DAN ALATORRE

If it gets approved by CreateSpace before midnight (unlikely) that’ll make 5 books published in 2017. If not… it’ll be my first book published in 2018, and it’ll probably be published in January 1, 2018, leaving me lots of time to get a few more done in the new year! All of you be safe […]

What a great way to end the year. “Earlier today I finished reading The Navigators. Earlier in December I had to make an unplanned trip to help my sister who fell & broke her leg. My stay has been longer than I thought and I finished reading the book I had brought along. I remembered […]

A great story deserves a great follow up profile. This week we’re putting a spotlight on all our contest winners. Formerly a Manhattan entertainment attorney and a contributing editor to the quarterly art magazine SunStorm Fine Art, Susan Lynn Solomon now lives in Niagara Falls, New York, the setting of many of her stories.  Since […]

You made it through another year. Sometimes that’s an accomplishment all by itself. Good job.  

I’m interested in getting your thoughts about stuff I see and hear, quotes I read, stuff that passes as knowledge – and starting an authorey conversation. These memes have run almost every Thursday in 2017 since March 9; if you follow the blog, you know that, or you’ve seen them. Although why would you pay […]

I paid WAY more attention to this than I should have. As soon as my blog views for the year started to creep up to a big number, I started watching it. By doing a projection calculation, it seemed we would have 50,000 views in 2017. We passed that weeks ago. Then in December it […]

A great story deserves a great follow up profile. This week we’re putting a spotlight on all our contest winners. Carrie Anne has been a friend of the blog for a long time, liking and commenting on posts, supporting contests –  and as such you can start to feel like you are not just blog […]

That’s it. Merry Christmas.

I’m interested in getting your thoughts about stuff I see and hear, quotes I read, stuff that passes as knowledge – and starting an authorey conversation. That’s a great way to go through your first draft, with that in mind. Honestly, whatever you feel inclined to skim, take out. What are YOUR thoughts on this […]