Author Feature: Charles Yallowitz
Regular visitors will surely recognize Charles Yallowitz, author of Legends of Windemere. Charles is one of the top commentators over here, and I am always looking forward to his witty, thought-provoking comments. As such, I consider him one of the great new friends...
Point Of View In Writing For Children: Guest Post by Diane Robinson
As you may know, I'm about to publish Runaway Smile, my first children's book. Which makes this excellent post by Diane Robinson, author of the Sir Princess Petra award-winning series particularly interesting to me. Enjoy! Point Of View In Writing For Children Point...
I Just Published my Book. Now What?
First of all, congratulations! You're now a published author - and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Second, you'd be amazed how often I hear that question in LinkedIn's author groups. With some 3,000 new books published every day, I have serious doubts that you...
Cheating and Creativity
Have you ever pondered how people become creative? Do you wonder whether the debate about nature vs nurture applies to creativity? The University of Southern California conducted an experiment, designed to examine the connection between people’s honesty and their...
Author Feature: an Interview with Elizabeth Grace
Elizabeth Grace, aka Lizzie the Author, is one of the many wonderful authors I've come to meet since embarking on this strange journey of self-publishing! She is a marketing expert who has written a number of exceptional and beautifully illustrated children's books,...
The Art of Forgetting: Are all Authors Forgetful?
Encouraged by the success of her last guest post, Electra has decided to take over my blog once again. This time, she pokes fun at my (alleged) forgetfulness (I've already told you; stop encouraging her)! So, allow me to present to you another guest post by Electra...
Memories are Made of This
I remember it as if it were yesterday. I had just broken up with my girlfriend of almost three years, and was spending the weekend with a cousin of mine. A strange thing about his family; they're big cat lovers. I mean, real fans. The day before, one of his cats had...
The Power of Six hits #1 on Amazon
Following my first live video interview on Sally Sue Ember's CHANGES, I woke up this morning to a lovely surprise: The Power of Six had reached #1 on Amazon - without any ads or promotion! So, I wanted to thank you all for your help with that. I know a lot of you have...
Ten Books That Have Stayed With Me
You know there is a list on Facebook called ‘10 best books that have stayed with you’? If you don’t, it’s okay, I wasn’t aware of it until 3 days ago, when I was nominated by a friend who thought that, since I’m an author, I should have a very interesting and...
My First Video Interview is Live on YouTube
On October 1st, at 9 am Central Time, I gave my first live interview! I was interviewed by Sally Sue Ember, whom you may have seen commenting on this very blog. Sally has very kindly asked me to participate in her live show, CHANGES on Google's Hangout. The show...
Author Feature: Rayne Hall
You may have met Rayne Hall on Twitter, her preferred medium. She has literally written the book on the best ways to use Twitter – it’s called “Twitter for Writers” and is part of her celebrated Writer’s Craft series. I met her almost a year ago, when I first started...
It’s Official: Trolls are Sociopaths
Have you been on the receiving end of a troll attack or a flame war? You can take comfort in the thought that you're not alone - and that trolls are, officially, sadists. My friend Jack Eason alerted me to a link between trolls and sadism, discovered by Personality...