Emotional Beats: Out Of The Mouth…
Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, featuring Part 2 of the book: Body Parts. This post deals with what...
Hawaiian Pidgin: Hawaii’s Creole Language
What language do modern Hawaiians speak? The answer, as Dan Nosowitz of Atlas Obscura points out, is not nearly as simple as you might think. There are several languages co-existing on the Hawaiian islands: Hawaiian, the Polynesian language of the original Hawaiians...
Celebrate Read Across America With 84 Free Books
To celebrate Read Across America day (March 2nd), Kim Iverson has organized 84 free books into the genres she is featuring – Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. She has also linked to the author’s website below the book’s description. You can consider signing up for...
Author Earnings Report: The Top 12 Trends For 2017
Hugh Howey and The Data Guy have now done all their usual number crunching and published the latest report. What trends can we identify in 2017, based on their impressive (as always) work? 1. For traditionally published books, print is king. 2. However, this reign is...
Emotional Beats: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, featuring Part 2 of the book: Body Parts. As last week's post was shorter...
How To Set Up Twitter Ads For Your Books: A Complete Guide By Alfageek
I've mentioned Joshua Smith's (aka Alfageek's) excellent blog in the past (in Alfageek Shares His Bookbub Ads Experience and The Benefits Of KDP Select: One Author’s Experience). Well, the man has done it again and produced the best guide in setting up Twitter ads...
Pixar’s 15 Rules of Storytelling
On Twitter, Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats has compiled nuggets of narrative wisdom she’s received working for the animation studio over the years. Here are the ones that resonated with me. Pixar's 15 Rules of Storytelling You admire a character for trying more...
Emotional Beats: Facial Expressions
Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, featuring Part 2 of the book: Body Parts. This post deals with facial...
Return to the Shattered States: New Release by Charles E. Yallowitz
Return to the Shattered States for a tale of love between a woman & her jeep! Lloyd and Cassidy’s last adventure was to honor a life. This time they are out to end one. It was a normal, violent mission to Texas that should have had nothing more than beer-induced...
Can You Help Eddie?
Who is Eddie, you might ask? Truth be told, I have no idea. Mary Natalie has been babbling away for a couple of months now, but these past days has been fixated on a single word: Eddie. Which is a bit disappointing, as her very first word was Daddy. You can imagine my...
9 Best Grammar Tools For Writers: Guest Post by Mary Walton
You may remember Mary Walton's recent guest post, 10 Proofreading Tools For Writers. This is another fine list of author resources compiled by her. Oh, and here is one of my favorite comics of all time: 9 Best Grammar Tools For Writers Just today, I read a report...
A Non-Vinegar Valentine From Me To You
It's Valentine's Day today, and I hope it's a happy one. May you all have all the love in your life you can possibly hope for! However, as Atlas Obscura reminds us, today is the day when we are forced to deal with an ugly question: what if you don’t love the person...