I was riding the bus yesterday morning, on the way to the day job. Sitting across from me was a woman reading on her iPad. Now, being occasionally enterprising, I reached into my briefcase for one of my bookmarks I printed as a promo for my first novel, The Bones of the Earth, with the […]
Today, Written Words is happy to host a stop on the blog tour for the relaunch of The Funny Adventures of Little Nani by Cinta Garcia de la Rosa.Yesterday’s stop on the tour was Helle Soe Gade’s photo and writing blog, where Cinta explained how and why she’s relaunching her collection of charming, hilarious and […]
Image of Slavic god Perun fighting snake-god, Veles. Courtexy Dan Nye, UMichUkrainian blog. Once again, here is an action excerpt from The Bones of the Earth — because you love action!This is from Part 1: Initiation Rites (also available as a stand-alone novella from Amazon and Smashwords), where the hero, Javor, is pursuing his parents’ […]
She should have dialyzed last night, but she’d fallen asleep too soon, cocooned in fading dreams, down, and enchantment. The next round of belly noises came with spikes. “That shit was good. You ever think of going into politics?” “Only with a bulldozer.” Helen Hanson is an Amazon bestselling thriller author of 3 Lies and […]
It’s amazing how much better books can be when they’re under the full control of their authors. For example, here’s a new cover for The Funny Adventures of Little Nani, Cinta Garcia de la Rosa’s first published title. Cinta released charming collection of interactive stories for children in September 2012. While the cover features a […]
Congratulations, Mr. Trudeau, for expressing the antidote to negative political advertising we’ve been asking politician for, for decades now. P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:lin When Justin Trudeau was elected leader of the federal Liberal party in Canada a couple of weeks ago, the Conservative party launched negative attack ads against him personally within a couple […]
By Kristen Elise, Ph.D.P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:lin Here’s a secret: publishers love the self-publishing author. When Scott asked me to do a guest post about marketing for newbie novelists, my first reaction was, “I don’t know anything about marketing — I’m a newbie novelist myself.” Then I received two contract offers for my first […]