Jo Robinson's Blog, page 29

Free Book Promo

Originally posted on Kev's Great Indie Authors:
Starting July 31st and on through August 4th folks! (Kev starts jumping up and down in excitement, but Pat tells him to get off the bed) As a precursor to my upcoming 99c/99p Special on Miedo “Afraid” which starts on the 7th of July, I am giving…

Women’s Health Week – The Gift of Friendship by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:
The first post in the feature Women’s Health is by Sue Vincent. I have had the pleasure of being connected to Sue for the last year here on WordPress and other networking sites. Her blog is a place of ancient history, calm and love…

Can You Change Paper Trim Size and Colour on CreateSpace?

Before publishing your first paper book with CreateSpace there are a couple of things to consider. Even though you can update it and change the content, once the book has its ISBN and is live for sale you can’t change its size and the colour of the paper. Also, once it’s linked to its Kindle…

Why do Lions Deserve Better than Chickens?

There’s a bit of a furore going on in the animal activist world (yes – I am an animal activist) right now about that dentist, Walter James Palmer, who arranged to have the beloved Zimbabwean lion, Cecil, lured out of his protected environment, and then shot him with a bow and arrow.  Unfortunately our good […]

Personal Hugging Intervention

I’ve got lots of catching up to do with everyone and comments, so pardon me zooming around and popping up around and about – I seldom do things linearly. I’ve had a most peculiar couple of weeks. Peculiar indeed. Amazingly enough I’m still in one piece, and have high hopes that I’ll carry on hanging […]

Women’s Health Week – The Importance of Friends by author Olga Núñez Miret

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:
I am very grateful to Olga for taking time out this week to contribute this article on The Importance of Friends.  And congratulations on the release of her third book in the trilogy Angelic Business this Thursday. The Importance of Friends by author Olga…

Should You Give Up Writing?

I’ve always found the different ways that we scribblers describe our experiences with writer’s block very interesting. Also the different ways the seasoned writers suggest getting over it. Some suggestions are to work around your block, or force yourself to write through it, even if what you write is rubbish. Other advice is to write…

RANDOM MONDAY FUNNIES WITH ANIMALS…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
jorobinson176:We LOVE Mondays – Ahem. :D Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: View original

…Written Acts of Kindness Award… Authoress, Jo Robinson…

Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…take an Authoress who also blogs… a Lady who shares freely of her time and support to fellow scribblers… a constant contributor to the well-being of the writing family as a whole by her insightful pieces on quill-scrapers’ areas of interest such as book reviews… her excellent articles in Ronovan…

GUEST AUTHOR – MAIKO from MOSHI TANZANIA

Originally posted on gillswriting:
Hello and welcome from Bergen, Norway. As promised today we feature Maiko, winner of last year’s creative writing competition with two pieces one from last year and on more recent unsolicited story written for Teacher Gill! Enjoy my friends. Starting secondary school Monday 13th April 2015 The Elephant by Maiko Boniface…