Category: Writing Tips

Adjusting to a Summer Writing Schedule

Motivation and the Writing Life, Writing Tips

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigGeneral1368

Summer. In some ways, it’s a relief to me because it means I don’t have to keep up as much with the kids’ activities and school-related needs.  But it’s also a time that I regroup.  Because our schedule changes, I’ve found it’s better and I get more done if I’m flexible enough to change my schedule, too.

A blog reader asked me if I could write a little bit about how I’ve changed my summer writing schedule in the past.  Considering I’ve changed it up since my nearly-13-year-old was one, I’m thinking I’m probably qualified to comment on this issue.  :)  But a proviso that this won’t work obviously for all kids or all parents. Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

Twitterific, Writing Tips

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.

Why Is The Media Ignoring Author Exploitation By Publishers? http://ow.ly/xsDMq @DavidGaughran

“Do I Have Writing Talent?” You’re Asking the Wrong Question:  http://ow.ly/xmhxG @writerunboxed  @suzannahwindsor           Continue reading

Working a Paranormal Element into Mysteries

Uncategorized, Writing Tips

Guest Post by Marsali Taylor, @MarsaliTaylorThe Trowie Mound Murders

The world is a more interesting place than our science can explain.

I’ve always been at ease with the idea that the world is stranger and more interesting than our present scientific knowledge can account for.  Maybe it’s because I’m Scots; one look at old ballads shows we’re a people used to second sight, omens, superstition, ghosts, devils and companies of the Elven folk.  French friends assure me there are no fantomes in French castles, whereas no self-respecting Scottish castle would have fewer than three.Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

Twitterific, Writing Tips

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.

How to Know If You’re Editing Too Soon:  http://ow.ly/wXLkF @losapala

Promoting Your New Book with Promo Websites: http://ow.ly/x8p9v @silas_payton

“Don’t Let Your Hurt Stop You” :  http://ow.ly/wXLXz @PiaPadukone @writersdigest

17 Lost Manuscripts: L. Frank Baum, Ernest Hemingway, John Milton, and More:  http://ow.ly/wXL3c @BookishHQ           Continue reading

Series Readers—What they Really Want to See in Our Books

Writing Tips

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigfile7401343249061

I’ve just finished the latest Southern quilting mystery—book five in that series, due to release in late 2015.  So that means, right now, I’m no longer under a contract until Penguin decides if they’d like to acquire more books for the series (likely something they would determine after seeing sales figures for book four, coming out in August).

For the first time…ever, really…the only project I have to work on is my self-published Myrtle Clover series.  I started book seven at my usual full throttle, and then slowed my writing pace down a bit and decided to take a more thoughtful approach. Continue reading

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