In years gone by, clothing stores, makeup manufacturers and the like have only used models with those perfect bodies and skin to show us their products. How do you feel about this? Would you like to see “real” people in ads? I’ll admit that I’m not sure how I feel about this topic. On the …
Because you can never have too many books, Authors4Veterans is holding a giveaway again. Our generous participating authors still have books to give you. So, click on the giveaway below and follow the entry options to enter once or all five times, it’s up to you. Oh, and check out the great prize: A ThirtyOne …
It’s been some time since we chatted about our writing spaces and processes and we thought, “Why not bring this subject to the forefront again?” So, for the past few years I’ve wanted to update my office. It needs to be more user friendly and it needs to “feel” like a space I want to …
We’re chatting this week about author/reader events and who attends them. I’ve asked this question in the past and received various answers on the topic. I attend them because I like meeting readers. It’s difficult in this current publishing environment to meet readers who just might like my books. We are so flooded with new …
This week we’re talking about when inspiration hits. It’s funny when a nugget of inspiration hits. It’s almost always when I’m not looking for it. It can be an unusual character quirk or meeting someone who I find isn’t that nice of a person. (Those are the best ones, I like writing those folks in …
This week we’re talking about Valentine’s Day and not in the usual way. We decided to chat about what some of the difficulties about this time of year. So, as weird as it seems, Valentine’s Day isn’t my favorite time of year. It seems a contrived way to have to spend money on candy and …
We’ve been tabulating results and here’s what we found from last week’s survey about book covers. Overall 56 people took a moment to respond and I’m very grateful to those of you did. Even though this was a super un-scientific poll, I did glean information from it. Question 1. What is your first reaction to …
We’re surveying our readers to see what they have to say about a bunch of things and this week I’m surveying about book covers. So I posted a survey about book covers on my Facebook page and in my newsletter. Let me know what you think. Here are the questions for you to see, and …
We’re sharing travel experiences or anticdotes with you today. I like talking about travel. I like traveling, well if its for fun. Traveling for business isn’t as entertaining or relaxing as pleasure travel, so, there’s that. By now you know when we travel, its usually on a motorcycle or two and usually packing is done …
What are you most looking forward to this coming year? I’ll be honest here and tell you I’m looking for growth in my publishing/writing business. I’m entering year five and I want to feel as though all I’ve done up to this point have been a good solid base for a successful year in 2018. …
