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Working with Other Authors – Guest Post…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Free Image Copyright amasterpics123 / 123RF Stock Photo My writing career really took off when I started working with other authors. It was a little thing that started it all. Sally Harris, author of the wonderful Diary of a Penguin-napper, suggested we got together to…
Nostalgia Post No.1: My Grandmother’s Indian Head – Guest Post…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Indian Head 1 It sits on the floor and the cat is scared to death. She’s never seen at eye-level a nearly life-sized plaster bust of a Native American Chief in full-feathered headdress. She skirts the edge of the living room, never taking her saucer-sized eyes…
Nostalgia Post No. 2: Recollections of the “Good Old Days” – Guest Post…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
I’ve decided to reminisce about what is an archaic time for many of you denizens of cyberspace who are in your 20s or 30s or even 40s. And the time is the 1930s. And no, I don’t go back quite that far, but my mother…
An Experiment in Amazon Sales Rank…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Interesting article by Dan Koboldt – author, bowhunter, and scientist – on his site Extract: Few things are more obsessed-over by modern authors than Amazon Best Sellers Rank. For most of us, it’s a form of numerical torture, updated hourly. Although the precise inner workings of the algorithm…
…Authors–caveat emptor re book-selling websites–the final report makes for sorry reading…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I promised yeez a round up summary of my recent dabble with book-selling websites… and the final report makes for sorry reading… let me back up and explain for emb’dy coming in fresh to this… as a self-published author, I’m always keen to find and develop non-spamming channels to help…
Grammar program:
Hello wordpressers, I started using Grammarly a few months ago and I like it. It has a free version so if you’d like to try it out I’ve included a link to the site. There is, of course, a premium version but the free version works pretty well for me, for now. I like getting the…
…Author deadlines?… at my time of life?… are yeez kidding?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I am unashamed in admitting I’m a selfish scribbler… oh, sure, I gladly share my blog space and (albeit limited) experience in the arena of self-publishing with whomever wishes to engage with me on that… I’ll ReTweet and share other authors’ efforts and successes on Facebook and the other SOSYAL…
Happy Memorial Day – and an Amazon Offer
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Image: http://www.wsj.com Today is Memorial Day in the US. Memorial Day became a US national holiday in 1971 and is celebrated on the last Monday in May. It continues the custom of honoring ancestors by cleaning cemeteries and decorating graves – an ancient and worldwide tradition. In early rural America,…
… a wee recap Post… for, well, no particular reason at all… enjoy…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I was reading on her blog some of the back-posts from Author pal, Alison Jack, and behold and lo, there was a wee piece I Guest-Posted to her terrific page in December 2013… being the … Source: … a wee recap Post… for, well, no particular reason at all… enjoy……
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 