Are your characters ghosting you? Taken the train to another book somewhere? www.youtube.com/shorts/j_lo5... #writerslife #ArtDecomysteries

Tools of the arts, pens, notebooks, computers. sketchbooks, and musical staff paper can be weapons of resistance. On my mind in today's video. www.youtube.com/shorts/OFqHH...

Writers, do you listen for the great quote? Eavesdropping may be considered rude, but if people are speaking loudly in public, smart reporters (and fiction writers) should be listening. That great quote can help you come up with that next memorable character. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqhd...

Do wonderful things happen when you write? Connections you never thought of? Things that make it louder, faster or funnier? It really kicked in when I began my Art Deco series, which is set in 1934. Check out this short video and let me know what you think. www.youtube.com/shorts/8DDTY...

Is this the year you actually write that book? You know, the one you've been planning. At long last? Or is your problem simply not being able to sit down to write? www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_4m...

This is my yearly reminder that Christmas is 12 days and it starts on Christmas, it doesn't end then. It So no matter what others do, we will be celebrating until the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6. Happy Holidays.

If you ever wanted to know the story behind the story, you might try reading the acknowledgements page for a few clues. I have a few thoughts in this video, as I mention one of the people who inspired me to write Grave Apparel. www.youtube.com/shorts/Vrb0B...

reposting this link to my newsletter. ellenbyerrum.substack.com/p/merry-chri...

Today, I am beyond delighted to have my new book and my main character, Esmé de LaForet, featured on Dru's Book Musings and answering questions! Check it out. Thank you, Dru! drusbookmusing.com/ellen-byerru...

These Crooked Things, my latest book, is now in e-book! Trade paperback will come next month. Take a look at my announcement. www.youtube.com/shorts/MVZT0...

Not great, dismal.

My latest newsletter, The Ellen Street Observer, is out. If you don't subscribe, you can see it at this link: ellenbyerrum.substack.com/p/im-gratefu...

When we write, what draws us to one idea as opposed to another? The problem is not where or how we get ideas, as so many people ask, it is how do writers select from the welter of thoughts that swim through our minds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNk1...

My latest newsletter, The Ellen Street Observer, is out. If you don't subscribe, you can see it at this link: ellenbyerrum.substack.com/p/im-gratefu...

Today's video considers writing about my new book from my main character's point of view. On a Thanksgiving crisis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UZD...

Do you readers want to know when you're going to write another book in your series or another story like the last one you wrote? In today's video, I tackle the question of whether I'll write another Crime of Fashion Mystery featuring Lacey Smithsonian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8_w...

My book is now available to reviewers on NetGalley. Also, it's available for preorder on the Big A and other places.

Reminding anyone in the Denver-Colorado Springs area, that I'll be signing my Crook Tales for Two, and The Brief Luminous Flight of the Firefly at 20th Annual Colorado Springs Women's Expo on Nov. 8th and 9th at the Norris Penrose Indoor Event Center! www.facebook.com/ColoradoSpri...

Trying to block out the atrocities happening in this country. Not because I don't care, but I care too much and it is making me sick, especially the desecration of the White House. (Someone call an exorcist!)We shouldn't forget there is still beauty. #writingintheashes

Seems like it's "Scam-athon" Season for writers, with a new Scam and Spam-attack every single day., authored by A. I. Nobody wants to be scammed by a machine and these scams are the topic of my video today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u465...

Seems like it's "Scam-athon" Season for writers, with a new Scam and Spam-attack every single day., authored by A. I. Nobody wants to be scammed by a machine and these scams are the topic of my video today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u465...

Denver, October 18, 2025 #NoKings Beautiful day, beautiful people, beautiful place to be.

Denver, October 18, 2025 #NoKings We absolutely PACKED Denver's Civic Center. Crowd estimated at 25000 to 30000.

Denver, October 18, 2025 #NoKings We are the people.

Denver, October 18, 2025 #NoKings NO KINGS! Millions of us marched today. If you weren't there with us, be there next time. The German people could have stopped Hitler, but they did not. What finally did? A world war and millions dead. Fascism moves fast. No one can stop it but we the people.

Today I have a peek behind the scenes of how a beautiful cover comes together through a collaboration among the author, the artist and the book designer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy1e...

So glad that two Colorado airports--Denver and Colorado Springs--refused to air the Kristi (plastic lady) Noem's propaganda message blaming Democrats for the shutdown. Also proving she cannot add. The GOP controls Congress and is responsible for the shutdown.

If the Anthropic copyright lawsuit teaches us anything, in addition to the enormous danger of grand theft A.I., is that it behooves writers to actually copyright their work, or if traditionally published, is registered with the U.S. copyright office. youtu.be/yA8oqbprOSI

If the Anthropic copyright lawsuit teaches us anything, in addition to the enormous danger of grand theft A.I., is that it behooves writers to actually copyright their work, or if traditionally published, is registered with the U.S. copyright office. youtu.be/yA8oqbprOSI

Today I have a peek behind the scenes of how a beautiful cover comes together through a collaboration among the author, the artist and the book designer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy1e...

Cover Reveal for THESE CROOKED THINGS! A corpse, a coverup, and a grievously injured pregnant woman lead a playwright and a playboy detective down a crooked path to a secret society, a long-ago death, and three potential killers of one very rich bad boy. Pre-Order tinyurl.com/3n4z9ah4

Cover Reveal for THESE CROOKED THINGS! A corpse, a coverup, and a grievously injured pregnant woman lead a playwright and a playboy detective down a crooked path to a secret society, a long-ago death, and three potential killers of one very rich bad boy. Pre-Order tinyurl.com/3n4z9ah4

What do you do after you turn in your book and before you get your edits back? There are lots of things, but what about a scary amusement park? In my Writing Journey video today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdRd...

What do you do after you turn in your book and before you get your edits back? There are lots of things, but what about a scary amusement park? In my Writing Journey video today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdRd...

Respect Charlie Kirk's Wishes. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

The Anthropic A.I. preliminary settlement? Don't count money you haven't yet seen. Although a preliminary settlement had been announced, with a potential payout to authors of $3,000 per title, it's not going through just yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXrn...

Chapter openings and closings. You might think that the second--or third or fourth or fifth--draft of your book is finished and you are good to go. But let me encourage another look at your book's opening, and the openings and closings of your chapters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNpm...

Watching MSNBC showing the Cavalcade of Criminals in the orange spirochete's cabinet is vile and nauseating. It's like dealing with a demented 6 year old.

Grand Theft A.I. The A.I. Anthropic lawsuit presses on to a court date in December and authors were urged to submit information on their pirated books in a database related to the suit by an August 15 deadline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eazf...

Today's video is a kind of check-in on my videos, why I started them, how they have changed over time, and why I keep at it. It also serves as an introduction to me and my books. And finally a bit about what I've learned about the author's profession along the way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBIW...

Have we lost the plot? Discussing plot problems and holes and writers tying themselves up in knots over plots is on my agenda today. However, I think there are ways to simplify things. Join the conversation, if you are a human writer and not a bot or AI clone. Cheers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Foc...

The beautiful White House Rose Garden is paved over, the Oval Office looks like a cheap bordello (all that cheesy gold paint), and now the Orange Spirochete wants a $200 million ballroom that would dwarf the White House. He is desperately ill and needs a keeper.

Yesterday, I put out my Midsummer-ish Newsletter with current book news as well as a look back and photos of attending the 1940s Ball. If you missed it or don't subscribe you can check it out at this link. Do I need an exclamation point? Okay, here's one! ellenbyerrum.substack.com/p/this-summe...

Characters--where do they come from and what do you do with them? Has the occasional real-life person inspired your characters? Today I am considering characters and when they are inspired by people you know or have met in passing, do you disguise them? www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjFG...

Writing in troubled times. How can we? How can we not? How about a discussion on how writing has come to my aide when I'm completely stressed by outside influences. I also offer a few writing-adjacent tips. Check it out, tell me how you cope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=as6S...

The AI thieves win one in court, but the game isn't over yet. An update on the the titanic or David v. Goliath, battle over writers' copyrighted materials and the wholesale theft and piracy of that work by META and Anthropic. Join the conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSQh...

The AI thieves win one in court, but the game isn't over yet. An update on the the titanic or David v. Goliath, battle over writers' copyrighted materials and the wholesale theft and piracy of that work by META and Anthropic. Join the conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSQh...

It can be rewarding to leave your writing comfort zone for research as we did to attend the 1940s Ball. If you'd like to take a gander at the 1940s Ball (and listen closely), here it is. And let me know what kind of non-computer research you enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2hk...

It can be rewarding to leave your writing comfort zone for research as we did to attend the 1940s Ball. If you'd like to take a gander at the 1940s Ball (and listen closely), here it is. And let me know what kind of non-computer research you enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2hk...

Contemplating the power of writers' words, wondering if they will live on beyond us, and a warning about another attempt to thwart writers' rights are on my mind in today's writing journey video. #writingjourney #writersrights www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5F...