It’s that time again. What is everyone going to go see this year at the movies? The movie I anticipated and just saw last week was Sex and the City. Let me know and I’ll provide one backlist book to one poster.

Change is in the air. In our presidential race and in the way the world seems to be shifting. I think change is a natural phenomenon. Is it due to getting tired of the same old same? Is it due to wanting to try something new, go in a different direction, […]

Have you ever taken those quizzes on line to discover what your personality is. Are you an INFP or ESTJ? Huh? You say. If you don’t know what these acronyms stand for, I’ll let you in on the mystery. These stand for personalities as defined by taking the Myers-Briggs personality […]

I’ve started Chinese brush painting and watercolor painting and I’ve discovered that there are many sides to creativity. First, I’ve written now since I was a teenager. I’ve done poetry and decoupaged it. But other than the writing, nothing has given me as great a pleasure as the painting has. The […]

Actually they’re called book trailers and they’re all over the web. With the advent of MySpace pages and Youtube, you’ve got a ready made way to showcase your book. A new way to promote. It’s easy and simple to make one on your own or, if you have the available cash, you […]

I was wondering how many of you are influenced by the internet when it comes to book buying. Authors have a big task in front of them when a book is released. We have to decide where to put our marketing dollars and our limited time. I’ve been told that a good […]

Neuroscientists have found that watching films has a powerful psychological and physical effect - we can actually feel a character’s pain in our own muscles. I say that romance novels also elicit the same kind of feelings in the reader and I say they’re more satisfying because we get to visualize and live along […]