lesaboutinOct 21, 20192 minRenderforest Video MakerAs a self-published author, I'm always looking for efficient ways to promote and market my work. So, while exploring options for best...
lesaboutinOct 21, 20194 minThe Novel Starter Composition BookSometimes life doles out a departure from the norm. The summer of 2017 was that for me, in more ways than one, and the Novel Starter...
lesaboutinOct 21, 20194 minSnakes. Why’d it Have to be Snakes On the Book Cover?My adventures in book covers continued with the next book in the Amanda Noble series. I’d gotten lucky with the first book since I needed...
lesaboutinOct 21, 20193 minI Needed a Book CoverWhen I decided not to use the cover mock-up with the Steve Irwin caricature for my first book, Amanda Noble, Zookeeper Extraordinaire, I...
lesaboutinOct 21, 20193 minWhen an International Tragedy Affects a Book CoverIn my last post, I mentioned working in a middle school library when I wrote Amanda Noble, Zookeeper Extraordinaire, now called Amanda...
lesaboutinOct 21, 20191 minCover UpRecently, while rummaging through old photos, I started thinking about the evolution of the Amanda Noble covers, how much fun it’s been...
lesaboutinOct 21, 20192 minA Diet of PoetryIn my last post, I wrote about using poetry in my creative writing classrooms, and how that changed my fiction writing. I'm continuing my...
lesaboutinOct 21, 20193 minPoetry Put My Prose on a DietBy definition, prose is dull. Look it up. Merriam-Webster defines it as: 1.) ordinary language people use in speaking or writing. 2.) a...
