Nicholas C. Rossis

dream-protecting author

In Honor of Notre Dame

Apr 17, 2019 | Random Musings

As I’m sure you all know, Notre Dame was burned down on Monday evening. I had another post scheduled for today but had to share a couple of thoughts about the devastating fire which destroyed one of Europe’s — and Christianity’s — icons....

E-mail Etiquette Across the World

Sep 9, 2015 | Marketing

I was reading NAKED WORDS 2.0: The Effective 157-Word Email by Gisela Hausmann the other day. This is a book that explains how to write the ideal email. Most of the things Gisela was saying made perfect sense. Others, not so much. I attributed this to cultural...

Cultural (P)references and Marketing

Apr 16, 2015 | Marketing

“A university lecturer, huh? So, how much do you make?” I almost choked on my wine, narrowly avoiding showering my shirt with red droplets . In the UK, where I lived at the time, this was a question you would never, ever ask – even your best friend. And yet, the cute...

Your Fish Has Got Away and other Unusual Translations

Feb 16, 2015 | Random Musings

The original, short version of this post was written for the Book Marketing Tools blog. This longer version was written as a guest post for Vanessa Finaughty’s blog. One of the best ideas of Douglas Adams had to be the Babelfish. Just stick it into your ear and...