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Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

You know you’re bookish when a new shelf makes you happy. I was surrounded by books. They were in piles on the floor and on a table. I’ve shown you these pictures before.




Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

You know you’re bookish when a new shelf makes you happy. I was surrounded by books. They were in piles on the floor and on a table. I’ve shown you these pictures before.




I’m hearing more people say they can’t do horror. They don’t like being scared. Understandable. So, then why do we like it? Do we enjoy being scared? For me, I do like a book or movie that gives me the chills and I’d love to spend the night in a potentially haunted house but even…
Bad writing isn’t the only way to pull readers about out of a story. Bad formatting can as well. You put a lot of work into your story. You should present it as if it’s your pride and joy. I use InDesign to format my books. I know most people use Word. Some use Scrivener. Here…
How many times have you said or heard someone say they didn’t go near a book because of all the hype? You’d think a lot of hype was a good thing but if it turns away potential readers or turns off people then- what’s the point? It’s kind of an interesting situation. A lot of hype means…
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Story Cartel makes your book free for readers in exchange for reviews. Each review gets the person entered into Story Cartel’s monthly contest to win a Kindle or Amazon gift card. The book is only free for 20 days. The author has a chance to get reviews and readers has a chance to win something….
I recently read an article where the writer said they judge authors who publish 2+ books a year, claiming there’s no way those are quality stories. It takes me a year and a half to get any book in my Merging Worlds series ready for publishing. Since the stories are 500+ pages, certain stages in the process-…