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articles & stories

by Elizabeth Sims

articles

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"10-Minute Fixes to 10 Common Plot Problems" by Elizabeth Sims
in the Writer's Digest Big 10 issueWriter's Digest September 2010
"Write This, Not That" by Elizabeth Sims
Forget formulaic junk-food mysteries. Infuse your story with all the ingredients of savory suspense.Writer's Digest May/June 2010
"Handsell Your Book: 10 Simple Steps" by Elizabeth Sims
Yes, your own efforts really can make an impact on your sales, one reader at a time. Here are 10 simple steps to word-of-mouth success.Writer's Digest March/April 2010
Now online with the Essential Handselling Kit!
"How to Make Your Novel a Page Turner" by Elizabeth Sims
Never underestimate the power of suspense in any genre. Use these surefire techniques to make your book one readers won't be able to put down. Writer's Digest January 2010
Now online!
"How Even a Bad Conference Can Make You a Better Writer" by Elizabeth Sims
18 Lessons you can learn from any writing conference. Writer's Digest October 2009
"A Notebook, a PT Cruiser, and a Week in L.A." by Elizabeth Sims
Elizabeth tells about her research for the Rita Farmer mystery series in Mystery Readers Journal for Summer 2009 - Los Angeles Mysteries I.
Also available as an eBook
"What Not to Expect When You're Expecting" by Elizabeth Sims
A veteran author tells you writer to writer, what geting published is really like—and confronts the seven biggest myths. Featured in Writer's Digest July 2009.
Now online!
"Rough It Up" by Elizabeth Sims
feature in Writer's Digest, February 2009. and "Writing Basics 2009"
Now online!
"Face-to-Face with an Agent" by Elizabeth Sims
Writer's Digest August 20, 2008.
Available online!
"A Hollywood Hunt for Deep Background" by Elizabeth Sims
feature in Writer's Digest, December, 2007.
"Start Me Up!" by Elizabeth Sims
feature in Writer's Digest, December, 2006.
"Store Wars" by Elizabeth Sims
lead article in LOGOS: Journal of the World Book Community, vol. 13, issue 2, (2002).
Book reviews by Elizabeth Sims
for The Detroit Free Press:, 1991-92.

fiction and poetry

The Smudge, a populist-style literary journal based in Detroit (now defunct). Poems in Spring 1978, Summer 1978, Winter 1978-79.
Moving Out, a feminist literary annual (now defunct):
- Short story "Beautiful" vol. 13, 1987.
- Short story "Cleva" vol. 14, 1989. Co-winner, prose contest.
- Served on editorial board, 1992-93.