The New Rules of Marketing & PR by David Meerman Scott The New Rules of Marketing & PR by David Meerman Scott was a fascinating book that I had as required reading for Quinnipiac University’s Social Media Platforms course (ICM522). The Premise First of all, the premise is, like a lot of other books about the […]
Supporting Indie Authors Supporting Indie Authors – do you do it? I am published, and one issue that comes up, time and again, concerns how people can go about supporting indie authors. In particular, friends and family far removed from the business of writing or social media or public relations or marketing or the like still […]
A review of The Zen of Social Media Marketing by Shama Hyder Kabani.
Book Review: Zen in the Art of Writing Zen. So for the social media writing class at Quinnipiac, we were required to purchase Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury. However, the book proved to be optional. Yet I read it from cover to cover, and I just plain devoured that thing. So […]
Book Review – Likeable Social Media by Dave Kerpen Dave Kerpen has a rather interesting book here. Likeable Social Media This book was required reading, as a part of my Community Management class at Quinnipiac University. And it made for an excellent read. For Kerpen, a lot of social media success comes from listening to, and […]
Review – The Resurrection of Ditte The Resurrection of Ditte came to me in a rush. I think it is one of the best things I have ever written. For sure, it is one of my best ever short stories. Yes, it is that good (in my opinion). Background I have written Holocaust era stories […]
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook is a bit too cleverly named, but the premise is an interesting one. Essentially, what Gary Vaynerchuk is saying is, little bits of content and engagement which reach your potential customers are the setup for the big finish (which is not really […]
A Look at This is My Child A child is born. And that kid is not human. This is My Child puts together just what it would be like if we humans ever had to save a sentient alien species. Background In truth, this story was written as a wholly original version of some fan […]
Book Review: Stephen King On Writing For my social media writing class at Quinnipiac, we were required to purchase Stephen King On Writing although it turned out to be an optional work. I think the work was decent. A lot of people seem to fall over themselves with praise for King. Me? Eh, not so much. […]
Progress Report –Second Quarter 2019 How great was second quarter 2019? So I spent second quarter 2019 mainly editing. This is because The Real Hope of the Universe had over 185,000 words to start with. So how amazing was that? Second Quarter 2019 Posted Works First of all, I spent time on editing The Real […]