Christine Plouvier’s Examples Of Using Smell In Your Writing

Mar 11, 2018 | Writing

I recently posted on the challenges of using smell in one’s writing. Christine Plouvier, author of the Irish Firebrands, left a comment citing a number of posts on her blog with examples of her doing so in her own work. Intrigued as I was, I did check out those...

Galdo’s Gift: A Groundbreaking Children’s Storybook

Feb 27, 2018 | Publishing

The Book Machine recently featured a post by Ken Jones, explaining his inspired use of e-book technology to create an animated, interactive children’s storybook. Ken, who’s also running the Understanding eBooks event in London on April 25, worked with UK...

A Writer’s Guide to Firearms: Rifles

Feb 25, 2018 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing

This is a guest post by my author friend, William R. Bartlett. It continues his discussion of all things firearms. It was originally scheduled for earlier in the month, but we decided to push it back because of the horrific events in Florida. Even though nothing we...

Google Changes Images Policy

Feb 23, 2018 | Marketing

As Shannon Connellan explains on Mashable, Google recently made a subtle change to its image search — but one that may have big repercussions for copyright. The company has now removed the “view image” button from image search, which will make it trickier...

The Challenge Of Describing Scents In Your Writing

Feb 21, 2018 | Writing

Of all the human senses, I find smell the hardest to use in writing. And yet, it’s one of the most powerful, as a number of studies have shown it’s hard-wired into our brain, and a shortcut to all sorts of strong emotions. So why is it so hard to find the...