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March 19, 2015
Book Review: Rebels By Accident by Patricia Dunn
As we near the end of the challenge, book five takes us to modern day Egypt. In a world with so much access to information and history, the youth in the modern day know very little of their family heritage. For me, not having the internet until high school age meant I had to do it the old fashioned way. I had to ask my grandparents questions. For instance, I know that my 
Money And Writers Who's Our David?
You need people to visit and stay on your blog for more time. You need to have readers who care about what you have to say, or they will leave. One step at a time The most challenging aspect if your blog has some sort of traffic coming from the search engines you will make money with this sort of traffic. This means a bit of search engine optimization, or using the idea of "KISS" (Keep 
March 18, 2015
Book Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu
Book four takes us into the 1300's inthe land of Kenetira. This is a land loosely based on Spain, during the years before the Spanish Inquisition. Like the Spaniards of the 1300's, thepeople look to destroy the Malfettos (young people who have been marked by the destructive blood fever). The Young Elites (A Young Elites Novel) by Marie Lutakes us back in time when cities 
Writing Well on The Internet
For most people writing on the web, is about blogging, and for many this will be about making money. Some love, and will swear by Google AdSense, and others will focus onselling their books. Whatever they want there is one factor which can make all their dreams 'come true.' There is a lot of information on the Internet, and writers who deal with this business will know that anything of poor [image error]
March 17, 2015
Book Review: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
The third choice for the teen book week challenge is Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. I have read David Levithan before. Everyday is one of my all time favorite teen novels. If you haven't read it, please do so immediately. The whole concept will blow your mind. Speaking of blowing ones mind, this calibration by two teen fiction heavy weights does 
Thinking Ahead With Publishing Your Book
writers need to publish a book When you choose to publish a book, you need to plan for the long term. Unlike writing a blog, where everything is 'now' you have to think about your audience, and how you come across long before you have your book published. We can refer to brands all we like, but there is a lot of truth to it. Writers are known for a lot of what they produce. Most of my [image error]
March 16, 2015
Book Review: The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
Book Two of the Teen Book Challenge takes me into the world ofvirtual gaming. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner is like the popular video game The Sims and the movie the Matrix together. The book mostly takes place in the game Lifeblood. A over the top and very real virtual world. You get into the game not by using a computer but by a device they refer to as the coffin. The [image error]
The Now of Social Networking and Blogging
If your fishbowl is too small, find another one For lack of a better term- publishing a blog post is "now", because once you have spent a good hour doing the research and writing it up, you can get it out to your readers. You can promote it on the various social networking sites, and grow your blog's reach. You have to reach people and you need to do it effectively, and with constant [image error]
March 15, 2015
Book Review: The Selection by Kiera Cass
The first of the Teen Reads Challenge titles takes me into the future. It doesn’t say the year but the mention of World Wars that haven't occurred and the name changes of the States leads me to believe that this new "world" of the The Selection is indeed a future one. The society is broken up into a caste system. Each number represents the level you are and the job you perform. [image error]
A Few Tips on Publishing a Book
Although rules can and do change, if you are writing and publishing something you want it to be the best. In the spirit of this idea, over the years I have learned a few publishing points. They are either something which I've learned about after reading several books on how to publish a book (I've used Self-Publishing Books 101 and it's helped, also How to Blog a Bookis a good one to read if 
