Marketing Madness in March Bleen, my least favorite, most hated aspect of publishing is marketing. From everything I have read, and researched, marketing is all about finding your ideal audience. Well, I am about as far from finding my audience as I am from finding...

I have been listening to 'Man In The Iron Mask' by Alexandre Dumas. There is a scene where four or five poets argued about what words rhyme and don't rhyme. What types of rhymes are acceptable in contemporary French poetry.I'll tell you what, I caught a fit of the...

The Burning Ember Theme for October is Newsletters I don’t much about newsletters (NL). I have a NL that I send out monthly, but I am no expert on the subject.  But all the same, here are my thoughts. Why I send out Monthly: There are authors who send out...

Mornin Burning Embers Family Since it has been so long since I posted last, I thought I would give you a quick update about how things are going for me. I have been extremely busy trying to fulfill publisher deadlines and deal with personal life. I have 2 ebooks that...

The Creation of The United as a Screenplay As I shared many, many times, I was given the challenge of creating a 1st draft of a 90 minute screenplay for my novel, The United, The Realm of the Light Book 1.  A task I finished at the end of August this year. It was...

Your Opinion on Social Media Platforms for Author/Reader interaction Matters Mornin Friends!I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to go through this survey about a potential author/reader social media platform Alicia Scarborough & I are...

Guest Post from Claire Fitzpatrick Dear Author Friends, Here is a quick guest post from Claire Fitzpatrick concerning submissions for an upcoming non-fiction anthology she is compiling and editing. ‘A Vindication Of Monsters’ Submissions are open for non-fiction...