Is it art?
I was on deviantART this morning, perusing the What's Hot section of the front page. It's a nice mix of photography, digital art, photo manipulations , sculpture, etc. I like to keep up with what my peers are doing. Zentangle trio by Kyla Reese . Used with permission of artist. I clicked on http://www.deviantart.com/art/Magic-Dress-01-462682323 and was reading the comments. Within the comments, the photographer got into a heated …
Site Updates
A couple of small announcements that we wanted to make about the site. Frequently Asked Questions - F.A.Q - FAQs on Keyboard (Photo credit: photosteve101 ) There is now a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section that’s live. We’ll try to keep that up-to-date with the questions that we get asked most often. We’ve also added a Works-in-Progress section to the Library . I (Brian) have been getting asked repeatedly how I’m coming along with the next Derrick and Max book (and also about the next D Lee Warren book). Well, now…
Writing While Driving
Image via CrunchBase Note: I did some minor edits below for clarification, but what you see below is pretty close to what Swype was able to pickup. I’ve left it rather ugly so you can get an idea as to how well it manages to pickup what you’re saying while driving down the road. I’ve since figured out how to make better use of punctuation. I’ve also been working on my enunciation and voice projection, which have helped the accuracy. Okay, we're going to try something new here . If you're reading this that means [the] experi…
Read an Ebook Week
March 2-8, 2014 Smashwords is kicking off its sixth annual Read an Ebook Week promotion ! Read an Ebook Week is an international celebration of ebooks in which thousands of authors, publishers, and retailers feature free and discounted ebooks to help promote the joys of e-reading to the world's readers. During the promotion, all my ebooks will be free through the Smashwords store. You can visit my publisher page to see all available works. Or click the image below to find all available books being offered through the promotion.��…
DtD is a Bestseller!
Provided you take a loose enough definition of the word, that is. I went to Kobo to get links to my books for the library page , and imagine my surprise when I discovered that Derrick the Dog was the #3 bestseller in Kids & Teens , Fiction , Chapter Books , Intermediate . I immediately clicked through to see if, in fact, there were only three books in that category, but it turns out there are more… quite a few, in fact. DtD was beating out some heavy hitters, like the Muppets, Cam Jansen, and Judy Moody. Now that I actually see tha…
Goodreads Giveaway Results: Derrick the Dog
Wow! The giveaway is over, and the response was way more than I ever expected. Thanks to everybody who entered. The winner is Sharlene M. of AB, Canada. Congratulations, Sharlene! For the numbers fiends/curious authors, here are the stats for my first ever Goodreads giveaway . These are all for Derrick the Dog , the subject of this giveaway. I didn’t pay for any supplemental advertising, just posted about it on social media and my site. Before: on 6 shelves, 1 rating, 2 reviews After: on 419 shelves, 2 ratings, 2 reviews I …
