Galdo’s Gift: A Groundbreaking Children’s Storybook
The Book Machine recently featured a post by Ken Jones, explaining his inspired use of e-book technology to create an animated, interactive children's storybook. Ken, who's also running the Understanding eBooks event in London on April 25, worked with UK design and...
A Writer’s Guide to Firearms: Rifles
This is a guest post by my author friend, William R. Bartlett. It continues his discussion of all things firearms. It was originally scheduled for earlier in the month, but we decided to push it back because of the horrific events in Florida. Even though nothing we...
Google Changes Images Policy
As Shannon Connellan explains on Mashable, Google recently made a subtle change to its image search — but one that may have big repercussions for copyright. The company has now removed the "view image" button from image search, which will make it trickier to save...
The Challenge Of Describing Scents In Your Writing
Of all the human senses, I find smell the hardest to use in writing. And yet, it's one of the most powerful, as a number of studies have shown it's hard-wired into our brain, and a shortcut to all sorts of strong emotions. So why is it so hard to find the right word...
Infographic: 20 Quirks & Strange Habits of Famous Writers
You may remember Jack Milgram of Custom Writing from his Infographic, 28 Boring Words and What to Use Instead. He has now shared with us his latest creation: 20 Quirks & Strange Habits of Famous Writers.
Moving Your Book From Createspace to KDP Print
I had promised you a post detailing how to move your books from Createspace to KDP Print. Here are step-by-step instructions, courtesy of Createspace/Amazon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDa2mUJ82T4 Specifically, the video above explains how to: avoid getting your...
5 Facebook Tips To Help With Your Book Marketing
I use Buffer (a post scheduling app) frequently and recently came across a post on their blog by Ash Read with Facebook tips and tricks. Upon reading, I realized several of these had practical applications to our book marketing efforts. Here are my top 5 tips: Tip #1:...
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine's Day! Whether you wish to celebrate a spouse, a friend, your family, a furry friend, or just your love of books and writing, may this day bring you nothing but joy!
9 Viking words that have invaded English
Courtesy of The Vintage News In case you can't watch the video for whatever reason, here are my favorite Viking words: Happy Happ is the Old Norse word for good fortune or fate. Husband A word (Husbondi) in which hus (house) and bondi (occupier and tiller of soil) are...
7 Ways To Use Infographics To Promote your Book
This is a guest post by Amber Wilson, an experienced ghostwriter currently employed as a content strategist at ThesisHelpers. She is fond of science fiction and poetry. Amber believes that technology and progress will change the world and dreams of becoming a...
What Causes A Foreign Accent?
As those of you who have watched my interviews know, I have a strange accent. Definitely not Greek, it's been mistaken for British (by my American friends) and Dutch (by my British ones). Even worse, I seem to unconsciously pick up the accent of the person I'm talking...
Infographic: Everything You Need To Know About WordPress
Seeing how popular my Everything You Need To Know About Blogging post was, I was excited when WebsiteBuilder allowed me to share their recent Infographic, 51 Amazing Facts You Probably Don’t Know About WordPress. WordPress has become my trusted friend in website...