Happy Easter!

The Greek Orthodox Easter is not for another week, but I know that most of you celebrate it today, so… Happy Easter! 🙂  

The Tsunami of Crap and a Lack of Readers

This is a summary of a guest post I wrote for the blog of my dear friend Rivka Kawano (after whom a beloved Pearseus character is named). Rivka is a great friend of Indies, offering some great training and marketing advice. You can read the full post on her...

A Supermodel Reads Runaway Smile!

Okay, seriously: how cool is that? Evi Vatidou won the title of Miss Greece 1999 and is mother of two children. She is one of the best-known Greek celebrities, who began her career in modeling. She moved later into media and has appeared on several television shows...

Drop-down Amazon Reviews

I found this on the Self Publishing Review and had to share. Apparently, Amazon has been toying with the idea of using drop-down menus for reviews. I guess they’re trying to encourage readers to leave reviews, by simplifying the review process. I also suspect...

Author Feature: Riley Westbrook

Author Riley Westbrook has not only been following my blog, but also offers a wonderful, free review service to Indie authors, as a means of supporting others. This alone would be enough for me to want to find out more about him, but he has also written Breath of the...

Unusual work habits of great writers

John Green has written such celebrated works as The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns, but not without sacrificing copious keyboards along the way. In a Huffington Post Live conversation on Thursday, the young adult novelist revealed his “weirdest”...

Top Writing Tools of Famous Authors

My secret weapon is using a two screen layout for my PC. This allows me to work on the story on one monitor, while researching on the other. If you’re curious as to what writing tools great authors prefer, you may refer to the excellent infographic below, which...