Book Feature: Princess of the Light, by N. N. Light
Mary Miller never thought much about destiny until God’s Archangel and Messenger, Gabriel, appears. Gabriel reveals she is destined to vanquish Darkness by spreading the Light and she has a revelation: she is the key. Her first assignment is to restore the soul of a...
An Author’s Secret Weapon: Marketing Advice for Twitter
Today I have another guest post for you, by another one of my friends, N.N. Light. She is the author of the fantasy book "Princess of the Light." She's not here to speak of her book though. Instead, she has some great tips to share about book marketing, and...
Remembering 9/11
Today, we're all Americans.
The life of an author as lived by his wife (or husband)
Today was not a good day for writing. I woke up early, as usual, to do some writing, but a myriad of things required my attention, breaking my concentration. Before I knew it, the day had begun and an unprecedented number of clients called up, interrupting me every...
The Worst Way to Begin a Novel
"The worst way to begin a novel: advice from literary agents". That’s the title of a wonderful blog post by the Write Life. Literary agents are like 'skilled readers' who have gone through hundreds of novels, acquiring experience; they are also supposed to be in touch...
Easily Connect with Authors and Readers with these 233 Hashtags!
Leeland Artra recently posted over at the FSFN group on Facebook a link to a list by Book Marketing Services, containing no less than 205 Author Hashtags to use on Google+, Twitter, Facebook etc. In short, you can use these hashtags to easily connect with other...
The Real Women of Pearseus
People ran around her, shouting and screaming. Sol could not move under the weight of the guard and raised her head to seek her brother. As she did, a second arrow passed so close to her eye that its feathers scratched her eyebrow. Blood flowed from the wound,...
J. R. R. Tolkien’s 10 Tips For Writers
Essay Mama is an unusual site, providing students with essays. Even more unusual is the fact that they produced a lovely infographic on Tolkien, with some tips they gleamed from his correspondence. Enjoy! Pearseus: Rise of the Prince will be on sale throughout...
Author Feature: Janice Spina
Janice Spina is the latest of the new friends that I've made while blogging. She recently hosted my interview on her blog, and now I'm happy to repay the favour! Thank you for your interest in being featured on my blog! Thank you, Nicholas, for inviting me to be on...
LEGENDS OF WINDEMERE: THE COMPASS KEY by CHARLES YALLOWITZ BLOG TOUR
Do check out Yallowitz' Legends of Windemere!
Let’s Sonnet the heck out of it!
I try to avoid posting every day, but this I had to share as soon as I found out about it. Popsonnet has taken it upon themselves to convert pop songs into Shakespearean sonnets. Here is a small sample, which had me in stitches: O sweet and noble lad, be not...
My Divine Ancestors and Other Holiday Revelations
Holiday Revelations... As you know, I'm fresh back from my holidays, so here's a little sharing. First of all, many thanks to the lovely Michelle Proulx, whose Imminent Danger bookmarks and related swag were waiting for us upon our arrival! Yay! We went to Pelion,...