12 Super Powers and Super Tools for Writers

Monday, June 20, 2011

12 Super Powers and Super Tools for Writers

Today I’m on sci-fi writer Alex J. Cavanaugh’s blog, talking about super powers we writers should have (in the perfect world.) Hope you’ll come by and join me!

10 comments:

Jan Morrison said...: Went there first - great post! I would like to know what your Super Writer name is? Mighty Pen? Dream Weaver?; June 20, 2011 at 6:58 AM
Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley Adams said...: When I was a kid, I called myself Super E. :) Yes, I was a little delusional (among other things...)!; June 20, 2011 at 7:22 AM
Carol Kilgore said...: I loved your post at Alex's! I just wanna know where we find these things :); June 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Karen Walker said...: Heading over....
karen; June 20, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Alex J. Cavanaugh said...: Hey, that's me!; June 20, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Colene Murphy said...: It was awesome! Perfect list!; June 20, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Susan Gourley/Kelley said...: Just visited you on Alex's blog. I want super powers!; June 20, 2011 at 5:22 PM
Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley Adams said...: Maybe if we all wish hard enough, we'll get super powers! Thanks for popping over to Alex's blog, y'all. :); June 20, 2011 at 9:13 PM
Ella said...: You did a wonderful job; I enjoyed your wonderful tools~ ;D; June 20, 2011 at 11:48 PM
Elizabeth Spann Craig/Riley Adams said...: Thanks so much, everybody! I appreciate your sticking with me during the tour. :); June 23, 2011 at 1:11 PM

Quilt Trip--Dec. 2013--Quilting Mystery #3--Penguin/Signet

Muriel Starnes, an elderly eccentric, has organized a meeting of quilters to pick someone to administer a quilting scholarship. But once the quilters arrive at the mansion, it seems they may never leave. An ice storm sends an old tree crashing across the driveway, leaving them stranded for the night. And by the next morning, they are one fewer—for Muriel has been sent to meet her maker. With everyone in the house a suspect, it’s up to Beatrice and the Village Quilters to figure out who has a guilty conscience before someone else gets tied up in knots

Rubbed Out--Memphis BBQ #4--July 2013

Reuben Shaw rubs a lot of people the wrong way—including Lulu’s best friend, Cherry, who has the misfortune of being in the booth next to his at the festival. The pigheaded pit master thinks he’s a shoo-in to win the barbeque competition, but he spends more time stirring up trouble than seasoning his spare ribs. Hours after she gets into a quarrel with him, Cherry finds Shaw dead with a butcher knife in his chest. Now it’s her turn to get grilled—by the police. Lulu sets out to clear her friend’s name and finds Shaw had more secrets than his BBQ recipe. She’ll need to act fast, because the real killer will spare no one…including Lulu.

"Knot What it Seams"--Feb. 5, 2013

"Quilt or Innocence"--June 5 2012

Southern Quilting Mysteries: As the newest member of the Village Quilters Guild, Beatrice has a lot of gossip to catch up on—especially with the Patchwork Cottage quilt shop about to close. It seems that Judith, the landlord everyone loves to hate, wants to raise the rent, despite being a quilter herself… But when Judith is found dead, the harmless gossip becomes an intricate patchwork of mischievous motives. And it’s up to Beatrice’s expert eye to decipher the pattern and catch the killer, before her life gets sewn up for good.

Hickory Smoked Homicide

Memphis BBQ Mysteries: Since she runs the hottest BBQ joint in town, Lulu knows just about everyone in Memphis. But one person she'd rather not know is Tristan Pembroke, a snooty pageant coach with a mean streak longer than the line outside Lulu's restaurant. When she finds Tristan's dead body stuffed in a closet at a party, the police are suspicious--especially since Lulu's developed a taste for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Caught in a situation stickier than molasses, Lulu must clear her name--or risk getting fried...

"A Body in the Backyard"--a Myrtle Clover Mystery. Nov. 2012

It’s just an ordinary day for octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover—until her yardman discovers a dead body planted in her backyard. This death isn’t cut and dried—the victim was bashed in the head with one of Myrtle’s garden gnomes.Myrtle’s friend Miles recognizes the body and identifies him as Charles Clayborne… reluctantly admitting he’s a cousin. Charles wasn’t the sort of relative you bragged about—he was a garden variety sleaze, which is very likely why he ended up murdered. As Myrtle starts digging up dirt to nip the killings in the bud, someone’s focused on scaring her off the case. Myrtle vows to find the murderer…before she’s pushing up daisies, herself.

Pretty is as Pretty Dies

A Myrtle Clover Mystery: An August 1, 2009 release by Midnight Ink. The Publishers Weekly review: "The amusing first in a new cozy series from Craig...Myrtle's wacky personality is a delight." Mystery Scene magazine: "Craig’s skill at evoking a small town and its idiosyncratic inhabitants renders this mystery a pleasure to read. I’m looking forward to the further exploits of Myrtle Clover.” ForeWord Magazine: "The treat here is Myrtle’s eccentricity, brought to life with rich humor and executed for the most part with breezy skill." Mystery News: "Wonderful cozy mystery: solidly written, well-plotted and funny." Midwest Book Review: "I loved this book. The story is typical of a lot of small towns anywhere in the US, but Elizabeth Spann Craig added a new dimension with Myrtle and her elderly friends."

Mystery Writing is Murder

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Monday, June 20, 2011