Describers vs. Prescribers: Reaching a Linguistic Common Ground
When I published The Power of Six, my first collection of short stories, a reviewer said that the book had grammatical errors, albeit small ones. This shocked me, as the book had been professionally edited and proof-read. So, I reached out and asked her for an...
7 Author Ideas for an Amazing Live Book Launch
This is a guest post by Mary Kleim, who works in the digital sphere. She is also a guest blogger who shares her online marketing experience on sites dedicated to creativity, self-development, writing, and digital marketing. Connect with Mary on LinkedIn. I...
Amazon Further Tightens Review Rules
My reviewer friend, C, aka the happy meerkat, recently notified me of some further tweaks in Amazon's review policy. Most of them make perfect sense, yet a couple raise concerns. The new rules can be read here in their entirety but here are the new points: If your...
Emotional Beats: Ways to Portray Sadness
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, listing beats you can use to convey: Sadness Characters will often...
Infographic: Third Person Limited vs Omniscient PoV
Reedsy recently published an inspired infographic on the differences between the third person limited point of view (PoV) and the third person omniscient one. As they say, an image is worth a thousand words, so here is the perfect way to understand the differences...
A Basic Guide to Becoming a Ghostwriter
Making a living as a writer can be hard. Sometimes, it helps to remember that publishing our books isn't the only way to achieve this. Ghostwriting can be a satisfying and lucrative profession that can help put bread on the table when things are slow. This guide to...
Happy Thanksgiving
This has been a wonderful year in many respects, with the new arrival in our life stealing our hearts, even though we barely have the time to enjoy a nice cup of tea anymore. Apart from Mary Natalie, one of my top reasons to be grateful are you – my amazing community...
9 Ways to Find What You’re Looking For on Google
I've been using Google since the early 90s, when it was first conceived, and have been using it daily since. And yet, even I didn't know some the shortcuts found below, brought to us by brightside.me. 1. Either this or that Sometimes we’re not sure of, whether we're...
Emotional Beats: Ways to Portray Joy
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, listing beats you can use to convey: Joy Hopefully, our characters will...
Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds
If you are in London until November 27th, you have a great opportunity to visit “Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds” at the British Museum. The exhibition contains treasures excavated from the Mediterranean and, as the Economist points out, explains how the ancient...
How to Use the Holidays to Sell More Books
Written word media recently published a great post with ideas on how to take advantage of holiday marketing trends to sell your books. With Christmas fast approaching, I figured this is a great time to have a look at the main points: 1. Between mid-November and early...
New Release: The Amulet, a Supernatural Romantic Comedy by Effrosyni Moschoudi
When Katie loses her Athens office job, a gypsy woman hands her an amulet for good luck. Next, she gets hired as hotel receptionist on the Greek island of Sifnos and everything seems perfect, except for the overbearing hotel owner, Mrs. Matina. One of the guests,...