Dec 17, 2019 | Random Musings
You may remember how we recently lost Basta, our cat of 17 years. I’m afraid that Perro, our second cat, has now followed him after a year-long fight with cancer. He’s survived by Easy (aka Izzy), our greatly misnamed dog. Perro was never our cat,...
Dec 13, 2019 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
You may remember Kurt Walker from his recent posts, 9 Ways To Market Your Book With No Money and 7 Things to Do Before Your Book Is Released. Kurt is a digital marketer and a college paper help writer at Easyessay.org. Besides that, Kurt is a guest blogger...
Dec 11, 2019 | Entertainment
In my last post, I shared a video about British English vs. American English by comedian Laura Clery. Here’s part 2! https://www.facebook.com/laura.clery/videos/572603983272853/?v=572603983272853 US vs. UK English (Part 2)Powered By the Tweet This PluginTweet...
Dec 9, 2019 | Entertainment
As someone who lived in the UK but is writing for an American audience, I found this hilarious… I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! https://www.facebook.com/laura.clery/videos/2284608438466759/ US vs. UK English (Part 1)Powered By the Tweet This PluginTweet...
Dec 7, 2019 | Fun Historical Facts
I think it was Franz Liszt who, as a young composer, walked into a music publisher’s and asked to show his music. He then produced a sheet of music with a plaintive Lied (song). After studying it for a few moments, the publisher said, “young man, you have...
Dec 3, 2019 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
Ronita Mohan is becoming one of this blog’s favorite guest bloggers—and with good reason! Her posts always have great book marketing tips and ideas. Today, she explains the best ways to market your book this holiday season. Ronita is a content marketer at...
Nov 30, 2019 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
You may remember Kurt Walker from his recent post, 9 Ways To Market Your Book With No Money. Kurt is a digital marketer and a college paper help writer at Easyessay.org. Besides that, Kurt is a guest blogger at AustralianWritings, UK.bestessays.com, and Superior Paper...
Nov 28, 2019 | Events and Giveaways
This Thanksgiving, I have a lot of things to be thankful for. First of all, you–my awesome readers. Thanks to you, I have now been blogging for 6 whole years, as WordPress kindly reminded me the other day. With over 1,500 posts and counting, this is definitely...
Nov 25, 2019 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by Linda Cartwright. You may remember her from her recent post, Self-Publishing Basics. Linda is an author and a freelance writer with a background in education. She lives in Seattle, teaches creative writing classes online and supports e-learning...
Nov 21, 2019 | Marketing, Writing
Most of us are writers, one way or another. We share our thoughts in blogs and ebooks. And you may have noticed that I have been experimenting recently with emphasizing certain parts of my posts, breaking up longer texts in chapters, and playing around with various...
Nov 19, 2019 | Maps and Infographics, Writing
Writing tools promise to make our life easier. But first you have to choose which one to use. And God knows there are plenty of them around nowadays! I counted four posts on the subject on my blog alone, with dozens of links to promising tools. So, wouldn’t it...
Nov 17, 2019 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by Kurt Walker. Kurt is a digital marketer and a college paper help writer at Easyessay.org. Besides that, Kurt is a guest blogger at AustralianWritings, UK.bestessays.com, and Superior Paper writing service. Kurt specializes in email and social...
Nov 15, 2019 | Fun Historical Facts
You may remember Erik Kwakkel or Leiden University from earlier posts like A Fantasy Tip From History: Medieval Spam. Erik recently shared the incredible history of St. Albans Bible. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! A Horror Story In 1964, the New York rare book...
Nov 11, 2019 | Fun Historical Facts
As you may know, today we celebrate Armistice Day. Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World...
