The 10 Biggest Mistakes New Authors Make
Cindy Bates is a freelance writer and blogger. She has kindly shared with me this guest post, on some mistakes made by new new authors. Aaand... take it Cindy! 🙂 The 10 Biggest Mistakes New Authors Make New authors are going to make newbie mistakes--it is only...
Flash Fiction: Patience is a Virtue
This is a short story I just wrote up for a flash fiction contest for the Short Story and Fiction Society (SSFFS). The prompt was the following picture: Patience is a Virtue I’m patient, as befits all immortal beings. Urgency is such an undignified concept. I open my...
Join me for my First Live Interview!
On October 1st, at 9 am Central Time, I have my first live interview! I will be 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...
Music and Book Reviews
You may have read by now in one of my interviews how fond I am of classical music. In fact, I usually listen to Classic FM all day long. Another thing I love is reading the Economist. I may disagree with half their editorials, but they're always well-written and...
Character Eye Descriptions: The Window to Your Story
One of the best resources on eyes, looks and gazes. Must-read!
An Interview with Elle Boca, Author of the Unelmoija Urban Fantasy Series
Today, I have over a dear friend of mine, Elle Boca. You may remember her from my recent post, The Fantastic World of Elle Boca. Elle has written the Unelmoija Urban Fantasy Series, and just published the fourth book, Unelmoija: The Timeshifter (Weeia Book 4). So, now...
Killing your Characters
I was reading the other day a fascinating post, Killing the Mary-Sue, by Chiyome. As I am currently debating killing a character or two in my WIP, the fourth book of my epic fantasy series Pearseus, her musings made me wonder about the role death plays in our works....
Feature: Dan Levinson, author of Fires of Man
A couple of months ago, a publisher sent me Fires of Man, the first book in a new series called Psionic Earth. The ARC file arrived out of the blue, with an email asking if I wanted to review it. It joined my TBR list until last month’s vacation, when I finally read...
Sell More Books Through Amazon Links
Update: GeoRiot is now geni.us. Find out more! I was reading a post on D.G. Kaye's blog where she was explaining that "when we post links to our books on Amazon and people from different countries of the world click on them, you may be losing potential readers because...
Thunderclap: A great, free tool for authors
A great idea and what looks like a promising promo tool for authors!
Life Before and After the Internet
As you know, I just came back from holidays and had over 1,000 emails to sort through. We had booked a nice place by the sea, which advertised free wi fi on all premises. As you have gathered from this blog post –and from the impressive amount of emails that piled...
5000 Thanks!
This week has been a strange one: I passed the 5,000 followers' mark on Twitter, and the 500 one on this blog and on my Facebook author page. I've also been nominated for two blog awards: a Very Lovely Blog award by the gorgeous Shannon...