Sep 9, 2020 | Maps and Infographics, Marketing
The team at Hostingclues has created an exhaustive snapshot of the state of the Internet today. It contains over a hundred facts and statistics to create an impressive Infographic. For anyone using the Internet, it makes for fascinating reading! Key numbers Some key...
Sep 7, 2020 | Fun Historical Facts
I have a confession: besides writing, I love cooking and I love food. Perhaps that explains why the parts I enjoy most in fantasy or historical fiction books concern the little things – things like food and drink. What kind of dinner do the protagonists enjoy,...
Sep 3, 2020 | Fun Historical Facts
Largely thanks to Tolkien, the fantasy genre consists basically of how we imagine the Medieval times. Readers of this blog will know of my many articles on the Middle Ages and my keen interest in historical accuracy. In the interest of improving our (fantasy) writing,...
Aug 29, 2020 | Maps and Infographics
As you may recall, much of my writing inspiration comes from my dreams and I have often written about dreams in my blog. I recently came across an interesting article on Casper about so-called “quarantine dreams” or “coronavirus dreams.” These are anxiety-ridden...
Aug 27, 2020 | Fun Historical Facts
Today, Greece is celebrating St. Fanourios’ Day. Because of a wordplay on the Saint’s name, whose name roughly translates into “Finder,” people pray to him when they need help with finding something. Now, when I say “finding,” this...
Aug 25, 2020 | Maps and Infographics, Marketing
The inspiration (and Infographic) for this post came from Resume Now, which has an article about branding yourself. While they are focusing on job applications, what they say is remarkably useful for those building an author brand, too. I am summarizing below, but I...
Aug 23, 2020 | Maps and Infographics, Writing
Online Schools Report has created a guide to help college students organize their studies. It includes a bunch of organizational apps, note-taking apps, brainstorming apps, and productivity apps to cover each aspect of studying. However, upon reading it, I realized...
Aug 19, 2020 | Fun Historical Facts
This is a guest post by David Collins. David is a marketing specialist and essay writer from Manchester, UK. He loves to share his ideas and knowledge about marketing, writing, and blogging with his followers through his blog. Currently, he is working as a marketer at...
Aug 15, 2020 | Events and Giveaways
Today, Greece celebrates the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. This is a big deal: it’s the third-greatest celebration in Greece, right after Christmas and Easter. And I’ve heard plenty of people wish each other, “Kali Panagia” – loosely...
Aug 13, 2020 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing
This is a guest post by Alison Guest. Alison works with Writing Help to offer professional essay editor services and custom writing services at highly competitive prices. News-writing tips The number of independent news outlets is rapidly growing. Their popularity is...
Aug 11, 2020 | Quora, Writing
Fantasy often sports unusual weapons like the flame-bladed sword: But how historically accurate are they? Were these actually ever used in battle? And if so, why? Murphy Barrett has the answer in Quora! Why a Flamberge? A flame-bladed sword – aka flamberge...
Aug 7, 2020 | My Publications
You may remember Rayne Hall from my previous mentions of her and her work on my blog. Rayne is a trained publishing manager with thirty years in the publishing industry and over fifty books published. You have probably bought some book of her celebrated Writer’s...
Aug 1, 2020 | Maps and Infographics, Marketing
I have written in the past on the subject of using videos in your emails. I now came across a great infographic on the subject, courtesy of One Productions, a corporate video production company in Dublin. Apparently, the average office worker receives 121 emails every...
Jul 31, 2020 | Fun Historical Facts
A $2.7 billion NASA rover, Perseverance, blasted off into clear skies over Florida’s Cape Canaveral yesterday (Thursday, July 30th) atop an Atlas V rocket, as The Washington Post and The Curious report. The launch marks the start of a nearly seven-month journey to...
