Book Release: Tribe of the Snow Tiger by Charles E. Yallowitz
Now Available on Amazon for Pre-Order! Coming to your Kindle on June 1st! Timoran Wrath has a shameful secret that is about to see the light of day. The noble barbarian has always been a constant source of strength and wisdom for his beloved friends. His loyalty has...
45 Idioms from the World of Boxing
As you know, I'm fascinated by idioms and how their origin. The Passive Guy recently alerted me to a great post by Daily Writing Tips that includes 45 idioms from the world of boxing. Thanks to the Planetary Defense Commander for correcting a couple of them....
What Movie Endings Can Teach Us
I came across this great YouTube analysis of movie endings, and what they mean. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to share, as many of the techniques described here can be used in our writing, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-YfeU82uqY#t=178 I particularly liked...
Britain’s First Census and Extinct Professions
In 1801, Britain's first census was begun. A subsequent survey, conducted in 1881, asked residents to declare their "rank, profession or occupation." Here are some of the more puzzling responses, as preserved by the London Genealogical Society and Jeff Kacirk of...
My Permafree Experience: a Guest Post by M T McGuire
If you read the cool comments under my posts, you may remember a dialogue I had with author M T McGuire, where I offered her a guest post spot if she'd share her experience making her book, Few Are Chosen, permafree. She not only came through, but has written one of...
A Third Look at AMS: Success!
You may remember my recent posts on my experience advertising with Amazon Marketing Services (AMS). It turns out I'm either a slow learner or an incurable optimist since I had another go at it in April. And guess what? This time, it worked! I followed the same...
Washington Post’s Neologisms
According to a meme that's been going around, the Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its annual neologisms contests, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. Seeing how much you all enjoyed my post on Oxford...
Oxford Dictionaries’ Surprising Word of the Year 2015
The Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year 2015 is… That’s right – for the first time ever, the Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year is a pictograph: ?, officially called the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji, though you may know it by other names. There were other...
Shakespeare died a nobody, then got famous by accident
With April 23 marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, few will remember that his lasting fame almost did not happen. A brilliant post by the New York Times explains how that came about. Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 on his...
How to Tame Amazon’s Algorithm to Increase your Sales Rank
When I launched Honest Fibs the other day, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that with just a couple of dozen sales in a few days, it had reached the phenomenal sales rank of some #40,000. This got me thinking: how is that even possible? I don't think any of my...
Famous author Rejections: Why You Should Never Give Up (Infographic)
This is a guest post by the very talented Kiara Halligan, who created the Infographic for GalaxyEssay. I have often written about the subject of author rejections, and this infographic is a great way to show why you should never give up! Famous author Rejections: Why...
EffrosyniWrites Offers Author Services and Book Promotions
The last of my pay-it-forward series, today's post is dedicated to EffrosyniWrites and her author services. For a while now, Effrosyni has been offering services to authors and receiving small donations in return at a fraction of the going price. This is her way to...