June 27th is designated as National PTSD Awareness Day. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can affect anyone who experiences trauma: children and women who are abused, individuals who suffer serious accidents or injuries, people who have lived through disasters, veterans and soldiers who have been in combat, and anyone who has experienced trauma. Stress normally follows … Read more
Developing an appropriate book cover design that aligns with the core concept of the book and simultaneously catches the reader’s attention creates a major challenge for authors. Good art is in the eye of the beholder. This means it can be difficult to pin down a design that will meet the standards historically laid out by … Read more
Today is World Refugee Day, to bring the plight of refugees to the attention of the world. Sixty million people have been displaced by persecution and conflict, and twenty million of them are refugees. Those numbers are growing daily. To understand what refugees are experiencing, read of the work of the missionaries of Love for … Read more
Nine years ago today, I whispered, “Hello, World!” in my first blog post. Like most milestones, in some ways it seems that I’ve been blogging forever, and in other ways it seems that I just wrote those first words. At first, I had few readers and no comments. Then for years, I had many readers … Read more
Calling all authors and artists: EPIC’s eBook and Ariana Cover Art competitions open for submissions from June 1 through July 15, 2015. All entries are judged by industry peers, who pick the best of the best from electronic works and their excellent cover art. Will YOUR peers choose YOU? www.epicorg.com
