Number of Active Social Media Users (2019)

Dec 19, 2019 | Marketing

I came across the following numbers on Ashley Barnes’ marketing blog and thought I’d share here as they may help you choose where to focus your book promotion efforts. Having said that, don’t forget my golden social media rule: Don’t...

RIP Perro

Dec 17, 2019 | Random Musings

You may remember how we recently lost Basta, our cat of 17 years. I’m afraid that Perro, our second cat, has now followed him after a year-long fight with cancer. He’s survived by Easy (aka Izzy), our greatly misnamed dog. Perro was never our cat,...

How To Promote Your Book On Instagram

Dec 13, 2019 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts

You may remember Kurt Walker from his recent posts, 9 Ways To Market Your Book With No Money and 7 Things to Do Before Your Book Is Released. Kurt is a digital marketer and a college paper help writer at Easyessay.org. Besides that, Kurt is a guest blogger...

US vs. UK English (Part 2)

Dec 11, 2019 | Entertainment

In my last post, I shared a video about British English vs. American English by comedian Laura Clery. Here’s part 2! https://www.facebook.com/laura.clery/videos/572603983272853/?v=572603983272853 US vs. UK English (Part 2)Powered By the Tweet This PluginTweet...

US vs. UK English (Part 1)

Dec 9, 2019 | Entertainment

As someone who lived in the UK but is writing for an American audience, I found this hilarious… I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! https://www.facebook.com/laura.clery/videos/2284608438466759/ US vs. UK English (Part 1)Powered By the Tweet This PluginTweet...

The Typewriter That Lets You Type Sheet Music

Dec 7, 2019 | Fun Historical Facts

I think it was Franz Liszt who, as a young composer, walked into a music publisher’s and asked to show his music. He then produced a sheet of music with a plaintive Lied (song). After studying it for a few moments, the publisher said, “young man, you have...

12 Ways to Develop your Child’s Writing Skills

Dec 5, 2019 | Writing

Getting people — and kids, in particular — to read and write has long been a passion of mine. You may remember my post, Reading Tricks for Kids of Any Age, originally written for Mom’s Favorite Reads. Well, I recently came across an article by Abigail Elijah of...

A Gluttonous Thanksgiving

Nov 28, 2019 | Events and Giveaways

This Thanksgiving, I have a lot of things to be thankful for. First of all, you–my awesome readers. Thanks to you, I have now been blogging for 6 whole years, as WordPress kindly reminded me the other day. With over 1,500 posts and counting, this is definitely...