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Elizabeth Spann Craig

Bestselling Cozy Mystery Author

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March 2, 2026

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How to Create the Perfect Cover for Your Mystery Novel

by Juliet Allarton Picture the scene: you’ve just put the finishing touches on your mystery novel. Your plot is airtight, your characters are well-rounded, and you’ve built tension like your life depended on [...]

August 25, 2025

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3 Easy Tips to Crafting a Compelling, Cozy Book Blurb

by Michele Pariza Wacek Are you one of the many cozy mystery authors who would rather write another book than write your Amazon book blurb? You’re definitely not alone. On the one hand, [...]

February 22, 2019

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5 Tips for Self-Publishing Beginners

Hi,  everyone! Today I’m guest-blogging over at Laura Smith’s blog with a post for self-publishing beginners.  I’m offering 5 self-publishing basics.  Hope you’ll hop over. :) Photo credit: Stuck in Customs on Visualhunt [...]

June 19, 2017

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Tips for Less-Expensive Self-Publishing

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a lot of posts that assume that writers have unlimited funds for book production. But many writers who self-publish books are having to fit the process [...]

January 6, 2017

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Resolutions of a Self-Publisher

by David Wogahn, @wogahn Self-publishing is a humbling experience. When I started, I was in fear of my work being ripped off, good friends didn’t review my book, blog readers and subscribers didn’t [...]

May 1, 2015

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Self-Publishing a Series after Its Traditional Start

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My self-published Myrtle Clover series started out as a traditional release through Midnight Ink.  They published the first book in that series before deciding against a second book [...]

October 10, 2014

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With Self-Publishing, We Control the Future of a Series

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig For years, I belonged to several email loops with other traditionally published mystery writers.  We would share information and resources with each other and were on a blogging [...]

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