Sometimes, putting words on paper—seems easy enough, right—becomes a tortuous exercise in rhythm, not unlike lyrics to a song. You know what you want to say’ you know how you want it to feel, yet the words just do not emerge in […]
Think outside the box, the book box that is. If you look at sales statistics you will find that audiobooks account for almost a third of all book sales, surpassed by e-books, with print in third place. This would not surprise you. […]
Writers often believe that more words equate to a better story. Heminway proved them wrong. He wrote a 6 word, evocative short story. “FOR SALE: Baby shoes. Never worn.” You have to admit that it is concise, precise, and pulls out all […]
Whether it’s the last few sentences of a chapter or the grand finale of a book, endings are crucial. I have been in a book club for 26 years and have learned a lot from our book discussions. Readers will forgive slow […]
The Power of Realistic Fiction: My Dinner at the Hotel & Restaurant Montegrino, Tivat, Montenegro. by William Gensburger As a writer, I believe it is my job to convey as much reality as possible in the settings and characters of what I […]
For the average writer, one of the things to get used to is the rejection process. There’s no escaping it—everyone gets rejected, both in writing and in life. And no one says you have to like it. That said, writers are a […]
One of life’s little lessons is the fact that you cannot go home again. By that, I mean that home is now elusive, a period in time cemented firmly in your memory, vivid and fresh as it was back then. As the […]
What is your family background? Heritage? And have you been there? If so, how has it shaped your perceptions? I’m half Korean and half Caucasian (mostly Scottish). It very much affected me as a young person growing up in the 70s. Before […]
I picked these up at a yard sale. 76 books that are classics. When I was a boy these were the books that I read, improved my reading speed, taught me to read fluently enough that the book became a mental movie—a skill […]
I’m 6’ 2” and according to BMI charts that doctors use, should weigh anywhere from 175lb to 186lb for my ideal weight. And yet since age 30 I have hovered between 210 to 230lbs. That’s a BMI of 26 or more. I have noticed the heavier I am the more medical issues pop up, such as fluctuations in blood pressure, blood lipids to name a few. I’ve also noticed that it is harder to stay lean as you get older. You just LIKE food more. And food likes you, too.
Books ‘N Pieces Magazine is pleased to present the APRIL 2022 issue featuring bestselling author Tosca Lee on the cover. This issue is packed with great things: SCROLL DOWN FOR LINKS INTERVIEWS with Tosca Lee on life, fiction, and everything, Kristina Rienzi, […]
There are over 45,860 writers in the United States (as of 2019) [publishingperspectives.com] with 1% or less traditionally published. Of the rest, self-published or hybrid published, 77% of self-published authors make $9000 a year. Only 0.7% of self-published authors make over $100,000 […]
Let’s face it; nothing is original. Stories have been passed along in one form or another for centuries. Early stories were passed down orally, from one generation to another. At some point new ideas were regurgitated old ideas, in the same way […]
Before there was Audible, before there were books on CDs, audio books were recorded on cassette tapes. In 1979. Henry Trentman founded Recorded Books and hired Frank Muller as its first narrator to record its debut audiobook, The Sea Wolf by Jack […]
Founded in 1995, Audible is the world’s most prolific producer of audiobooks. For authors, Audible could be a way to reach a broader audience. ACX (Audiobook Creation Exchange) which is typically used to record a work lists the books on Amazon, Audible, […]
An author, posting to a popular Facebook group: 20Booksto50K shared her success in publishing that seemed noteworthy to share with you (with her permission, of course, although she did request I not include her actual income figures. If you want to […]
I heard this song first, then listened to a few more. It’s addictive and frankly makes me want to stop what I am doing and just write. The power of music that helps you to process, and digest, thoughts and feelings, and […]
Still Twitchy After All This Time! What used to be a streamlined process of publishing a print book with Createspace, has become somewhat of a debacle with Kindle Print Publishing. Many people, going back as far as the start of 2017, long […]
Books make an affordable, high-quality, and enjoyable gift for Christmas, birthdays, as well as other notable days throughout the year. So let me ask you… “When and what was the last book YOU purchased?” This year, we have offered you many interviews […]
JS Ririe let us know that one of the winners of an autographed Book 1 & 2 of her Indecision’s Flame series emailed her. Amber Homer of Boise, Idaho was one lucky recipient. “I’m so excited I won your books!!! I love reading and […]