Jason Clark at Inner 88 tagged me for the Eight Random Things meme. The rules: In the 8 facts about [name], you share 8 things that your readers don’t know about you. Then at the end you tag 8 other bloggers to keep the fun going. Each blogger must post these rules first. Each blogger … Read more
I’ve been sprinkled with fairy dust and named a Blue Ribbon Blogger by the Blog Fairy. The Fairy’s profile at MyBlogLog says: I keep watch over all the blogs and bloggers in the vast blogosphere. It is my joy to shine light on those that show love and kindness and to honor them. Thank you, Blog … Read more
Signed by the Author offers books that are, as the name says, signed by the author. If you are like me and like to collect autographed books, this is a great site to find books by a variety of authors. An autographed book makes a distinctive gift for a reader, and you can request the … Read more
Thanks to Yvonne Russell at Grow Your Writing Business for introducing me to You Comment, I Reply. If you look back through the posts and comments, you can see that I have always replied to comments. However, I’ve never brought it to readers’ attention. So the new icon in my sidebar lets folks know that … Read more
The statistics on the Parents Against Predators Act (P.A.P.A.) Web site are appalling and frightening: It is estimated that a sexual assault occurs every 2.5 minutes in the the United States and more than 200,000 people in the United States are victims of sexual assault; 1 in every 6 females and 1 of every 33 … Read more
I have been planning for some time to change the theme on my blog. After all, I’ve used the default theme for over a year – it must be time to be a little more creative. I spent last week reformatting my hard drive, upgrading my computer and many of my programs, and restoring all … Read more
Spring House by my client David Bowles is an AuthorIsland.com Readers’ Choice Finalist For Historicals. Updated 8/4/07: Thanks to everyone who voted. David got about twice as many votes as the next book. However, we misunderstood how the contest operated. The winners had already been chosen before the finalists were listed on the Web site. … Read more
If you’ve been here in the last couple of days, you couldn’t read my blog … because it wasn’t here! Something went wrong during the upgrade, so I tried to restore the backup. That didn’t go well, and for a couple of days, my blog was gone. My Web host got my backup restored and … Read more
In the last post, we talked about self-publishing a children’s book on CD. This is the final installment in the answers to questions posted by a writer. Patti McQuillen wrote in answer to my follow-up questions: I don’t have a clue about making my children’s book available online as a download. I am working on … Read more
This is the second in a series of three posts answering questions posed in comments to an earlier post. Writer Patti McQuillen asked: I have a book I finished for encouraging kids to write. It is available on CD. I self published (my first one ever) and I know that phrase makes some people run! … Read more