Paying a book reading pool to get beta reports is worth the investment, but obtaining an organic book review isn’t easy, especially if you’re an unknown author. If you published on Amazon it’s even harder, because Amazon has this (silly and counterproductive) rule that friends and family are not permitted to leave reviews. Why it […]
Newest Self Help Books – How to Heal from Burnout: my Road to Recovery
Last year I started a new website which was focused on how to heal from burnout. I described parts of my road to recovery and included tips and advice that were based on my personal experience, since I went through burnout from 2016 to 2018, but in all honesty, it could have started in 2015 […]
Forbidden Fruit – Find Yourself
How many have the courage to eat the forbidden fruit and find yourself? Finding out who you really are is a little underrated in society, don’t you agree? So often we find ourselves restricted by certain norms, beliefs, and doctrines that tell us how to live our lives and what is considered right and wrong. […]
Paranormal Romance Novels – Surviving Among Vampires and Werewolves
Paranormal romance novels are everywhere, I’m not even sure how many hundreds or thousands are published every day or week. It’s funny how I never wrote in the paranormal genre before but I always wanted to, and when – years later – I finally did, it had suddenly become a popular, and I suppose a competitive […]
Historical Fantasy Books: Aurelie Survival – from the Terror of the French Revolution to the Dangers of Immortality
I love history and fantasy, and both of them combined can make an explosive combination. Imagine working fantastical elements into real historical events and creating a new story. In Lucan’s book I let my main character, Lucan, be an active participant in the murder plot on the Ancient Roman emperor Commodus, who in real life […]
5 Great Summer Reads
Lately, I have been reading a lot, especially between noon and 3 pm, since those are the hottest hours of the day and it is hard getting anything done. I live in the semi-desert in the Baja, Mexico; and I always call those hours the lazy hours (only in the summer) Temperatures get so high […]
Why do we Read Classic Literature?
Do you like to read? I love reading! I love nothing more than to get comfortable in my hammock under my cherry tree with a nice page turner, a book of my choice. Classics are in many cases not always first choice; they are mandatory reading material in high school, and although I like some […]
Why Book Reviews are Important – Here are 5 Reasons
Being an author is no longer about just writing your story and letting others take care of it. Nowadays, an author has to be a marketer too. If you want to get your book noticed, you have to put yourself out there and market it, so that readers can see it. Every day, thousands of […]