Oct 17, 2017 | Entertainment
In my search for reading material for the wee one, I came across a post by Sarah Laskow of Atlas Obscura on “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. These can feel like being lost in a maze and running through twists and turns only to find dead ends, switchbacks, and...
Oct 15, 2017 | Publishing
I’m sure many of you will have received the email from CreateSpace (CS) that announces how their own eStore will cease to serve customers on October 31st. Instead, customers will be redirected to Amazon. CreateSpace explains that the move was made because of...
Oct 13, 2017 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
Greek award-winning author, Effrosyni Moschoudi, is one of my closest author friends–and, it turns out, a distant cousin. She is now offering two of her books for FREE right now. Both are perfect choices for lovers of romance and all things Greek! What...
Oct 11, 2017 | My Publications
Some News First There have been some interesting developments in my writing career, among which the fact I’m now Editor-in-chief for Azure Fire Publishing (AFP), a US-based non-profit promoting youth-friendly Fantasy and Science Fiction. Even though the position...
Oct 9, 2017 | Fun Historical Facts, Publishing
Even though pamphlets and softcover books have been available in Europe since the 16th century, US readers looked down on them until well into the 20th century. As a recent Atlas Obscura post by Cara Giaimo explains, without a mass-market distribution model in place,...
Oct 7, 2017 | My Publications, Writing
Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, continuing Part 3 of the book: Other Beats. This chapter deals with:...
Oct 5, 2017 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing
This is a guest post by Corinne Ledling, a businesswoman who’s very passionate about her job. She’s a Content Manager at Bizstats.co.uk and in her free time, she loves to read mystery books and write short stories. When she suggested a post about deadlines, I just had...
Oct 3, 2017 | Fun Historical Facts
Marginalia. That is the official name for the edges of pages in medieval manuscripts. These are filled with anything from intriguingly detailed illustrations to random doodles. And they are far more important than you may realize, as both tell us huge amounts about a...
Sep 29, 2017 | My Publications, Writing
Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, continuing Part 3 of the book: Other Beats. This chapter deals with: Waking...
