Twitterific Writing Links

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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigBlog

Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Direct Sale Venues For Authors:  http://ow.ly/zZKWz @mollygreene

Hidden Emotions: How To Tell Readers What Characters Don’t Want To Show:  http://ow.ly/zZLxB @angelaackerman

8 Story Fixes http://ow.ly/A1A7n @JaredMGordon               Continue reading

10 Great Things about Writing Cozy Mysteries

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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigShear Trouble 2

I’m frequently asked why I chose to write cozy/traditional mysteries.  I’ve always just answered that it was a genre that came naturally to me–I grew up reading these types of mysteries.  It’s the easiest genre for me to write.

But there are other reasons I chose the genre, too, and I explored these reasons further in a guest post for Lori’s Reading Corner today:   “Top 10 Great Things about Writing Cozy Mysteries.”

I would be remiss in not mentioning that I had a release yesterday.  :)  Penguin’s Southern Quilting mystery #4–Shear Trouble, launched August 5th. Living up to its name, it was sheer  trouble to write, but I was happy with the end result.

Making the Leap from Historical Author to Mystery Author

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by Heather Day Gilbert, @heatherdgilbert mw-fb-small

Many people wonder why my second book is a contemporary Appalachian mystery (Miranda Warning), when my debut novel was a Viking historical (God’s Daughter). Although both books are starts to a series, (A Murder in the Mountains and Vikings of the New World Saga, respectively), I realize there is quite a disparity between the two genres.

When I decided to publish my mystery before the second Viking novel, it flew in the face of the advice of many successful indie authors. You’re supposed to pick a genre and stick with it long enough to build a following for that series. My Viking historical was doing well and I knew readers were anxious for book two in that series.Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigBlog

Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Working with Unexpected Character Questions: Finding Your Character’s (or Narrator’s) Inner Story:  http://ow.ly/zDjVV @writeabook

A new, free phrase thesaurus for writers:  http://ow.ly/zOP6e @phrasehq

De-Stress Your Writing Life:  When Life Creates Factors Beyond Your Control:  http://ow.ly/zDjGd  @JessBaverstock

Writing and the Creative Life: The Magic of Ambient Noise: http://ow.ly/zDjcP @gointothestory               Continue reading

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