Feb 1, 2016 | Entertainment, Maps and Infographics
Seeing how much you enjoyed my post, Of Canker-blossomed Fishwives and Faithless Prunes: Creative Insults, here are a couple of Infographics and photos with Shakespearean insults. This proves that (a) Shakespeare was beyond doubt a creative genius, and (b) you can...
Jan 28, 2016 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
Musiville, the second children’s book in the award-winning Niditales series created by Dimitris Fousekis and me, will be free between January 27th and 31st on Amazon. This is to to encourage people to review the book, so if you’ve read it and enjoyed it,...
Jan 26, 2016 | Publishing
I found in the Guardian a fascinating article: Readers in Grenoble can now nibble fiction instead of vending machine snacks, after publisher Short Édition introduced eight short-story dispensers around the French city. The free stories are available at the touch of a...
Jan 22, 2016 | Publishing
I’ve already written about piracy. Twice, in fact: in Har! How to Deal with Book Piracy and in Should I fear Piracy? Insights from the PWC report. In both cases, I advised people to keep calm about it. There is a kind of piracy that ticks me off, though. That of...
Jan 20, 2016 | Marketing, Publishing
This is a recurring theme, as I’ve already posted twice on the subject: Pricing your ebook: Is free the new paid? and How to price your Indie book both deal with this. I’m writing about it again, as Written Word Media recently published an excellent post...
Jan 18, 2016 | Entertainment, Other, Random Musings
Dedicated to my crime author friend, Sue Coletta, whose excellent blog is chock-full with tips for crime authors, today’s post will introduce you to the Honorable Gustav Scholer; the now forgotten first Head Coroner of NYC. It is based on research conducted by...
Jan 16, 2016 | Other, Random Musings
Since you all enjoyed my post on Mary Natalie so much the other day, I thought I’d share some proper photos of her. After the previous one, I hope she keeps this in mind when it’s time to ship me off to that home… If these look lovely, let me caution...
