Every time this blog gets one of these spontaneous, friendly “awards,” I’m surprised and delighted. It still makes me happy not only that people read Written Words, but like it enough to give it some public recognition. Thank you, Rosalind Burgess and Patricia Obermeier Neurman of the Roz and Patty Write blog for nominating Written […]
Photo via NewsbiePix (creative commons) The book launch tour comes to an end at the blog where it all began two weeks ago. It’s been a whirlwind—well, a virtual one, anyway. Keeping up with the daily posts, as 15 different bloggers posted excerpts from the book, checking the page for the comments and entries to the giveaway. […]
It baffles me that there are still authors, intelligent professionals who want to reach an audience, yet who do not use the most effective and cheapest way of doing that — ebooks. Last Saturday, I participated in the first Ottawa Book Fest held by the National Capital branch of the Canadian Authors Association. While it wasn’t […]
Do you love reading great books by the best creators of new fiction and non-fiction? Then jump on the first e-book giveaway contest from BestSelling Reads for 2014, and you could win not just riveting e-books, but also a great device to read them with: a new Apple iPad Mini.Visit BestSelling Reads now and enter the […]
BestSelling Reads authors are doing it again — giving away a virtual boxed set of five signed paperbacks in the BSR October giveaway. How does it work? From BSR’s own blog: The grand prize winner gets to choose a total of five titles, choosing from all the books available by BSR member authors. Five titles from one author, […]
Emblazon is a new group of authors who write for readers aged 11 to 14 has just launched a new blog dedicated to the art and science of writing for this special audience. “Some call them upper middle grade; others call them low young adult. They’re somewhere in the middle and can lean either way. […]
“Edit” often is synonymous with “take out.” A lot of the work I do involves highlighting unnecessary text and pressing the Delete key. It’s a tough job. In order to make it easier (and you all want my work to be as easy as possible for me, don’t you?), I thought I would warn you […]