Dec 10, 2015 | Interviews Features and Reviews
The University of Florida recently announced a new book, aimed at giving people guidelines on how to communicate well in writing. Yellowlees Douglas is an associate professor of management communication at the University of Florida. She wrote The Reader’s Brain: How...
Dec 8, 2015 | Entertainment, Writing
Editors typically frown on the excessive use of the exclamation mark. Some go as far as to argue it shouldn’t be used at all. So, what’s the deal? How did we start using it in the first place? The English Project has some interesting things to say on the...
Dec 7, 2015 | My Publications
Following the release of Musiville — the second book in the award-winning Niditales series — in eBook format, the book is now available in paper format as well. i was also surprised to find some kind soul had already added it to Goodreads, when I tried to...
Dec 6, 2015 | Entertainment
Everyone knows the story of how Orson Wells caused a minor panic with his radio rendition of War of the Worlds. Not everyone is as familiar with the vampire panic of the late 60s and the early 70s, when rumors swirled that there was a “King Vampire of the...
Dec 4, 2015 | Marketing, My Guest posts
You may remember Rayne Hall from my author feature. Or, you may have met her on Twitter, her preferred medium. She has literally written the book on the best ways to use Twitter – it’s called “Twitter for Writers” and is part of her celebrated Writer’s Craft series....
Dec 3, 2015 | My Publications
Yes, that’s right. Musiville, the second book in the award-winning Niditales series, has now officially been released into the wild. Cue glorious music, angels singing, trumpets blaring, and all the other trappings of a book launch. And, of course, gifts. You...
Dec 2, 2015 | Events and Giveaways
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ll be a guest of my author friend, Fleur Camacho, on Facebook tomorrow, Thursday, at 9.30 am CST. I’ll stay for an hour, and pop in every now and then. The event that Fleur is hosting is part of the 25 Days of...
Dec 2, 2015 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
This is the promised second part to my Can Facebook Really Help You Sell Books? post. It is written by romance author Barbara Hinske, who has done a great job with Facebook, as you will see. I’m experimenting with FB ads myself, so hopefully there will be a...
Nov 30, 2015 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
Yes, we’ve finally reached the last of my book cover redesigns. Pearseus: Books 1-3 is the latest book to enjoy Alexios Saskalidis’ magic. The Pearseus bundle contains the three first books of epic fantasy series, Pearseus – Rise of the Prince, Mad...
Nov 29, 2015 | Entertainment
One of my favorite free newsletters, Atlas Obscura, recently offered a fascinating glimpse into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – or Alice in Wonderland, as most of us call it. As you probably know, Lewis Carroll wrote it to entertain some little girls on...
