Robocall Scams
I've been reading recently Grinders by C.S. Boyack (and making slow progress thanks to the wee one being always around - sorry, Craig!) Craig, who's obviously a time traveler visiting from the future, has holographic walking ads following you wherever you go in 2173....
Free Author Resources
In my last post, I wrote about some of Dave Chessson's, aka Kindlepreneur's, free author resources, including his Free Amazon Book Description Generator. Today, I have more free author resources that can prove invaluable to your author promos, courtesy of my author...
Free Amazon Book Description Generator
A few years ago, I had posted about Dave Chesson, aka Kindlepreneur, and KDP Rocket — a tool that generates the best keywords for your Amazon books. To understand the importance of keywords, check out Dave's post on Kindle Keywords, or this one on Fiction Keyword...
How to Properly Capitalize Your Titles
One of the trickiest things about freelance copywriting work is confirming to each blog's or publication's standards. For example, how to capitalize your titles. I'm sharing here what I've learned so far in the hopes that some of you may find it useful. The...
Internet Archive Faces Lawsuit Over Free E-Books
As Elizabeth A. Harris of the New York Times reported on Monday, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Wiley accused the nonprofit Internet Archive of piracy for making over 1 million books free online. A group of publishers sued Internet Archive on...
4 Dog Breeds That Were Popular in the Middle Ages
For many, the Stark family's direwolves brought a welcome layer of realism to the show, reminding readers and viewers of the close relationship between man and dog. The direwolves were, in fact, not really wolves at all, though they certainly look wolf-like. They are...
Free Content Creation Online Tools
Since I started working as a freelance SEO copywriter, I have been using various online collaborative tools. I am constantly amazed by how many such tools exist and how few of them I'd heard of prior to starting my new career. This guest post by Thomas Glare includes...
How to Stay Motivated When Working from Home
With the exception of 6 dreadful months, I've been working from home for over 25 years now. So I was blessed in that the COVID-19 lockdown didn't hit me as hard as most. Talking to friends who aren't used to working from home reminded me of how hard it can be for...
The Real Wild West
We all know of the Wild West. Or do we? There are so many misconceptions and myths surrounding it, and so many of these are repeated in cowboy fiction and Western movies alike. So, here are some common misconceptions about the cowboys, Native Americans, and the Wild...
Who Loves Tom Swift?
No, Tom Swift is not a person. A Tom Swifty is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed. The standard syntax is for the quoted sentence to be first, followed by the (humorous) description of the act of speaking....
Marketing your Book with Story Origin
This is a guest post by my author friend, Effrosyni Moschoudi. She is well versed in all things Indie and an expert in book promos. She kindly agreed to share with us her experience with Story Origin, a newsletter-swapping service that has helped her promote her work....
Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
I came across a nice thread on Quora (here and here) about common mistakes in fiction. I am sharing here the ones that I agreed with. I found particularly interesting to see which mistakes different people mentioned, as many of them contradicted each other. This makes...