by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re writing a cozy mystery, there are little things that come up sometimes. Writing is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure process. You have so many different choices that can take [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Today I thought I’d cover my process for starting a new cozy series. This post isn’t intended to replace the more in-depth posts I created for developing a [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s been a long time since I developed a new cozy mystery series. Long enough so that I tried to remember exactly how I’d gone about it the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hope everyone had a good Halloween. Apparently I still have scary stuff on the brain. :) The subjective nature of fear: I’m not usually a fan of being [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve touched on this topic before, although before I was sort of working it through in my mind. What I’m calling ‘series tropes,’ which is what writer Camille [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig I can only imagine the number of murder motives that I’ve come across in the last 35 years that I’ve read and watched mysteries. While writing cozy mysteries, [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the last post in my series on cozy writing. (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6.) Today I thought I’d wrap up a few things that are, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re just joining us, I’ve been running a series on writing cozy mysteries. (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Today I thought I’d cover a few problem [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One of the most important aspects of the cozy mystery is the puzzle itself. Aside from character development, the puzzle is the most important part of the mystery. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the fourth part in my series on writing cozy mysteries. Today, I’m covering two important elements of our story: the setting and our sidekick. Most cozy [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the third in my cozy mystery writing series. Today I’m taking a closer look at our victim. Parts one and two can be found here and [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the second in my cozy mystery writing series. Last week I focused on writing better sleuths. Today, I thought I’d take a look at another vital [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve had a few people emailing me asking questions about starting a cozy mystery (or, really, any type of mystery involving an amateur sleuth). I promised to write [...]
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