Elizabeth Spann Craig
@elizabethspanncraig.com
Penguin Random House & indie published. Author of 60+ Southern-set cozy mysteries with quilting guilds & library cats. Curating and sharing writing-related links from the mountains of NC. 🔍📚
5 Effective Ways to Edit Your Book: mfrw.blogspot.com/2025/10/effe... by Kayelle Allen #wkbb
5 Effective Ways to Edit Your Book by Kayelle Allen #IndieAuthor #MFRWauthor
5 Effective Ways to Edit Your Book
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January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
5 Effective Ways to Edit Your Book: mfrw.blogspot.com/2025/10/effe... by Kayelle Allen #wkbb
How To Get Your Short Story into an Anthology: careerauthors.com/how-to-get-y... by Deb Well #wkb88
How To Get Your Short Story into an Anthology • Career Authors
Editor Deb Well says there are secrets to increase your chances of having your short story selected for an anthology! And here they are.
careerauthors.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 PM
How To Get Your Short Story into an Anthology: careerauthors.com/how-to-get-y... by Deb Well #wkb88
Switching Genres for a Fresh Blast of Creativity: floridawriters.blog/switching-ge... by N.L. Holmes #wkb86
Switching Genres for a Fresh Blast of Creativity | Florida Writers Association
For most of the world —although maybe not most of Florida—fall is a time of change. The weather is changing; the days are growing shorter and the light more oblique. The leaves change color and go…
floridawriters.blog
January 20, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Switching Genres for a Fresh Blast of Creativity: floridawriters.blog/switching-ge... by N.L. Holmes #wkb86
Psst . . . They Secretly Want You To Fail: killzoneblog.com/2025/10/psst... By John Gilstrap #wkb31
Killzoneblog.com
By John Gilstrap
Killzoneblog.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Psst . . . They Secretly Want You To Fail: killzoneblog.com/2025/10/psst... By John Gilstrap #wkb31
What Makes a Cult Favorite? rmfw.org/what-makes-a... by Amy Armstrong #wkb14
What Makes a Cult Favorite?
‘Tis the season for spooky movies, and I am currently working my way through Nightmare on Film Street’s 31 Day Horror Movie Challenge. I highly recommend you check it out if you’re a fellow ghoul.…
rmfw.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
What Makes a Cult Favorite? rmfw.org/what-makes-a... by Amy Armstrong #wkb14
Analyze First Lines to Write Openings Your Readers Love: writersinthestormblog.com/2025/10/anal... By Lynette M. Burrows #wkb8
Analyze First Lines to Write Openings Your Readers Love
Crafting the best first line for your story can be a challenge. Learn how to analyze your favorite published first lines in order to improve your own.
writersinthestormblog.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Analyze First Lines to Write Openings Your Readers Love: writersinthestormblog.com/2025/10/anal... By Lynette M. Burrows #wkb8
The Most Anticipated Literary Adaptations Coming to TV and Film in 2026: electricliterature.com/the-most-ant... by Lennie Roeber-Tsiongas #wkb31
The Most Anticipated Literary Adaptations Coming to TV and Film in 2026 - Electric Literature
Beloved titles from Emily Brontë, Homer, and C.S. Lewis are coming to your screen this year
electricliterature.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The Most Anticipated Literary Adaptations Coming to TV and Film in 2026: electricliterature.com/the-most-ant... by Lennie Roeber-Tsiongas #wkb31
The State of One Writer’s New Year’s Resolutions: storyempire.com/2026/01/13/t... by Pat Spencer #wkb31
The State of One Writer’s New Year’s Resolutions
Determined this would be her year of change,she sharpened a #2 pencil to a fine point andopened her spiral notebook to the first clean page.There she wrote resolutions in a column. Resolutions sure…
storyempire.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The State of One Writer’s New Year’s Resolutions: storyempire.com/2026/01/13/t... by Pat Spencer #wkb31
Writing: Setting the Mood: www.writersonthemove.com/2025/10/writ... by Margot Conor #wkb27
Writing: Setting the Mood
Crafting Emotion and Atmosphere in Writing.
www.writersonthemove.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Writing: Setting the Mood: www.writersonthemove.com/2025/10/writ... by Margot Conor #wkb27
The Glee of a Life Under Deadline: writerunboxed.com/2025/10/14/t... By Boo Walker #wkb31
writerunboxed.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The Glee of a Life Under Deadline: writerunboxed.com/2025/10/14/t... By Boo Walker #wkb31
What My Heroes Have Taught Me About Writing: Charles Darwin: writenowcoach.com/what-my-hero... by Rochelle Melander #wkb31
What My Heroes Have Taught Me About Writing: Charles Darwin - Write Now Coach! Blog
Charles Darwin was distracted by many things but he overcame distraction by creating structure and sticking to it.
writenowcoach.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:51 PM
What My Heroes Have Taught Me About Writing: Charles Darwin: writenowcoach.com/what-my-hero... by Rochelle Melander #wkb31
How I Do Morning Pages (and break all the rules!): diymfa.com/writing/how-... by Gabriela Pereira #wkb31
How I Do Morning Pages (and break all the rules!) - DIY MFA - Pereira
I show how I do Morning Pages and bend the rules of journaling to boost creativity and think more clearly.
diymfa.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
How I Do Morning Pages (and break all the rules!): diymfa.com/writing/how-... by Gabriela Pereira #wkb31
In The Spotlight: Carolyn Arnold’s Ties That Bind: margot-kin-berg.com/2025/10/28/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social #wkb44
In The Spotlight: Carolyn Arnold’s Ties That Bind
Visit the post for more.
margot-kin-berg.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:32 PM
In The Spotlight: Carolyn Arnold’s Ties That Bind: margot-kin-berg.com/2025/10/28/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social #wkb44
What Does the Future Look Like for Literary Magazines? www.writermag.com/get-publishe... By Toni Fitzgerald #wkb88
What Does the Future Look Like for Literary Magazines? - The Writer
Here are the six essential issues facing modern literary magazines – and what’s being done to address them.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
What Does the Future Look Like for Literary Magazines? www.writermag.com/get-publishe... By Toni Fitzgerald #wkb88
Novels That Make Us Better Writers: killzoneblog.com/2025/10/nove... by PJ Parrish #wkb3b
Killzoneblog.com
Killzoneblog.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Novels That Make Us Better Writers: killzoneblog.com/2025/10/nove... by PJ Parrish #wkb3b
Good Intentions Aren’t Enough in Publishing Deals: How Creators Can Protect Themselves: janefriedman.com/good-intenti... by Manda Comisari @janefriedman.com #wkb61
Good Intentions Aren’t Enough in Publishing Deals: How Creators Can Protect Themselves | Jane Friedman
What every creator should know before signing a contract—protect your work, your time, and your well-being.
janefriedman.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Good Intentions Aren’t Enough in Publishing Deals: How Creators Can Protect Themselves: janefriedman.com/good-intenti... by Manda Comisari @janefriedman.com #wkb61
Tips on Adding Humor to Your MG Story in Any Genre: www.literaryrambles.com/2026/01/tips... by Leslie Vedder @natalieaguirre7.bsky.social #wkb4d
Tips on Adding Humor to Your MG Story in Any Genre: Guest Post by Leslie Vedder and The Labyrinth of Souls and The Nowhere Beast Giveaway
Happy Monday, Everyone! Today I’m excited to have Leslie Vedder here to celebrate the release of The Nowhere Beast, the second book in The L...
www.literaryrambles.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Tips on Adding Humor to Your MG Story in Any Genre: www.literaryrambles.com/2026/01/tips... by Leslie Vedder @natalieaguirre7.bsky.social #wkb4d
Tom Gauld cartoon on difficult New Year’s resolutions: www.theguardian.com/books/pictur... #wkb31
Tom Gauld cartoon on difficult New Year’s resolutions – cartoon
Some just aren’t meant to be …
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Tom Gauld cartoon on difficult New Year’s resolutions: www.theguardian.com/books/pictur... #wkb31
Protecting Your First Draft Energy: elizabethspanncraig.com/motivation-a... #wkb31
Protecting Your First Draft Energy – Elizabeth Spann Craig
Discover why protecting your first draft from early feedback preserves creative momentum and leads to stronger finished manuscripts.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Protecting Your First Draft Energy: elizabethspanncraig.com/motivation-a... #wkb31
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers: lithub.com/lit-hub-asks... Featuring Megha Majumdar, Julia Ioffe, Erin Somers and More #wkb31
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers
The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Grady Chambers (Great Disasters) Julia Ioffe (Motherland: A…
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January 18, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers: lithub.com/lit-hub-asks... Featuring Megha Majumdar, Julia Ioffe, Erin Somers and More #wkb31
Creative copyright notices: www.bookdesignmadesimple.com/creative-cop... By Glenna Collett #wkb88
Creative copyright notices
Copyright notices don't have to look boring! Check out our gallery of creative solutions for this vital element of every book.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Creative copyright notices: www.bookdesignmadesimple.com/creative-cop... By Glenna Collett #wkb88
How to Tell the Difference Between a Hook and Inciting Incident: writershelpingwriters.net/2025/10/how-... by Julie Artz #wkb19
How to Tell the Difference Between a Hook and Inciting Incident
The hook establishes the character’s ordinary world so readers know how the inciting incident will shake up the character’s life. Learn more!
writershelpingwriters.net
January 18, 2026 at 8:51 PM
How to Tell the Difference Between a Hook and Inciting Incident: writershelpingwriters.net/2025/10/how-... by Julie Artz #wkb19
How writers can fight analysis paralysis: www.publicationcoach.com/analysis-par... by Daphne Gray-Grant #wkb31
How writers can fight analysis paralysis | Publication Coach
Don’t avoid the vulnerability of making decisions. Instead, learn how to deal with your analysis paralysis…
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January 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
How writers can fight analysis paralysis: www.publicationcoach.com/analysis-par... by Daphne Gray-Grant #wkb31
Where To Legally Source Amazing Images For Your Blog Posts: hughsviewsandnews.com/2025/10/13/w... @hughsviewsandnews.com #wkb72
Where To Legally Source Amazing Images For Your Blog Posts
Where do the images and photos in your blog posts originate? Are you certain you're not infringing the law by using copyrighted images?
hughsviewsandnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Where To Legally Source Amazing Images For Your Blog Posts: hughsviewsandnews.com/2025/10/13/w... @hughsviewsandnews.com #wkb72
Three Publishing Trends for 2026: selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-thre... by Orna Ross and Joanna Penn #wkb8b
Three Trends for 2026
Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss “agentic” AI, discoverability, and the shifts shaping self-publishing in 2026.
selfpublishingadvice.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Three Publishing Trends for 2026: selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-thre... by Orna Ross and Joanna Penn #wkb8b