Mary Ann de Stefano is Mad About Words, books and publishing. Are you a writer who could use some solid help in getting your work polished to perfection, published and marketed? If so, let me strongly recommend Mary Ann de Stefano and her writing...
Read moreSliding Beneath the Surface: Book Trailer
The St. Augustine Trilogy: Book I Young adult, paranormal and historical As I visualized the characters and scenes while writing this book, I often wondered if readers would see them the same way I do. I mean, would they really get it was my...
Read moreJulia Hendrix: Author Assistant Extraordinaire
Social media networking and online book marketing are a must for authors these days. The thing is, some of us writers are so old school we really need a lot of help in those areas. Julia For me though, somehow the literary gods smiled and sent...
Read moreThe Sanibel Island Detective
The Sanibel Sunset Detective: A Mystery A Review Author, Ron Base, a Canadian journalist and movie critic Number of pages: 237 Publisher: West End Books On very rare occasions, a book strikes me not only for its literary value but also for how it...
Read moreWriting Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
A Book Review Author – Natalie Goldberg A long-term Zen practitioner , Goldberg has taught seminars in writing as a spiritual practice Book has old over 1 million copies and has been translated into 12 languages Shambhala, 200 p. Writing...
Read moreMusic and Books in Old-time Florida
Music and books. What a great combination. How delightful to be doing a book signing during a wonderful music festival in Central Florida. Come join the fun and say hi! It’s the Winter Garden Music Fest and I’ll be there with my...
Read moreAn Old-time Independent Bookstore: Here Be Dragons
Do you love bookstores? Do you enjoy finding one that’s not part of chain, one where you’re invited in as if you were a family member? Well have I got one for you. Yup, today I walked into Here Be Dragons Bookshoppe nestled in...
Read morePilgrim at Tinker Creek – A Meditative Journey into Nature and the Self
A Book Review Author – Annie Dillard Won the Pulitzer Prize Perennial Classics, 288 p. Yes, this book won the Pulitzer Prize quite a few years ago. Just based on that, you know you will like it, right? Even so, I’m going to tell you...
Read moreSell Your Book Like Wildfire: A Review
Author: Rob Edgar Publisher: Writer’s Digest Books Publication Date: 2012 Pages: 283 This is one of the best books I’ve read on book marketing. Rob Edgar, who also serves as a consultant in this field, has really put together an...
Read moreYA Paranormal/Historical Fiction Giveaway (Goodreads):Sliding Beneath the Surface
Like paranormal books with a slice of history on top? Check out my new giveaway at Goodreads by clicking here. 10 books are available but time runs out on August 30. Sliding Beneath the Surface is book I of The St. Augustine Trilogy. Just as...
Read moreFirst to Fight – A U.S. Marine Corps Novel
Book Review Author – Charles R. “Chuck” Dowling Florida resident Former Marine Corps officer Also author of To Keep Our Honor Clean, The Mad Dogs and The Hammer of God Trilogy Double Edge Press, 570 p. If you like military history, or you are a...
Read moreParanormal Writings: Channeling Resulted in a Published Book
In the paranorma nonfiction book my wife Barbara and I wrote, An Explosion of Being: An American Family’s Journey into the Psychic, we talk about something called, “The Writings”. This was our term for information channeled through Barb as we...
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