Feb 6, 2017 | Events and Giveaways, Marketing, My Publications
So, the Runaway Smile reading I mentioned the other day took place on Saturday in Rafina, at the Municipal Library. Some forty children showed up, along with several parents. With Dimitri, we had decided this wouldn’t be a usual book reading. In fact, there was...
Feb 4, 2017 | Fun Historical Facts, My Publications
This is a post on my sci-fi/fantasy series, Pearseus, and the real-life inspiration behind it. It’s actually a reblog, originally posted back in 2014. I am reposting because (a) it’s one of my favorite posts, and (b) most of my readers weren’t...
Jan 29, 2017 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
A couple of months ago, I got a lovely surprise on Facebook. Someone I’d never met before was asking me if I was the same person who was vacationing at Mati, a resort close to Marathon Bay. I answered yes, and this person said they were friends with an old...
Jan 13, 2017 | Fun Historical Facts, My Publications
Pearseus: Endgame, the nail-biting (if I do say so myself) conclusion to the Pearseus series, ends not with a whimper, but with a bang. With quite a lot of bangs, in fact, the greatest of which occur during the Battle of Fennel Bay. This is not-so-loosely based on the...
Dec 23, 2016 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
It’s time for your Christmas shopping, and I am here unashamedly trying to get you to buy my books to give you a helping hand by lowering the prices of my book bundles for the holiday season! E-books are the ideal gift for the holidays: no trip to the mall is...
Dec 21, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
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: Worry A simple “he frowned” is the...
Dec 16, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
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: Surprise Everyone loves a twist,...
Dec 8, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
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: Pain What good is a story with no...
Nov 30, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
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...
Nov 20, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
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...