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Mystery Writing is Murder
www.mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com
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A LAPTOP WIELDING, MYSTERY-WRITING MOM METES OUT MURDER WHILE LOGGING HER PROGRESS.
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Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed b...

13 h ago

Showing Character

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig. I’m currently reading a mystery (no surprise there) that I’m really enjoying:  Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet. One thing I love as a mystery read...

2 days ago

Preparing for a Writing Career

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was interviewed recently and one of the questions I was asked was what type of preparation or training I’d received to become a novelist. I think the person ...

4 days ago

Covering Our Bases

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Blogger is being obnoxious and frequently putting genuine comments into my blog’s spam folder.  I’ve rescued a few of them and have noticed that the commo...

6 days ago

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed b...

27 may 12

What Happens After Writing 3 or 4 Books a Year

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There was an article in the New York Times recently, entitled Writer’s Cramp: In the e-Reader era, a Book a Year is Slacking. Obviously, this is a provocative ...

25 may 12

Writing in Interruptions

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was working away on the fourth Memphis book yesterday, writing an important scene for the book. It’s a scene where a suspect gives important information to m...

23 may 12

Developing a Story Idea

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’d just finished my daily goal for my fourth Memphis book on Thursday when I had a sudden uneasy feeling about the third quilting mystery. When was that outli...

21 may 12

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed b...

20 may 12

Cozy Mystery Writing Challenges

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Cozy mysteries, also known as traditional mysteries, are lots of fun to write.  But there are some challenges authors will face while writing them. Hope y...

18 may 12 1 person likes this

7 Tips for Controlling Our Social Media Time

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you’re like me, you have a love/hate relationship with social media. I love being connected with other writers and resources—but I hate the way it sucks up ...

17 may 12

The Who, What, and Where of Characters and Story--By Sandra Gardner

by Sandra Gardner Since character and story are major elements in a novel, your primary concern as a novelist is to figure out who your characters are, what their motivations are, and where your char...

16 may 12

A Random Act of Kindness Blitz

Today, many writers are participating in a special event, created by Becca and Angela at the Bookshelf Muse. Were all focusing on writers who make a difference in the writing community--either on a s...

14 may 12

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed b...

13 may 12

The Importance of Editing

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m thankful for the rise in dystopian fiction (my son’s favorite genre and one that was difficult to find before the Hunger Games gained prominence) and e-rea...

11 may 12

How Much Should We Take Readers into Account as We Write?

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Social media has made it possible for readers to find out more about and connect with their favorite authors. Authors interact on Twitter, Facebook, and throug...

09 may 12

Adding Conflict to Our Stories

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigI usually don’t open forwarded videos (or forwarded emails of any kind) unless it’s something I’ve heard a lot about or something that’s gone especially viral (...

07 may 12

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed b...

06 may 12

A Third Alternative—the Small Press: by Bharti Kirchner

by @bhartikirchner, Bharti Kirchner When I first wrote a draft of Tulip Season I believed it fell in the mainstream category (like my four previous novels), but had a mystery element in it. In time, ...

04 may 12

When You Get Stuck

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There comes a point in almost every manuscript where I get a little stuck. I’m either bogged down by the story itself or by outside forces (i.e.—life). It’s no...

02 may 12

Why One Traditionally-Pub lished Author is Now Choosing Self-Publishing—b y Jessica Park

by Jessica Park, @JessicaPark24 I am an unapologetic fan of self-publishing. Massive, foam finger-waving fan. But, for the record, I realize that it’s not for everyone. Big publishers have obvious di...

30 apr 12 1 person likes this

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week. The links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed b...

29 apr 12

Dont Kill ‘Said Bookisms’ On-Sight--by Chihuahua Zero

by Chihuahua Zero, @chihuahuazero Pick any ten writing blogs in the writing blogosphere, and I bet nine of them will say: "dont use said-bookism!" This is understandable. Excessive amounts of...

27 apr 12

The One Thing You Should Do to Sell More Books—by Nick Thacker

by Nick Thacker, @NickThacker Twitter, social media platforms, Facebook pages, Google+, Pinterest, in-store signings, KDP Select, etc. All of these things are great innovations for authors, and can c...

25 apr 12

Platform Building for Writers—Getting Started

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Starting out with book promotion can seem like a tremendous undertaking. And it is. But the important thing to know is that anything you can do online to promo...

23 apr 12 1 person likes this

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig All the links below, and over 15,000 others are found in the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by Mike Fleming—where you can search on any topic ...

22 apr 12

How Much Lead-In Time do You Really Need?

Right now I’m writing the fourth Memphis Barbeque mystery.  I’m still working on the first draft and, like all first drafts, I’m realizing I’ve got some issues. The biggest one I’ve got right no...

20 apr 12

The Excitement of What’s Coming Around the Bend in Publishing

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I visited my parents a couple of weeks ago during my children’s spring break. We also helped them to clean out their attic. (It’s hard not to take advantage of...

18 apr 12

Want to Write a Best Seller? It’s All In Your Genes by Dr. John Yeoman

by Dr. John Yeoman, @Yeomanis “Brace yourself,” my doctor said. “This won’t come easy” he fiddled with his pen “for either of us.” He averted his eyes. I braced myself. “You eat junk food,” he mutter...

16 apr 12

Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig All the links below, and over 15,000 others are found in the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine, designed by Mike Fleming—where you can search on any topic ...

15 apr 12

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