Book Review: Rise of the Prince by Nicholas Rossis (Book 2 of the Pearseus Sci-Fi Series)
I'm grateful to Effrosyni Moschoudi for her kind review, especially since it comes from someone whose work I admire tremendously!
Calling All Critiques: A cross-blog event
I don't normally reblog posts, but this one will probably be of great interest to my author friends!
Science Fiction Turned into Fact
Readers of my blog may have noticed my love of science fiction. I loved reading as a child, even if I could not explain the thrill I felt when reading Jules Verne's or HG Wells' works. I recently felt vindicated in my love of the genre, when I read the following...
4 Awesome Book Reviews
Amazon revolutionized the marketplace by making it possible for everyone to review a product. Naturally, some people abused their newly-found power to have some fun. Buzzfeed recently posted a collection of 16 hilariously inappropriate reviews; I chose four of them...
Macbeth – by me
Earlier today, I was trying to upload my latest book, The Power of Six, on Goodreads. I started by searching the site to see if it had already been discovered by Goodreads, so I used my name as the search term. Imagine my surprise when, besides Pearseus, my epic...
Free Short Story: The Hand of God
The Hand of God is one of the stories in The Power of Six, a collection of six plus one science fiction short stories, available on Amazon. You can read it below for free. Enjoy! The Hand of God The bartender rubbed a soiled glass with a dirty towel, not quite sure...
Writer’s Process Blog Tour
My author friend Phyllis Zimbler Miller invited me to participate in a project with global reach, The Writer’s Process Blog Tour. She is the author of a screwball romantic comedy novella called HOT POTATO, which you can read for free on Wattpad. Phyllis is also...
If Famous Historical Figures Had Modern Business Cards And Letterheads
I saw this brilliant post on TAXI, and I just had to share! To celebrate the launch of its new letterheads, online printing company MOO has imagined what the business cards of famous historical figures would look like today. “We chose iconic figures from history known...
30 Twitter Tips You Wish You Knew Years Ago
Diana Urban posted 50 Tweetable Twitter Tips You Wish You Knew Years Ago on Hubspot. Here is a smaller selection of 30, for your convenience: Optimizing Your Twitter Profile 1) Make yourself easy to recognize by using a close-up headshot of yourself as your profile...
A-Z: Increase Sales with Countdown Deals
My A-Z Guide: How both my books reached #1 on Amazon turned out to be one of my most popular posts. It explains how I used Amazon KDP's free days to help the two first books of my epic fantasy series, Pearseus, reach that coveted #1 status. However, free days have one...
Legally Undead by Margo Bond Collins, available May 27
Legally Undead, available May 27 You may remember Margo Bond Collins from my Fairy, Texas post. Well, good news: she's about to release her latest book, Legally Undead, published by World Weaver Press. What is it about, you ask? A reluctant vampire hunter, stalking...
15 Simple Ways to Make an Impact
According to an ancient Chinese legend, there is a huge feast in hell, laid out on the table, but everybody's knives and forks are so long that they can't get the food to their own mouths. Struggle as they may, in the face of all this food, they starve. In heaven, the...