Apr 1, 2018 | Fun Historical Facts
Happy Easter, everyone! Orthodox Easter is next week, mind you, but I thought it made more sense for me to post this today. I know that, for most of you, Easter is about bunnies dropping chocolate eggs all over gardens (not to be confused with another, less sanitary...
Mar 29, 2018 | Marketing, Publishing
I thought of this post when I heard of a problem plaguing one of the groups I belong to. People are using its Twitter hashtag without actually being members of said group. This both confuses readers and dilutes the group’s rather successful brand. Even worse,...
Mar 27, 2018 | Blog hops tours & reblogs
You may remember the Rave Reviews Book Club, a club devoted to promoting, reviewing and generally supporting authors, from some of my previous posts. Today, I’m hosting the first ever ALL ABOUT THE SPONSORS BLOG HOP. All About the #RRBC Sponsors Blog Hop These...
Mar 25, 2018 | Interviews Features and Reviews, My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by Margaret Wellwood, a children’s book writer, editor, and grandmother. Margaret offers here her take, with links to some of her favorite stories for sharing. How Can We Teach Little Ones to Value Books and Stories? Nine Tips from the Trenches...
Mar 23, 2018 | Marketing
I was recently invited to participate in a survey by Amazon Marketing Services (AMS). I was writing up the part where it said, “do you have any suggestions to make?” when it occurred to me that my suggestions would also be useful as a summary of my...
Mar 21, 2018 | Fun Historical Facts, Writing
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Mar 19, 2018 | My Publications
You may remember how Patakis, Greece’s largest publisher, has acquired the rights to my next three children’s’ books. These are to be called Fearless Smile, Cat Island, and Whatever Lola Wants. Fearless Smile is now scheduled to be published in Greek...
Mar 17, 2018 | Marketing
Back in 2016, I had written a post with information on How to Use Amazon Categories to Increase your Rankings. It included an estimate of how many copies a book needs to sell to reach a certain rank on Amazon US. This has now been updated as follows: The rest of the...
Mar 15, 2018 | My Publications
You know how I feel about blowing my own trumpet, but this news I had to share: the wonderfully supportive Caleb And Linda Pirtle recently listed Pearseus among the 100 Indie books you should read before you die! To use their own words: Great works of literature are...
Mar 13, 2018 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing
This is a guest post by my author friend, William R. Bartlett. It continues his discussion of all things firearms. Assault rifles have featured prominently in the horrific events in Florida, Las Vegas and elsewhere, so I wish to repeat that this series is only meant...
Mar 11, 2018 | Writing
I recently posted on the challenges of using smell in one’s writing. Christine Plouvier, author of the Irish Firebrands, left a comment citing a number of posts on her blog with examples of her doing so in her own work. Intrigued as I was, I did check out those...
Mar 9, 2018 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by Chris Naish of NoHatDigital. Chris is a social media/SEO wizard and self-published author who likes learning new things and tinkering with stuff on interwebs. He also blogs now and again at his site ThinkClickRich.com and writes books with...
Mar 7, 2018 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by Kate Thora. Kate is a Senior Content Specialist for BizSet.com – an online database of company information. In her free time, she loves to catch up with the newest trends on her favorite industry blogs. 7 Ways to Direct Traffic from...
Mar 5, 2018 | My friends' Guest Posts, Publishing, Writing
This is another guest post by Rachel Jackson, a mother of 2 beautiful boys. Rachel loves to hike and write about traveling, education, and business. She is a Senior Content Manager at Bizset.com – an online resource for relevant business information. One of the...
Mar 3, 2018 | Maps and Infographics, My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by Roxanne Bracknell, a writer and designer who writes on a variety of topics including business & marketing, food & health, and fashion & lifestyle. The infographic below was originally posted on eCardShack. We all hate rejection. But...
Mar 1, 2018 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by Marina Gioti. You may remember this author power couple from my recent feature of their books. Marina is revealing how she’s using the much-maligned Facebook Author Pages in a novel way that allows her to boost her sales without having to...
Feb 27, 2018 | Publishing
The Book Machine recently featured a post by Ken Jones, explaining his inspired use of e-book technology to create an animated, interactive children’s storybook. Ken, who’s also running the Understanding eBooks event in London on April 25, worked with UK...
Feb 25, 2018 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing
This is a guest post by my author friend, William R. Bartlett. It continues his discussion of all things firearms. It was originally scheduled for earlier in the month, but we decided to push it back because of the horrific events in Florida. Even though nothing we...
Feb 23, 2018 | Marketing
As Shannon Connellan explains on Mashable, Google recently made a subtle change to its image search — but one that may have big repercussions for copyright. The company has now removed the “view image” button from image search, which will make it trickier...
Feb 21, 2018 | Writing
Of all the human senses, I find smell the hardest to use in writing. And yet, it’s one of the most powerful, as a number of studies have shown it’s hard-wired into our brain, and a shortcut to all sorts of strong emotions. So why is it so hard to find the...
