Don’t forget Deborah Jay has an interview coming up very soon, and to coincide with that, her book Desprite Measures is on sale via Kindle Countdown. For more info, check out her post! This should be fun! Good luck, Debbie! 🙂
#ThorsDaySmile
A few animal laughs today, just because!
Enjoy! 😀
Share this:
#NotesFromTheRiver – Rattlesnakes on Parade: Watch Your Step
Finished today’s #NotesFromTheRiver post, and hope some of you will check it out. You don’t have to enjoy snakes as much as I do to understand it’s a good idea to recognize any that might be dangerous. 🙂
#NotesFromTheRiver – Rattlesnakes on Parade
Share this:
#MondayMeme #MondayBlogs
Just a few random giggles for ya! Enjoy!
😀
Share this:
#WhyWriteWrong – To Peek or Not to Peek
Haven’t done a Why Write Wrong post in some time and would like to get back on track with them, so I’m taking a moment tonight to talk about three words that I see misused fairly often, especially the third: Peek, peak, and pique. These words are not interchangeable, though in the last week, I have seen all three misused in a series I’ve been reading, and more than once, at that. Let’s take a look at them.
Though all three are pronounced exactly the same way, they are very different in meaning, to wit:
Peek is to take a quick look at something, perhaps in a sneaky manner. He peeked at the answers to his homework assignment. If what you want to say deals with the way your character is looking at something, you want PEEK.
Peak is usually used to reference the summit or highest point of something. The peak of the mountain was covered with snow. Or perhaps: The whipped cream was mounded on the top of the pie in fluffy peaks. It could also work for a summit a bit less tangible, like: The child actor’s popularity peaked when she was a mere eight years of age.
Pique is definitely the one misused most often. Pique is a state of irritation or resentment. It can also be used to indicate the rousing of curiosity. Her spiteful tone left him in a fit of pique. Or: His curiosity was piqued by the mysterious letter. So this one deals with emotions, and has nothing to do with peeking through a crack in the door, or climbing to the peak of the jungle gym.
Now, have I piqued your curiosity enough to wonder if your blinds are pulled, so no one can peek in your windows and discover you’re the annoying neighbor playing your stereo at peak volume? (Oh, even I’M groaning that one!) But you get my drift. And I hope this helps clear up any confusion about these three words.
Signing off now. As you were, folks! 😀
Share this:
DSM Publications – News From Don Massenzio & a Free Book Offer
An Exciting New Venture
Services for Indie Authors
(NOTE: So happy to share this news from Don Massenzio, introducing his new editing and formatting business. Hope you’ll all keep him in mind for your editing needs, and will share this news with your friends. Thanks!)
DSM Publications offers Editing and Formatting services to Indie Authors with advice and networking with other authors.
As Indie Authors, we are all in this together. Every day we make gains on the traditional publishing market.
One of the ways that we can accomplish even more is by making sure that the work we produce is of the highest quality possible to help alleviate the stigma that has been cast upon us by the traditional publishing world.
It has been my mission to help other indie authors realize a high level of quality while alleviating the tedious tasks of editing and formatting by sharing the experience I have picked up along the way. I’ve done this, for the past three years, through informative posts on my blog, promotion of author books and over 200 author interviews. I will continue to do these things on my author web site, but now I’m taking it one step further.
I am so excited to launch this new venture. Throughout my career, I have enjoyed editing documents and making them look professional. I have been working with word processing programs since the old Xerox XPS WYSIWYG system of the 1980s through Multimate, Word Perfect and Microsoft Word.
The thrill of seeing a document come together and look like something professional never gets old for me. Whether it’s my own book or one that I help another author finalize, I take a great deal of pride in producing that finished product.
That is why I’m so excited to officially launch DSM Publications as a service provider for authors. I know the struggles and challenges that Independently Published authors face because I am one. With 10 published books, so far, I’ve made nearly every mistake as I’ve learned the steps necessary to create a final product that I’m proud of.
I’ve collected all of this experience, along with my decades of editing business publications, into a process that is repeatable and efficient.
I want to help my fellow authors reach a level of quality that will make them proud of their work and put it on equal footing with the product coming from the traditional publishing path.
I hope some of you will consider joining me as I launch this venture. I’ve been editing books for others as I prepare for fully committing to this business. I feel like I’m ready to jump in with both feet.
My goal with DSM Publications is to offer cafeteria-style services to indie authors at a reasonable price.
I truly enjoy this kind of work while I help you on your writing journey.
I hope you’ll help me make this new venture a success.
Stop over to the DSM Publications web site and check out my services and rates.
Special Offer
![Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000038_00054]](https://dsmpublications.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/front-cover.jpg?w=198&h=300)
If you sign up for my DSM Publications Newsletter, you’ll receive a free copy of my book, The Ultimate Guide for Independently Published Authors. You can sign up for my newsletter by clicking HERE.
Share this:
THE POWER OF WRITING – FREE TELESUMMIT – SIGN UP NOW! #writing
As we have writers at all stages of their journey here, I’d like to share details of this telesummit which may be of interest to some of you.
Starting April 30th, this FREE audio summit covers a huge range of types of writing – blogging, journaling, memoir, short stories, novels, non-fiction and more, and I (Deborah Jay) am thrilled to be one of 15 authors sharing my experience in an in-depth interview.
There are so many types of writing out there, often the biggest challenge is, where to start.
As a lover of writing, I know what a powerful tool it can be to really changing your life; but I also know the challenges that writers face with things like creating the habits needed, being consistent, focused and inspired, getting over fears of writing and much more…
Let me introduce to my friend Dawn! Dawn has also dealt with these same challenges and has now made it her mission to help others do the same. She has brought 15 experts (including me!) together in the second Power of Writing series called: The Power of Writing: Discover and share your gifts through developing a powerful and purposeful writing practice.
The telesummit consists of audio interviews, so you can listen in wherever you are.
These interviews are REAL, short and to the point CONVERSATIONS with people for whom writing, and helping others write, really is at the core of their lives! The strategies and tips and insights that they’ll be sharing will be invaluable to helping you on the road to really creating a writing life.
Join me here: https://thepowerofwritingsummit.com/o/deborah/
Oh, and did I remember to mention? – IT’S FREE
Please share!
Share this:
The 2018 Author Interview Series Featuring D. Wallace Peach
Don Massenzio presents a great interview with D. Wallace Peach as part of his 2018 author interview series. Hope you’ll check it out, and pass it along! Thanks!
It’s time for the next subject for my 2018 author interview series. Author interviews are posted every Friday throughout the year.
I am honored to continue this series with Oregon author, artist D. Wallace Peach
You can catch up with all of my past author interviews (nearly 200) on my Author Directory page.
If you’re an author interested in being interviewed in this series, I still have limited spots available for 2018. You can email me at don@donmassenzio.com
Now, please enjoy this interview with D. Wallace Peach:
Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?
Well, I hope that these are occasionally the same thing! As a reader, I’m often looking for originality, and I think that may be the norm for fans of speculative fiction. Unlike some genres where certain tropes define the form, speculative fiction is incredibly broad, and there’s no…
View original post 808 more words
Share this:
Reminder: Central Florida’s Fabulous Wildlife Presentation – Overview
Just a reminder for those of you in the central Florida area. I will be giving a presentation tomorrow at the Enterprise Heritage Center and Museum (information below), along with wildlife photographer Doug Little. Doug’s work has been on display at the museum all month, and if you haven’t yet checked it out, you really should stop by for that alone, though I hope you’ll stay for the show. It’s an overview of my brand new wildlife series, and features even more of Doug’s work. I’d love to see YOUR smiling face in the audience, getting a sneak peek of the various topics I’ll be focusing on over the months ahead .
Doug and I will both be happy to answer your questions on Florida wildlife, and we will be available afterward to sign books (me) or calandars (Doug.) This program is free, though donations to the museum are always gratefully accepted. No reservations required, either. Join us for a fun afternoon, with lots of time for Q&A! 🙂
When: 1:00 PM, Saturday, April 28
Where: Enterprise Heritage Center and Museum, 360 Main St, Enterprise, FL 32725
Phone: (386) 259-5900
Tri-colored Heron (background) and Little Blue Heron (foreground).
Share this:
Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore – Author Update – Vashti Quiroz-Vega, Marcia Meara, Shehanne Moore
What a treat to be featured on Sally’s Café and Bookstore today, alongside Vashti Quiroz-Vega and Shehanne Moore. Hope you guys will take a moment to check out the post. (I’m super proud of Alex Craigie’s fantastic review of Swamp Ghosts, too. Makes me want to read it, myself! Haha.) My heartfelt thanks to Sally for all she does to support writers, and I encourage you guys to share her post with the Immediate World. 😀 Thanks!
The Write Stuff 