Book Review: Baby, by Kelly J. Accini

Baby is one of the more unusual books I’ve read, combining strong elements from two genres seldom seen together: western and science fiction. There is a whole lot of other influences, though, including thriller; romance; environmentalism; religion and...

Writing the Perfect Simile

A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject Well, apologies for the slightly misleading title, but I’m sure you’ll agree there are some rather… unique similes here.  My friend Nat Russo shared this on Facebook (originally...

My Disappearing Act

This will be one of those personal posts I mentioned the other day, to apologize for not replying to any comments during the last few days.  I’ve been away on the island of Tinos, and fully intended to answer comments etc, but every time I tried to connect to...

Self-publishing: Revolutionary or Reactionary?

Continuing my thoughts on Hachette vs. Amazon, I read a post on The Guardian’s blog, called “Self-publishing is not revolutionary, it’s reactionary.” As the title suggests, the main point the post makes is that, despite what people think, self-publishing is, in fact,...

Why Publishers Should Love Amazon’s Indie Revolution

If you have been following the Hachette vs. Amazon saga, you might be excused for thinking it’s a battle between Heaven’s angels and Hell’s spawns. Depending on your source, Hell is either Amazon (assuming you’re reading newspapers and traditional media) or Hachette...

4 More Self-publishing tips

Continuing this weekend’s special , I’m concluding yesterday’s post on 4 Simple Self-Publishing Tips with 4 More Self-publishing tips! The inspiration for this second installment came to me while reading Kristen Lamb’s blog and her blog post 5...

4 Simple Self-publishing tips

I’m starting today a weekend special on self-publishing, with four simple tips that can help you succeed. When I self-published my first book, I was confident that I could easily put it forward, based on my professional career as web developer and marketeer.  I...

Ideas for Great Blog Posts

When I was considering starting a blog, I worried that I would run out of ideas pretty soon.  Somehow, I still manage to find something to write about almost every day.  The other day I read a post on Jeremiah Walton’s blog called “10 types of blog posts for writers...