Hello!On Writer Wednesday, I discuss another author and his or her book. Today’s pick is The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe by Graham Robb. When I lived in Germany from the ages of nine to eighteen, wandering through Roman ruins became a pastime. We’d drive down roads that were built by the…
Hello!Today’s Top Ten Tuesday from The Broke and the Bookish is top ten childhood characters I’d like to revisit as adults. Here are some famous literary children and teens I’d like to encounter as older versions of themselves. 1. MadelineFrom: MadelineBy: Ludwig Bemelmans 2. Who? Rose JusticeFrom: Rose Under Fire By: Elizabeth Wein 3. Who?…
Hello!As an editor at Extra Ink Edits, I help to improve others’ writing. In my capacity as a writing teacher for college students, I also helped the students to strengthen their writing and make it more effective. One of the key ways that writers can write stronger is through showing not telling.Show Not Tell. Show…
Hello!On today’s Writer Wednesday, I’m combining the celebration of Shakespeare and April as poetry month to bring you Shakespeare’s 98th sonnet. From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April dress’d in all his trim Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn laugh’d and leap’d with him. Yet…
Hello! Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, from The Broke and the Bookish, is top ten bookworm delights! Here are mine, in no particular order… 1. Reading at the beach 2. Drinking the perfect cup of tea with a book 3. Falling in love with a new book 4. Rereading a book and falling in love all…
Hello! If you’re an indie author or an author placed with a small press (read that as most likely no advance) you may be struggling to figure out how to market your book. If that’s you, read on! Here are mostly free (and one low cost) option to help you market more effectively. My best…
Hello!Today is Shakespeare day! 400 years ago today, Shakespeare departed the stage of earth, “Parting is such sweet sorrow” (Romeo and Juliet Act 2, Scene 2) He was also born around this date, although that exact point in time is less certain. As a writer and an editor, Shakespeare is inspiring to me. His words…