These are links I recently found and wanted to take a moment to share them with you. Regarding the “Bowker Enterprise” 6 things Readers want from an Author’s Website Standard Pages for the Fiction Author’s Website
A new twist on blurb writing…
Here’s a new idea for a blurb I’ve been working through. This is for Dolor and Shadow. Kallan stares into the green lights painting the blue-black night sky like a canvas. Her eyes fill with hate as you hold your breath and wait.“Too long I’ve hunted the Ljosalfar king and Gunir,” she says. “Too long, […]
The Twitter Bug: Social Media Series
I’ve had a number of people (authors) ask me exactly how they can use Social Media to help them. The questions have launched a series of posts I’ve decided to write in answer to the questions. This will be a seven part series released over the next few weeks (every Monday) to answer the questions […]
Welcome Guest Blogger Joshua Blum
Art Imitates Life Imitates Art: Writing Fiction as Kind of Therapy I was recently listening to a radio program talking about a classical piano competition in Moscow where competitors from all over the world were tasked with playing works by composers like Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. The commentators were talking about whether there were rivalries […]
“Naked” Series by Gisela Hausmann
I picked up this book not entirely certain what to expect and was blown away with the simple, in your face, honesty. At only 56 pages (print length) Gisela did not waste my time with her priceless words of wisdom. Being engaged in indie author events and advice, I’ve read a number of other books […]
So EPIC I had to share!
Okay…So I was 8 years old when Belle found Beast and Ariel first walked. The Golden Age of Disney (yes, that’s a real thing) was made for my generation. It is amazing to see my own daughters relive it! I screamed and cried at Walt (or his company…Michael Eisner) to please please PLEASE DO Rapunzel […]
Acknowledgements
I have a number of artists and individuals who have done more than their share to help me out whether it’s with the site, with Brain to Books, my writing, or simply with support. To those persons, I wish to say thank you. To my husband, Isaac. His on going support, tolerance and endurance of […]
Thank you…
To all of you, I wish to say thank you. To the first time visitor, the curious surfer, the repeated subscriber. Thank you for your continued support and on-going passion. Without you, I would just be another writer whose words were still locked in a drawer. Thank you.
Additional Audio Excerpts from “Broken”
I’m reading my way through Broken again and marking the excerpts that really sunk into my heart. Here are three that truly make me smile (and cry) every time I hear them. Play Time: 2:46 “Seven years” Play Time: 2:41 “I only remembered his hands” Play time: 6:43 Here is one of my […]
Ani H. Manjikian
Brain to Books Blog Tour Fast Facts Author: Ani H. Manjikian Genre: Contemporary, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Military, Women’s Fiction Book: Spirit of the Lone Horse Official Site Bio Born and raised in Southern California, the diagnosis of hydrocephalus at birth should have killed Ani, or worse, left her blank to the world. Her strength of spirit, parents’ […]