5 Tips for More Effective Writing
This is a guest post by Liana Simmons of Ewritingservice.com. Ewritingservice provides effective communication of your message across to the reader. 5 Tips for More Effective Writing Good writing is not necessarily effective writing but effective writing leads to...
Free Transparent Logos and Images
I recently posted about free fonts and free 3D mockups. This latest resource rounds up nicely these two design-related posts by throwing some great images into the mix. PNGkey has a stunning number of free PNG resources. For those unfamiliar with PNG, it is a graphics...
March 25: the Feast of Annunciation
Americans may be familiar with the Greek Independence Day parade, celebrated throughout the States this time of the year. Even though the parade may take place any day between now and April, in Greece, it always falls on March 25th. To understand why this is such a...
Merlin, Tamer of Dragons
Everyone knows the story of Merlin, the wizard genius behind Arthur's reign. As the Vintage News reports, a chance discovery by historians at the University of Bristol added a new angle to the old tale: dragons. The historians found a set of important 13th-century...
Infographic: Facebook Ads Placements
Even though I've personally switched from Facebook Ads to Amazon and Bookbub ones, I'm well aware that Facebook advertising is far from dead. However, every Facebook update seems to change everything, including where you can advertise. Adding to the confusion is the...
Free Story: The Lucky Bastard
*** Read Infinite Waters for free on Kindle Unlimited *** In April 2018, I posted my thousandth post on this blog. To celebrate, I started sharing here all my short stories. Every couple of weeks, I’ll be posting one story from my celebrated Exciting Destinies series...
Choosing your Audiobook Voice
As audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing, I have been researching that market. One thing I realized is that choosing a narrator is probably the most important decision you make when you turn your book into an Audiobook. People who love audiobooks...
Apologies for the Trouble!
This hasn't been a good week for web companies. Facebook, WhatsUp, Instagram, Google Drive, and Gmail came under unspecified attacks and had trouble or even went offline for hours. In the case of Facebook, the troubles lasted some 48 hours, making this the worst such...
My Children’s Books to be Published in Turkey
I have some exciting news to share today: Mavifil Yayınları, a Turkish publisher, has asked to translate into Turkish my first children's books--Runaway Smile and Musiville. We just finished signing the contract, so I can officially share the good news. Not many...
What’s in a Face? What Emperors Really Looked Like
As readers of, well, pretty much any of my books will know, I'm not big on descriptions. I favor a swift pace and paint images with broad strokes. This extends even to my characters' names: I eschew names unless they're absolutely necessary. So, my books have a lot of...
9 Audiobooks That will Sharpen Your Kid’s Brain
This is a guest post by Nishil Prasad, a passionate writer, hungry for innovation and new trends and with tons of enthusiasm for uncovering hidden topics. Nishil writes because he loves it. This post contains a list of some great audibles to help your children enhance...
Free Fonts
In my previous post, I wrote about DIY Book Design; a website that lets you create 3D mockups of your book for free. But that implies you've already designed your book cover. And sometimes you need just the right font to do so. Alternatively, you may be preparing an...