Here is a small excerpt from my book THE KALARTHRI. I hope you enjoy it “Wing Lieutenant. Where do you think you are going with that girl?” the Captain’s voice was hard and emotionless and Kalena moved closer to Gwidion. She did not like this man. Gwidion snapped his feet together and made the Captain…
Some good tips for how to use twitter in a responsible (non spammy) fashion 🙂 Originally posted on readers+writers journal: Hashtags are, arguably, the most important part of tweeting. Without these keywords that categorize the subject of your tweet, you’re never going to reach your target audience. If you’re using Twitter to promote your book, it’s…
A post by Lindsay Buroker that I would like to share. For New Indie Authors: What I Would Do if I Were Starting Today Sometimes when you give publishing and marketing advice on your blog, you get a little resistance from new self publishers. But you’ve been doing this for 3+ years. You have a fan base already. You…
I am about to embark on a Virtual Book Tour – So I had better start packing my virtual luggage and carry on 🙂 I will be touring from the 22nd July 2014 to the 29th July 2014. When the dates get closer, I will post a schedule so people can follow along 🙂 NB:…
Here is a small Excerpt from my book THE ENCLAVE. I hope you enjoy it Gunfire flew from the cars behind and Katherine turned tail and leapt up the stairs. Joshua was crouched waiting at the top of the last tier and had managed to get hold of a pistol. Around them the NHSIO security…
By Jeff Foust Time Capsule to Mars, a student-led project supported by the advocacy group Explore Mars and several aerospace companies, plans to launch in the next five years a cubesat-class spacecraft to Mars carrying photos and other digital media. The spacecraft would burn up in the martian atmosphere except for a section carrying the media…
Forgotten Roots – by Roger Whitten Barnes Forgotten Roots is a ‘sort of’ murder mystery told through different timelines set in both the modern-day Canadian Province of Ontario and the area of Ohio and Ontario of the 1800’s. I liked the idea behind this story, but had issues following the three different storylines. For the…
A small hammer dating to the 10th century was found recently on the Danish Island of Lolland. Over 1000 of these amulets have been found across Northern Europe but the pendant from Lolland is the only one with a runic inscription. This particular torshammere (Thor’s Hammer Amulet) was found at Købelev and reported to the Museum Lolland-Falster archaeologist Anders Rasmussen by detectorist Torben…
Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and they say something that sparks a story idea in your head? …then you miss the rest of the conversation because you are desperately trying to imprint the idea in your brain so you can get it down on paper at a later time… This tends…
By Owen Jarus, Archaeology is fundamentally the study of humanity and its past. Archaeologists study things that were created, used or changed by humans. They do this by studying the material remains — the stuff we leave behind, such as lithic tools, a simple hut dwelling, a skeleton covered with gold jewelry or a pyramid…
Congratulations to Brandyn of Wisconsin and Jessica of Indiana for winning my THE ENCLAVE giveaway. I will be sending the books soon and you should receive them in the next few weeks. If you can read and either write a review or put up a star rating on both Amazon and Goodreads for THE ENCLAVE,…
Your First 1000 Copies – By Tim Grahl In “Your First 1,000 Copies,” Tim Grahl describes a system that he has used in his own business for the promotion of authors and their book launches. He believes in the importance of an email list that was created with the permission of each email subscriber. He…
