Writing Tip Wednesdays: Reedsy – A phenomenal platform for writers
Today I want to tell you about Reedsy, a website chock full of great FREE resources for authors. On the Reedsy blog site, you will find a ton of helpful articles such as The Ultimate Guide to KDP: How to Succeed on Kindle Direct Publishing and The Best Free Book Cover Makers (and a Few Paid Ones). One […]
Monday Flash Fiction: Dirty Dishes
Photo by James Wheeler on Unsplash Dirty Dishes I won’t remember dirty dishes and piles of laundry, Or dust bunnies lurking in dark corners, Or fingerprints on a window. Or a stray sock on the bathroom floor. I don’t care too much about a cheap broken glass, That slipped through your small fingers During your first attempts at […]
Welcome to Writing Tip Wednesdays!
Every Wednesday I’ll share with you the best writing and publishing tips I can find. I’m always researching how to improve my own writing and how to market my books. Starting now, every Wednesday I’ll send you my curated research, condensed, in one spot.For today: My Self-Publishing Primer is updated with important info about how […]
Attention U.S. authors: U.S. Supreme Court confirms that you must register a copyright before filing suit for infringement
It’s a question that I see posed frequently among online author groups (especially by those authors based in the United States). Should I register the books I write with the U.S. Copyright Office? To be clear, whenever you create a copyrightable work (such as writing a book), you have a protectable copyright, without needing to […]
Introvert Travel Series 2019: Austin, Texas
This has long been a source of indecision for me. Would I like Austin, Texas? Would I not? I love Texas, but I hate no can’t stand no don’t identify with hipsters. I’m an irreverent Gen X’er through and through, raised on Winona Ryder movies and bands like Journey and Boston. Ruggedly independent (I don’t […]
Introvert Travel Series 2019: St. Augustine, Florida
It’s summer time, and you know what that means! It’s time for my Introvert Travel series 🙂 For my birthday week, I wanted to visit a relaxing beach and have access to some cool history stuff. If that’s what you’re looking for, I highly recommend St. Augustine, Florida, for the following reasons. St. Augustine Beach […]
Lanfranc of Bec: How an 11th Century Norman Monk Established U.S. Common Law and Evidentiary Standards
This is part III (and the final part) of a series I wrote on Lanfranc of Bec, which was originally posted in 2015. I am reposting it today because 1. It’s my birthday, and 2. You have never met a bigger medieval history nerd than Yours Truly. Enjoy! I know you all have been anxious […]
Want to Sell your Books AND Keep your Sales Data? Here’s how to set up your Online Shop.
You may feel discouraged when you think about setting up an online shop to sell your books. Honestly, it does not have to be that complicated. Why set up an online shop? If you sell your eBooks via Amazon or Nookpress, and/or sell your print books via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, you know that those […]
How to get permission to use song lyrics in your books
If you have ever wondered how to request permission to use song lyrics in your fiction and nonfiction books, then this blog post is for you. First, nothing in this post constitutes legal advice. Generally speaking, an author does not need to request permission to use the title of a song in his/her work. However, […]
E A Aymar’s latest thriller probes the depths of the human psyche
The Unrepentant: A Thriller by E.A. Aymar is a fiction novel that is not for the faint of heart. It deals with sex trafficking and paints what is likely a realistic picture of how women who find themselves in bad personal situations get drawn into that terrible predicament. In addition to relaying the story of Charlotte, a […]