see the goal-setting and motivational posts that pop up around the new year. I find everyone’s energy and enthusiasm really [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A particularly challenging time of year is quickly approaching for those of us with a writing habit. There’s often extra members afoot, parties and get-togethers, and children [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig First drafts are meant to be messy. It’s the time when we hammer out our story, taking it from a concept to something that, at least vaguely, resembles [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy Halloween, everybody! On this day of spooky celebration, I thought I’d take a quick look at scares in cozy mysteries, known as being gentler reads than other [...]
by C.S. Lakin, @LiveWriteThrive Setting is largely ignored by writers, and that’s a shame. Setting is not only important in fiction to transport your readers into your story, it’s one of the most [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hi everyone! I’m guest posting at David Farland’s blog today on the process of writing a Christmas cozy mystery. Hope you can pop over and join me! Tips [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 I’m a planner. I can’t help it. If I have a project to work on, I need to develop a plan. Occasionally, the thought crosses my mind that planning is [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The writing life isn’t necessarily an easy one. For me, it’s a cycle of outlining, drafting, editing, and publishing with weekly business relating to promo. I enjoy [...]
by Angela Ackerman, @onestop4writers Some characters are so dynamic on the page it’s easy to imagine them as real people. Everything they say, do, and think is consistent with who they are, they have [...]
By Joanna Campbell Slan @joannaslan A curious thing happened in the midst of banging out the words. I found a new way to learn more about my characters and to make them more [...]
by L. Diane Wolfe, @DancingLemurPre Writers are familiar with contests that lead to anthologies, but they don’t always know what goes into the effort to create one. If they are a published author, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m guessing writing has never been an easy business, but it seems particularly task-intensive in 2022. Not only do writers have to write the books, we have to [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Cozy mysteries offer a very quiet approach to death for mystery readers. The crimes are never described in gory detail. The methods aren’t ordinarily very grim (I’ve [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 It may seem odd, but when starting a new non-fiction book project my initial step is to open a mind-mapping program and begin working on the Table of Contents. I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As hard as it is for me to believe it, tomorrow marks 14 years since I started blogging. It really doesn’t seem that long when I think [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig From time to time, everyone hits a speed bump in their manuscript. You might have been sailing through, easy as anything. Then, suddenly, you’ve come to a screeching [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig After writing about fifty cozy mysteries, I think I’ve used just about every story opener possible. I’ve opened with the dead body a few times. Sometimes I’ve had [...]
By Debbie De Louise (author of the Cobble Cove and Buttercup Bend cozy mysteries), @Deblibrarian Cozy mysteries are popular among those who prefer less graphic books with clean language and quirky characters. [...]
by Nicholas Rubright Writing a work of fiction is often more of a marathon than a sprint, more of a journey than a destination. The following exercises are designed to develop your creative [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I promise I’m not trying to drag any writers over to the dark side with me. :) I was quite anti-outline myself at the start of my writing [...]
by Jodé Millman, @worldseats As a lawyer, who is also a writer and creator of The Writer’s Law School, I sometimes believe my superpower lies in spotlighting legal issues that simmer beneath [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Unless you’re writing a memoir or a family history, chances are that you’re not writing for your family. Nor, unless your friends are eager readers of your genre, [...]
by Colleen M. Story, @colleen_m_story Difficult subjects. We’d all rather avoid them. It’s easier to write about good things happening to our characters. Falling in love. Getting a new job. Striking out on [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve mentioned before (in 2019) that it’s very helpful for outliners to hold onto their outlines instead of trashing them. I find them very helpful cheat-sheets when I’m [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Apologies in advance for the dry topic. :) But I thought I’d share my thoughts on organizing writing-related computer files, which has helped save me time and keep [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s good to be back from my little sabbatical. Actually, “sabbatical” makes it sound like a peaceful time of reflection, which it decidedly was not, ha. During my [...]
by Alex J. Cavanaugh, @AlexJCavanaugh Sometimes writers take a break. Maybe it’s a short break for a vacation or a month just to focus on other things for a while. On occasion, they [...]
by Joylene Butler, @cluculzwriter Today, we have a collection of helpful tips for writers from thriller writer Joylene Butler: 3 tips for successful self-publishing Write a compelling story, then rely on professional editing [...]
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