4 Tips on Writing a Great Novel

Apr 27, 2014 | Writing

It’s Sunday and it’s raining –again-, so it’s a good opportunity to write. I know what you are thinking: it rains A LOT in Athens –it must be the third or fourth Sunday that I mention it has been raining. Amazingly enough, it seems that the weather is choosing very...

Style in Writing

Apr 26, 2014 | Writing

The inspiration for the post came to me when reading a post on the excellent Reddest Pen, called Show AND Tell. The author, Tom Mock, stood up in defense of telling; a form of expression that has become more uncool than a toothless vampire. With a limb.  And a speech...

The 10 Social Media Commandments for Authors

Apr 25, 2014 | Marketing

  Anne R. Allen has published a great list with The 10 Commandments of Social Media Etiquette for Writers on her blog. Here’s a brief summary: If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it. Not enough?  Alright then, here are her ten tips...

Who reads our books?

Apr 24, 2014 | Publishing

I found on the Passive Voice a reference to the latest Harris Poll concerning Americans’ reading habits.  The upshot was that Americans who read more electronically, read more, period.  There is, however, a wealth of useful information to be gleamed from the...

Story-changing characters

Apr 21, 2014 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing

What happens when you have your story all lined up, then a new character appears in your head and forces you to change not just the plot, but the whole genre of your book?  This is the question author Richard Brawer faced, who found himself writing a romantic suspense...

5 Things to Do Before Posting your Blog Post and other thoughts

Apr 15, 2014 | Marketing

When I entered the social media world, I was pretty much clueless, just like everybody else, I guess.  Anyone who knows the difference between a Facebook page and profile and all those tiny but oh-so-perceptible differences between hashtags, @ signs and .@ signs on...