The Children’s Writer’s Guide examines how you can get started as a writer, create time and space to pursue your craft and deal with lack of motivation and writers block. Topics covered include where ideas come from and how writers turn them into stories, choosing names for characters that are appropriate to the story, the importance of historical research if your novel is set in a different era, writing science fiction and fantasy, and the use of magic in stories for children. The guide … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Deb Graham
About Deb Graham: I was born in New York state, and have lived in Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, Hawaii, Idaho, Utah, and I've lived north of Seattle for 27 years. I've visited 36 countries, and all fifty US states. I love to travel! If a passport or suitcase is involved, count me in! I'm a self-published author of eleven non-fiction books, including two cruise travel guide books laced with stories about my innocent husband (so he says), a book on how to write one’s personal story, how to … [Read more...]
Essential Photography Tips: Get the Most out of Your DSLR by Chris Jock
"Essential Photography Tips" is mainly intended for fresh DSLR owners who are looking to enhance their photographic skills. Most of the tips presented in this book can be easily adopted by a mirrorless camera owner too. We will start by diving into composition. This is what matters most, composition rules should become a habit, and you have to be able to apply them without judging too much. We will then continue with a series of “How to” topics: “How to shoot a portrait”, “How to shoot a … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Adam Ingle @meesterbob
Author Bio: Adam Ingle is a basement-dwelling, graveyard-shift nerd by night and an aspiring peddler of exorcised creative demons by day. He and his chinchilla live in a tin can on the side of the interstate somewhere in South Carolina. What inspires you to write? Not going insane. I'm only partially joking. I have a constant stream of images, ideas, book titles, characters, settings, and a whole host of other things swirling around in my head. I'm never at a loss for something for … [Read more...]
Top 10 Gardening tips by Nicola Furlong
Ideal for the beginning gardener or anyone who wishes to toil less and enjoy more! Gardening doesn’t have to be complicated, expensive or time-consuming. This fun and helpful booklet, written by a professional gardener and author, identifies the Top 10 Gardening Tips recommended by the Sweet Shepherd Nursery. Don’t be fooled by price or length. The Top 10 Gardening Tips is designed to be brief, enjoyable, understandable and practical. It provides ten tried and true, simple and easy … [Read more...]
