So you’ve finished your book. Its been edited and published, and now you’re trying to figure out how to get to your potential readers. While beginning your marketing campaign usually happens well before your book is completed, getting your first reviews can’t begin until your book is done or in a final draft status. Many […]
Horrible Histories author ‘a fish out of water’
So you might assume that after writing more than 60 Horrible Histories books and seeing them adapted into West End shows, a Bafta-winning TV series, a major film and an art exhibition, Deary would firmly consider himself part of the literary elite. He doesn’t. “In the publishing industry, I’m a fish out of water,” he […]
A Journey Through The Past Via My Facebook Friend Suggestions
Kirsten J Robinson Updated July 7, 2019 By Tony Lam Hoang The High School Sweetheart You remind me of fresh-cut grass before soccer games and of bright-white football-field Friday night lights. You remind me of sneaking out past curfew and listening to cicadas by the beach in the thick August heat. You remind me of […]
Silent Spring – Deadly Autumn of the Vietnam War by Patrick Hogan
Book Summary: What would you say if I told you there are disturbing things the US Government hasn’t told you about the Vietnam War and doesn’t want you to know? Things such as all the rainbow-colored pesticides and the disabling effect they had on US service personnel. Silent Spring – Deadly Autumn of the Vietnam […]
A Preview of Mueller’s Testimony, an Electric F-150, and More News
Robert Mueller visits Congress tomorrow, the most popular vehicle in America is going electric, and the youths are fueling a Snapchat comeback. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today's Headlines Robert Mueller is set to […]
I Was There When We Failed to Even Try to Stop Trumps Stunt Run for President
He couldnt have been more gracious. But I should have been more of a dick. The polite man is Donald Trump. Its Jan. 5, 2000. And the pre-Apprentice Trump is making one of his periodic flirtations with importance, this time a run for president on the Reform Party ticket. Hes still the frequently bankrupt con […]
Henry Cavill and Millie Bobby Brown to star as Sherlock and Enola Holmes
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46 Funny and Weird Book Titles to Judge by Their Covers
Please judge all of these books by their covers, it’s more fun that way. While we’re not exactly sure what’s in some of these, we can be pretty sure the Furby Trainer’s Guide or Understanding Horse Psychology are things that we don’t exactly see as page-turners. For more funny books, here are some weird and specific […]
Why Hillary Clinton is getting blamed for a spate of unconnected deaths
Clinton Body CountFirst assembled by anti-Clinton media figure Linda Thompson in the early 90s, the list comes in different versions and can sometimes stretch on for hundreds of names, all containing people close to the orbit of Bill and/or Hillary Clinton who have died mysteriously in the last four decades. Every single death is labeled […]
YouTube Confuses Everyone, Satisfies Nobody With Half-Measure Against Homophobe Steven Crowder
YouTube unleashed massive confusion and satisfied apparently no one with its handling of Steven Crowders homophobic campaign against a gay journalist on Wednesday. The company will demonetize Crowder, a far-right performer, for harassing Vox reporter Carlos Maza. The announcement was a partial reversal from Tuesday, when YouTube said it would not take action against Crowder. […]
For China’s LGBTQ people, Taiwan’s rainbow victory is a moment of joy and pain
Taipei, Taiwan (CNN)When Chinese gay rights activist Peng Yanhui heard that Taiwan had approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on May 17 as he boarded a flight, he burst into tears of joy. In one way, the moment could be a turning point for the whole of Asia, where countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia […]