Bits of jewelry
Good Morning Readers, Have you every wondered what to do with all those bits of jewellery and keepsakes? This is like an old fashion...
THE BENEFIT OF SHORTS, not the kind you wear.
Short stories have been around for hundreds and no less thousands of years. Told by innovative story tellers who passed on traditions and...
A STAGE SET FOR AN AUTHOR'S EVENT
M: So you’re having an event. Expelling the joys of writing and telling the world how good you are. My Marketing Manager: No. You are...
WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT.
What to say and how to say it. You have written the perfect prose. But, there is something missing. A line, a sentence, a phrase....
On the merits of self-publishing
Oh, joy. Two more books uploaded to Createspace. The process fascinates me. I am enthralled at how easy it is to publish a book. Not...
Do creative designers really listen.
Cossacks V American Indians. Will someone please tell me why designers cannot take instruction? I prepared the brief, prepared the...
White on Black, Getting it down.
White on Black-Getting it down. The objective of writing correctly is to make time to write at all. Pause. Now what? Keep going, writing...
Critics and their uses.
Good morning readers, It's been a long week. I have developed an allergy. The doctors think it's from some type of thistle in the...
Book covers and how to choose them
Finding the right cover for your book, be it fiction or non-fiction can be a daunting experience. This process is sometimes the most...
Covers that didn't make the cut for - Contract Bleu
Posting the losers of the book cover contest for Contract Bleu. I loved all of them, but we had to choose, so here are the 'others.'...
Marketing & Me.
I want to state, I could not at first get to grips with marketing. At 17, one of my first jobs was to sell Orange Juice for a small...
Words and thoughts. – Editing nightmares.
Good afternoon readers. Isn’t this weather fantastic. I should be sitting outside reading a book or just contemplating my existance. Not...
