Hello, friends!! I am thrilled to announce that PAINTING CHRISTMAS is now available for pre-order with a publication date of 10-10-26. I just love those numbers as they all add up to ones 10+10+2026=111 PRE-ORDER LINK Thank you for all of your amazing support!

Welcome to the series where I will be sharing the chart toppers and blockbusters through the decades… be prepared for some nostalgia and some foot tapping music. William 🎶   Celine Dion &#821…

I would like to get back into a full New Book Spotlight rather than an announcement in the weekly round up… so to get the ball rolling again… the latest from D.L. Finn. When There&#8217…

Laura Lyndhurst writing for Story Empire with an important article for authors including taboo subjects in their work. Taboo in their own culture but importantly the culture of others.An important …

Welcome to my Sunday Book Review. Today I’m reviewing a short story by Pamela Crane – A Fatal Affair. This book is a prequel story depicting the main character in her ‘Mental Madn…

Fifteen First Times: Beginnings: A Collection of Indelible Firsts – D.G. Kaye ‘Debby Does Diets’ – and other stories – 5* What’s not to love about this collection of fifteen memories from author D.…

Welcome back to my Heroic-a series of empowering women of WWII. In this post I’m sharing another incredible woman of war, Marie Ljalkova, a Czechoslovakian Markswoman, one of only two female …

Helen Martins’ Glass House Before creating the sculptures in her garden, Helen Martins decorated the entire inside of her house. Set out below are some interesting facts about her house called The …

Happy Fall! I’m excited to share that my new Christmas story comes out on November 1st, and it’s now available for preorder. When There’s Only a Christmas Wish BLURB Can a Christm…

What are five simple exercises to do at home?View all responses Probably some of the exercises that I’ve been doing at home for the last 30 years.  I’ll list them below: Use a non-…

I’m really looking forward to the Isle of Wight Literary Festival. I’m grateful to be accepted by the organisers as a local author (we spend quite a lot of our time on the Isle of Wight…

Behind the Book – When One Story Becomes Four, a guest post for Gina Rae Mitchell’s incredible blog. Find out how, what begins as one story, does not always remain one story.

One of the things I often hear from writers whose inboxes are crammed with incredibly personalized marketing or book club or editor impersonation emails–you know, the ones that make it seem the sender...

Is spam wrecking your WordPress blog? Discover how to spot spambots, stop shady comments, and quickly remove spammers from your followers list today.

I am always thinking of you. You consume my thoughts and there is nothing I can do. I’ve become a nomad searching, even Buddha has failed me.  The dunes sweep away  like stacks of sponge cake and&n…

Sometimes we get little health niggles that annoy and it is useful to have some hacks handy to ease the irritation. When that irritation is something you are experiencing everyday, then consult a m…

I wrote letters home to my parents every week during our two years living in Texas… it was an adventure and we met incredible people who greeted us with open arms… and some became frien…

Thinking about using AI for creative writing, i.e., fiction, poetry, plays, essays, has prompted several questions. (Technical and academic writing and content creation are different enough that I …

Global Street Art faces Toronto Street Art With Special Guest ★ Brian at Equinoxio ★ supplying all pics not Toronto If the faces are in a Compare Image then the one from Brian is always on the left…

Welcome to Reading Over the Weekend about that first kiss. First heartbreak. First driving lesson. First European adventure. First real Christmas tree - in Fifteen First Times by witty D.G. Kaye

Welcome to Reading Over the Weekend about that first kiss. First heartbreak. First driving lesson. First European adventure. First real Christmas tree - in Fifteen First Times by witty D.G. Kaye

I went to the CNE Friday with my partner in crime, Cheryl Spears, for the first time in years. We initially were going Wednesday to catch a free concert at the RBC Bandshell, Finger Eleven. But ins…

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As We Age –  Scams to Beware – Especially for Seniors Welcome back to my As We Age series. In this installment I’m going to be going over some of the current scams going around to catch senior…

As We Age –  Scams to Beware – Especially for Seniors Welcome back to my As We Age series. In this installment I’m going to be going over some of the current scams going around to catch senior…

As We Age –  Scams to Beware – Especially for Seniors Welcome back to my As We Age series. In this installment I’m going to be going over some of the current scams going around to catch senior…

Welcome to my Sunday Book Review. Today I’m reviewing Calamity Spain by Alison J. Moore and Charlotte Moore – sisters. A fun memoir about a woman who wants to buy a home in Lanjaron, Sp…

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. I hope you have had a good week… We are now into autumn and it looks quite colourful now our greenery is back …

Welcome to my Sunday Book Review. Today I’m reviewing Calamity Spain by Alison J. Moore and Charlotte Moore – sisters. A fun memoir about a woman who wants to buy a home in Lanjaron, Sp…

Welcome to my best curated September Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Kathy Steinemann shares some alternative browsers to escape the A.I. bots, Writer Beware updates us on the latest author s…

Welcome to my best curated September Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Kathy Steinemann shares some alternative browsers to escape the A.I. bots, Writer Beware updates us on the latest author s…

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. I hope you have had a good week… I have been out and about so you will find some extra funnies along with the …

Welcome to my Sunday Book Review. Today I’m reviewing a short story by Pamela Crane – A Fatal Affair. This book is a prequel story depicting the main character in her ‘Mental Madn…

Whilst I was offline recently I began to read some of my books that had been lingering too long on my TBR… I try to read books by authors in the writing community as soon as possible, but oth…

Over the years I have been saving funnies from my various social media platforms and particularly Facebook… some from members of our writing community and I hope they don’t mind if I sh…

What are some life hacks that you practice?View all responses I had to look at other responses to discover what ‘life hacks’ was, as I haven’t heard this before in the UK.  A…

Daily writing promptHow do you make time for self-care?View all responses Now I’m retired I have more time to look after this old body a bit more than I used to. The bones, muscles and heart …

Welcome to the series where I will be sharing the chart toppers and blockbusters through the decades… be prepared for some nostalgia and some foot tapping music. William 🎶   Shawn Colvin &#82…

Another post that is a reflection on most of our countries education systems but is also about the dedication of those who teach as a vocation rather than a job. If you have not already read this p…

In January 2016 I began a series that I was intending to publish as a book but instead I shared on the blog in a series. I am going to share some of the posts from the series over the next few week…

Over the years I have been saving funnies from my various social media platforms and particularly Facebook… some from members of our writing community and I hope they don’t mind if I sh…

Behind the Book – When One Story Becomes Four, a guest post for Gina Rae Mitchell’s incredible blog. Find out how, what begins as one story, does not always remain one story.

Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle here with you today with the September post in the Famous Artworks series on LatinosUSA – English Edition. This post is another collaboration with the wonderful Res…

Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle with you today and I’m sharing my review of Alex Craigie’s new short story and poetry collect, Hopes, Fears, and Reality: Stories, Poems and Personal Tales. I’m als…

Do you remember last year when I introduced my book, I Need The Light! 26 Weekly Devotionals to Help You Through Winter? It’s mid-September and time to remind people who live in the northern hemisp…

Two Sundays ago, I binged Inside Man, a limited series on Netflix, but the ending left a major dangling thread. The four-part series explores how ordinary, moral people can make panicked decisions …

Draft2Digital (D2D) was founded in 2012 by several individuals who wanted to provide a way for self-publishing authors to format and distribute their works. For the first ten years, they were in co…

Sometimes we need more than physical space; we need mental space. We need to hear ourselves think, without the influence of external factors.