February Author Events

With the holidays another fond memory and gray Seattle winter here for the next few months…

Brooklyn’s Gilded Age: The Grand Hotels on the Atlantic Ocean

The Oriental Hotel, Brooklyn, opened to the public in 1880. More than 100 years after Coney…

What Are You Looking for in an Author Newsletter?

In an effort to improve my newsletter, I’m sending a survey to my subscribers.  Because I…

In Celebration of Burns Night

This week, we’re leading up to Burns Night, which is celebrated all over the world on…

How to Position Yourself as an Authority in Your Industry

I have the honor of joining 28 other high impact influencers in the upcoming “Influencer Now…

Daily Prompt – JusJoJan the 20th, 2020

Monday is here and with the start of the workweek we have the 20th prompt for…

Year of Reading and Tips

Wednesday I was in Sheffield to help launch their Year of Reading. There’ll be loads and…

January 16: Flash Fiction Challenge « Carrot Ranch – Protest

This week’s 99 Word Flash Fiction Prompt is ‘Protest’, at Charli Mills’ CarrotRanch.     January…

Spotlight on Vicki Batman

I’m happy to welcome award-winning author Vicki Batman. Today, Vicki shares her writing journey and latest…

2010s: Your Favourite Books

photo by ldyck Your favourite book based on how many page views the book review received.If…

Star Trader Update .011

011.01 “Officialdom is swarming all over the crash,” Cracker hissed when he rejoined us behind the…

How to Stop Pushing Your Own Emotional Buttons

Please note: first published with PsychCentral under the title: “Are You Pushing Your Own Emotional Buttons?…

NY Times Best Seller Reading Challenge

One of my favorite aspects of past reading challenges has been reading books by authors who…

Dark Heart February

If you enjoyed December’s DarkAdvent calendar (a new story read live each night in the Possessed…

Super Bowl? Not me.

Me, 1966, French lab. When the topic of the Super Bowl came up in conversation a…

Episode Nine Now Available in Audio!

Amazon.com  AmazonUK  Collect the whole series! Very excited about this! As work on the final episode…

Just a Quickie

Hello again. An audible version of Murder on Tyneside is now available on Amazon. I have…

Writer & Creative Jane Sturgeon of The Wirral, England.

When you visit Jane’s website, you are greeted by an image of a sunrise over the…

DYNASTY ZERO DYNASTY Zero: Egypt’s mysterious age where a young king-to-be battles demigods

MYTHIC EGYPT ADVENTURE FICTION “DYNASTY ZERO”A primordial clash of humans, gods and demon demigods. A young…

Misguided Desires

***READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED*** Posts about real school tragedy, crime, and/or events can be upsetting. Does…

An introduction to Zombies

Zombie Pirate Publishing have selected their favourites stories from their nine anthologies and put them together…

VANITY VERSUS PRIDE–PAY YOUR MONEY TAKE YOUR CHOICE–OPEN YOUR EYES, OR CLOSE YOUR EYES.

Contemplate this topic in a relaxed  mood — when you are out for a walk, do…

Wren audiobook, LIA, Wren 4 – 2020 Writing Week 2

This week was my second at a new job, so it’s been tricky to find the…

10 Movies, TV, Songs That Made Me Happy in 2019 (Miss Gail Recommends)

Gentle Reader, this continues a series of reflections on the things I enjoyed the most last…

What I’m Reading: January 2020

My TBR (to be read) pile keeps growing, but I need to finish what I’ve started…