Scott Allan at the Athority Pub blog wrote a good article about the ten elements for nonfiction books. I have to strongly agree with his last point, ‘Write in a ‘friendly voice’ that readers can relate to.‘ I’m amazed at how many nonfiction books have a voice of a professor talking down to students. The…
Today is National Trails Day and is a time for people to shut down their laptops and venture out into the great outdoors. June 4, 2016 is American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day®, the country’s largest celebration of trails. National Trails Day events will take place in every state across the country and will include…
May the Fourth be with you guys! Made by taking a photo of my Darth Vader toy and running it through WordFoto & Camera+ on my iphone.
Sometimes writers block is nothing more than normal life blocking writing. I know every podcast, blog and guru say to carve out time in the day just for writing, but life really does happen. Creativity in all forms takes work and also takes time. How do you find time to do your Fun?
I’ve started posting patterns from my first book on Pinterest. My plan is to share Pinterest Sized (736 pixel wide) copies of each pattern / mandala from all my published books on Amazon. Right now 120 patterns have been made into books (with another 40 to soon be released in book 4) so releasing a…
Thanks to my wonderful (and tech savvy) wife, my newsletter service is now working!!! Heather looked over the MailChimp service and figured out its interface and system fairly quickly. With plenty of tests and speedy mouse clicks, she got my newsletter up and running. I am so grateful for her help. She is the best!…
I’ve been fighting the last two days trying to get Constant Contact to interface with WordPress… but I don’t host my own blog, so it’s a no-go. I switched over to MailChimp and have been rebuilding my newsletters. MailChimp does interface with WordPress… Woot! But when I decided to purchase the paid service is killed…
I’m perfectly normal, thank you.
Last week I treated myself to a new Retro Tornado 1951 writing pen! A Luscious red rollerball which fits nicely in my hand. Retro 51‘s ink flows smooth, clean, and does not smear. I love it! You can get one from JetPens’ site, or on Amazon I love the company’s slogan, “Life is too short…
I needed several good podcasts to help me with my writing. Some of them specifically deal with technique, or marketing, or project management. The Author Hangout caught my ear because it mainly deals with interviewing successful authors. All the episodes are unique, but in it I hear about each authors approach to writing, marketing, and…
It’s always nice to have a cool image to go along with a blog post. It helps to drive home a story and gives the reader an indication to what the article is about. Finding these cool images, that can be legal to use, is easy thanks to several sites. Getty Images: It is the…
Testing WordPress Connection. This is only a test.
Finding images safe for blogging can sometimes be a challenge. Good Free, Creative Commons, etc. sometimes can be hard to find. What I’ve decided to do is use GraphicStock.com. It’s only $99 per year (on sale) and I get access to a large library of images for use in my artwork, book covers, kindle cover,…
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New orange kitten added to our family today. He thinks he can help me write and has tried his paw at typing. I think he may need to take some typing classes though.
Patrick's Zoo 