A great review and an awesome book. Thanks, Didi
Continue reading#REVIEW On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King #4STARS
Month: November 2020
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up – November 22nd – 28th 2020 – Friends and Collaborators, Thanksgiving, Food, Book Fair, Alexander Technique, Music and Funnies
Secrets to Successful Self-Publishing: Invest in Your Team – by Laurisa White Reyes…
This is about the fourth blog post I’ve seen and read about Publishing, it seems we’re all on a roll about the same or similar things. It certainly does take a village to publish… Read on and find out more.
Continue readingPathway to Freedom-Book Release
Book Reveal and Release over three days. Come and join the fun 🙂 It’ll be awesome to see you all.
Continue readingWord War with Cac the Proofreader – Understanding Jokes…
A SPECIAL TREAT FOR THANKSGIVING FROM CATHY.  • An Oxford comma walks into a bar where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.  • A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly. • A bar
Continue readingPublishing Confusion – Part Three. Building a Website
There was a bit of confusion on my first post. I’d like to say, this series of posts is aimed at writers who wish to be Authors and make an income of some kind or another. As an Author, you run a business. In business, NOTHING is FREE, most certainly
Continue readingPublishing Confusion – Part Two. Author Brand
Author Brand! What is it? Who likes Nike, Adidas? Who’s your favourite Movie Star, Poet, Author? The first two are BRANDS which people love. The Second are people who can be turned into BRANDS and generally are. So, how do they do this? What does it mean to have a
Continue readingWord War with Cac the Proofreader – Allusion, Illusion & Elusion
Here we go again! It’s WORD WAR time! Today I’m bringing you something that is extremely confusing to so many: ALLUSION vs. ILLUSION vs. ELUSION. Let’s get to work. ALLUSION: figure of speech describing something, either direct or implied, often a comparison. Example: “He’s such a Romeo.” The reference to
Continue readingPublishing Confusion – Part One
YOUR TIME ISN’T FREE – EVERY MINUTE IS WORTH…? There are lots of new writers out there each and every day. There is also a heck of a lot of confusion in writing groups. The same questions get asked constantly, people give inaccurate information to each other, few do their
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