Nov 14, 2015 | Entertainment, Fun Historical Facts
November 14, 1969. Lightning strikes the mighty Saturn 5 rocket carrying the crew of Apollo 12 as it was steadily ascending into the Florida sky. Sixteen seconds later, proving an old saying wrong, a second bolt of lightning struck the spacecraft. Still, the mission...
Nov 13, 2015 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
Read free.ly is running the Best Indie Book of 2015 competition, and I need your help. Please consider nominating either my children’s book, Runaway Smile, or my short stories collection Infinite Waters for the competition – whichever you’ve read and...
Nov 10, 2015 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Maps and Infographics, Marketing
Written Word Media has produced a wonderful infographic of a Kindle owner. Hopefully, the interesting data included will give you plenty of marketing ideas. Here are my main takeaways from it: Friends and family offer the best word-of-mouth. This can be terribly hard,...
Nov 9, 2015 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
Choosy Bookworm has partnered with eNovel Authors at Work to bring you a month long celebration with great books, great book deals, and let’s not forget the great giveaways! Check out today’s featured authors and books, then head on over to the event page and enter to...
Nov 8, 2015 | Entertainment, Publishing
As The Passive Voice points out, nothing can ruin one’s day faster than receiving the dreaded rejection letter. Nothing, that is, except for receiving the standard form rejection letter, a lifeless kick to the guts aimed en masse at a pool of unsuitables who...
Nov 6, 2015 | Other, Random Musings
There may be an overlap between the genetic components of creativity and those of some psychiatric disorders, according to a new study that came to my attention courtesy of the Passive Guy. In the study, researchers looked at genetic material from more than 86,000...
