By Jeffrey Eaton, author of the “Murder Becomes” series, @murderbecomes Each year, more than one million books get released by publishing houses and self-published authors. You read that right – more than one million [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve written several books that were pretty short. I realized they were short (around 50-53,000 words) and took a closer look at the stories. I didn’t see a [...]
by HL Carpenter, @hl_carpenter We think about how much writing styles change over the years every time we open one of the books on our reading shelf—a book that was published in 1908. [...]
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 45,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Caleb Kaiser, @ReedsyHQ Word count is one of those things you don’t think about when you start writing the first page of your novel. It’s only after your book is completed, when [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Every once in a while, I’ll grind to a halt with my story. I’ll either want to flesh out a subplot or develop the main plot a bit [...]
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 45,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Some of you may not know this because I do have a culinary mystery series and was on a food blog for a long time…but I don’t consider [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I work on story subplots two different ways. Sometimes I write them in as I go, including them in the text. Sometimes I write them out separately on [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig When I was a kid, there was one part of Cinderella that baffled me. The clock struck midnight and Cinderella, in a panic, cries out that it’s late [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m a fan of series…both reading and writing them. As a reader, though, it really bothered me when my favorite series would get stale or if I felt [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read an interesting article by James Preston titled “How to Get to Carnegie Hall. ” Preston used an old joke as the basis of the piece: A [...]
by Angela Ackerman, @AngelaAckerman When it comes to writing a story where a character is going to work through a difficult past wound, there are two behavioral states to convey: one showing their brokenness [...]
by Mike Martin, @mike54martin The setting for the Sgt. Windflower Mysteries is not just a prop or a way to entice the reader to enter the realm of these books, although I certainly hope [...]
by Jonathan Vars A dark figure emerges from the shadows. In a raspy voice, he taunts the hero, having once again bested him. Stepping into the light, the figure thrusts back his hood, [...]
By Hyu-Wai Loucks One of the most difficult aspects of writing a novel, or any narrative for that matter, is striking the delicate balance between dialogue and description. While insight into a character’s [...]
By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy Ask any agent or editor to list the top three reasons manuscripts get rejected and you’ll find “not enough conflict” on that list. Conflict is at the core of [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Years ago I was stumped when I received an email from a middle school student. He was reading one of my books for a school assignment (this, in [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a nice post by Nils Ödlund, “Don’t Show, Don’t Tell — How to Leave Room for the Reader’s Imagination ” on the Mythic Scribes blog. As he says [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One thing that I love about writing cozy mysteries is the ability to integrate humor into the stories. The amount of humor varies. I still somewhat regret writing [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Many writers have a hard time with beginning and ending their books. I’ve never had much trouble starting a book (I rarely vary from starting with dialogue between [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Mike Fleming, @Hiveword In my previous post about changes to the Writer’s Knowledge Base (WKB) I mentioned that a future feature would be the possibility of receiving emails brimming with writing links [...]
by Fred Johnson, @FredBobJohn In our non-stop world of tweets, tags, and text messages, it’s often difficult to find the time and motivation to sit down and read (let alone write!) a full-length [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Amazon Author Insights is a new author-facing Tumblr site to help both new and established writers find writing-related resources and Amazon services for writers in one spot. I [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 Today, author Hank Quense offers tips on three vital elements of the writing craft: subplots, scenes, and POV. Integrating subplots naturally: I’ve seen subplots mishandled many times. When this [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
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