Sep 29, 2016 | Fun Historical Facts
Aleppo, Syria, has recently been in the news for all the wrong kinds of reasons. Back in 1697, however, on the day before Easter, Reverend Henry Maundrell, a chaplain for the English Levant Company’s office in Aleppo, witnessed the tattooing process in Jerusalem on a...
Sep 27, 2016 | Blog hops tours & reblogs
Winner of Inkitt’s Dreamlands contest, Catalyst Moon by Lauren L. Garcia is the first book in an exciting new fantasy series. Kali and Stonewall have to find a way to work together in order to survive, but she’s a mage and he’s taken an oath to...
Sep 25, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
Last week, I mentioned the launch of Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, here is the first installment from the book. It lists beats you can use to convey anger. Anger Many of anger’s physical reactions are also...
Sep 21, 2016 | Blog hops tours & reblogs
Author Charles E. Yallowitz has just launched Charms of the Feykin, the latest installment in his epic fantasy series, Legends of Windemere. Charms of the Feykin To make a champion fall, one must wound their very soul. Nyx is leading the charge to rescue Delvin and...
Sep 17, 2016 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing
If you’re anything like me, you have already installed Grammarly on your computer and use it to make sure those pesky commas and prepositions are all correct. However, editor Mary Walton recently alerted me to not one, but ten alternative tools that you can use...
Sep 15, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
Exciting news! My latest book, Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings, is finally available on Amazon. You may remember the book from my poll back when I was choosing its cover. If not, here’s what it’s all about: Even...
Sep 11, 2016 | Fun Historical Facts
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Sep 10, 2016 | Fun Historical Facts
Broadsides: the Posts and Tweets of Renaissance England When I moved to Edinburgh in 1995, I experienced something of a cultural shock. The language was different than anything I’d be taught at school (ach, hawd yer whisht, my good friend Mike might say to...
Sep 8, 2016 | My Publications
Thank you! A big thank-you to everyone who tested the new layout and let me know of various bugs and glitches. I hope I have now caught them all. I apologize for any trouble or inconvenience. If you do see any further issues with the blog or any post in particular,...
Sep 7, 2016 | My Publications
New Website, Web Design Services and Other News I hope you like my blog’s new design, which aims to be more user-friendly and accessible on various devices. Without going into any design details, its main advantage is offering content a wider space. It uses...
Sep 4, 2016 | Fun Historical Facts
It was the end of a particularly taxing day, and Canal, a prominent 14th-century Venetian merchant, was baffled. A friend had posed him a simple-sounding mathematical problem, but he still couldn’t figure it out. The problem went like this: the distance between...
Aug 31, 2016 | Events and Giveaways
Exciting news for sci-fi fans! Until September 4th, I’ll be participating in the Science Fiction eBook Giveaway with Honest Fibs. Two people will win all 14 Science Fiction novels, while an extra 12 lucky individuals will win one copy each (randomly selected...
Aug 28, 2016 | My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by Ameer Abbas; a blogger and most viewed writer on Quora. Ameer specializes in Internet Privacy, Cyber Security, VPN, and Torrents. He is also working as a privacy advocate with BestVPNProvider.com. If you’re on the lookout for the best...
Aug 22, 2016 | Fun Historical Facts
One of my favorite Pearseus characters is Teo Altman; the power-hungry despot who lies and kills his way to the top. As most of my characters, he is based on a real-life person from ancient Greek history. Cylon of Athens is associated with the first reliably dated...
Aug 19, 2016 | My Publications
I have some wonderful news to share: the first draft of Pearseus: Endgame is finally complete! This volume concludes the series and returns to the larger philosophical questions posed by Rise of the Prince, whereas Vigil was more of an adventure. Having reached this...
Aug 16, 2016 | Publishing
One of the things I love about Kindle is how easy it is to read, even in the sun, on a trip, at the beach etc. As long as I read a book from start to end, that is. If, however, I want to refer to, say, a map, or a list of characters, then paper wins hands down. I can...
