Difficult Books

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Difficult Books by Elizabeth Spann Craig, photo by butkovicdub at Morgue File

I was so happy at finishing my most recent book on Thursday that my sigh of relief might have been heard miles away.

This book was the sixth book in a series and my 20th book altogether (not counting the box sets). But this book was a reminder to me that sometimes it doesn’t get easier as we go. Or, really, that each book is just different.

It was the hardest book to write (aside from Hickory Smoked Homicide in 2011…a book I nearly deleted in frustration several weeks before deadline).  And it was the book I’ve run behind the worst on.  I’m releasing it a month later than planned. It needed a lot of extra time to make it a really solid mystery. I’m happy with it now, but there were many things that made the writing of this book complex:Continue reading

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