New Website, Web Design Services and Other News
I hope you like my blog's new design, which aims to be more user-friendly and accessible on various devices. Without going into any design details, its main advantage is offering content a wider space. It uses Elegant Theme's popular Divi theme, which comes with a...
Zibaldone: Blogging 14th-century-style
It was the end of a particularly taxing day, and Canal, a prominent 14th-century Venetian merchant, was baffled. A friend had posed him a simple-sounding mathematical problem, but he still couldn't figure it out. The problem went like this: the distance between Venice...
Science Fiction eBook Giveaway and Book Sale
Exciting news for sci-fi fans! Until September 4th, I'll be participating in the Science Fiction eBook Giveaway with Honest Fibs. Two people will win all 14 Science Fiction novels, while an extra 12 lucky individuals will win one copy each (randomly selected titles)....
Is Location Switching the Key to Fantastic eBook Prices?
This is a guest post by Ameer Abbas; a blogger and most viewed writer on Quora. Ameer specializes in Internet Privacy, Cyber Security, VPN, and Torrents. He is also working as a privacy advocate with BestVPNProvider.com. If you're on the lookout for the best solution...
Singular They: Older than you Think
Elle Boca, a dear author friend of mine, went through my Beats manuscript with a fine comb (for which I can't thank her enough). Most of her comments I readily accepted. To my surprise, however, she repeatedly complained about my use of singular they, which she...
Cylon of Athens: The Real-life Teo Altman
One of my favorite Pearseus characters is Teo Altman; the power-hungry despot who lies and kills his way to the top. As most of my characters, he is based on a real-life person from ancient Greek history. Cylon of Athens is associated with the first reliably dated...
Help Me Choose My Next Pearseus Cover
I have some wonderful news to share: the first draft of Pearseus: Endgame is finally complete! This volume concludes the series and returns to the larger philosophical questions posed by Rise of the Prince, whereas Vigil was more of an adventure. Having reached this...
Page Flip: Amazon’s New Kindle Tool
One of the things I love about Kindle is how easy it is to read, even in the sun, on a trip, at the beach etc. As long as I read a book from start to end, that is. If, however, I want to refer to, say, a map, or a list of characters, then paper wins hands down. I can...
Book Feature: The Bow of Destiny by PH Solomon
PH Solomon is a frequent visitor of this blog, so it's with great pleasure that I participate in his 4WillsPublishing blog tour. Haunted by his past. Hunted in the present. Uncertain what is real. Athson has seen things that aren't there and suffered fits since being...
The Use of Bezoars in History
Fantasy Tip from the Past: Poisons and the Bezoar Since July, my epic fantasy series, Pearseus, has had a new intro: the scene where the mysterious Whispers hand Styx the poison that will make her justice. Once again, the inspiration for this was taken from history,...
A Fantasy Tip from History: Medieval Graffiti
In Kingston, a small village in rural Cambridgeshire, a stolid tenant farmer is wiping moist eyes. His three children had survived the 1507 outbreak of the 'sweats;' a sickness that could see you hale and hearty at lunchtime, and dead before supper. But by 1515 they...
Free Tool: Amazon Book Sales Calculator
Did you know you can estimate how many sales any eBook or print book on Amazon is currently selling just by looking at its listing on Amazon? Even better, you can see how many books you have to sell in order to reach a specific rank. All you have to do is find the...