Norse America, May 19, 1112: Luck Runs Out

The smudge on the horizon has congealed like old milk into the most alarming of clouds. They are a wall of white stretching to the sea. I asked Grim whether it was one of the Odinsturms of legend and he said only that it was the wrong time of year, but it certainly wore the more »

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Norse America, May 18, 1112: Succession

Norse America is an ongoing serial story normally set in the journal style. The story progresses in “real time” in an alternate history, so entries take place roughly as often as they would if the voyage was actually happening. The story begins on March 22.        Some images are destined to be fixed in your more »

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How to Grow a Blog

This is not, of course, much of an instruction manual. Raising the profile of this blog has been, and remains, very much a work in progress. And yet I have distilled some wisdom over the past year.   Schedules   People don’t know what they want, but they know when they want it. I’ve been more »

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Norse America, May 13, 1112: Some Go On, Some Are Left Behind

Norse America is an ongoing serial story normally set in the journal style. The story progresses in “real time” in an alternate history, so entries take place roughly as often as they would if the voyage was actually happening. The story begins on March 22.    As you well know, the men of Brattahliđ had launched a more »

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Norse America, May 12, 1112: One Can Not Swim in Armor

Norse America is an ongoing serial story normally set in the journal style. The story progresses in “real time” in an alternate history, so entries take place roughly as often as they would if the voyage was actually happening. The story begins on March 22.    I was, I believe, relating to you my adventures in more »

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Norse America, May 10, 1112: The Night of Burning Ships

Norse America is an ongoing serial story normally set in the journal style. The story progresses in “real time” in an alternate history, so entries take place roughly as often as they would if the voyage was actually happening. The story begins on March 22.      Of the past month there is much to be more »

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Review of Debra R. Borys' "Painted Black"

Book Essentials   Genre: Thriller Length: Novel Title: Painted Black Author: Debra R. Borys Price on Amazon Kindle: $7.45   The Synopsis   Painted Black takes place on the gritty streets of Chicago. Midst the pervading misery that often defines the homeless community, something even darker is stirring. Chris, known by his tagger name Cry, was just trying more »

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Blog Reviews + Why Prominent Ads in Your Blog are Bad

Not much to talk about this week, just rolling through the checklist and staying a bit ahead. I’m feeling recharged from the time off in April, or maybe it’s just the short run I did this morning, either way, my point and stuff is like so totally here are the blog reviews: Review of Candy’s more »

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Review of CandysMonsters.com

Blog Vitals   URL: http://candysmonsters.com/ Blog Name: Candy’s Monsters Author Name/Pen Name: Candy Korman Platform by: WordPress Theme: Twenty Eleven   About the Blog:   About the Author: My regular readers will already be very familiar with Candy Korman, as she was one of my very first Author Interviews. She talked about  her freelance writing, promoting yourself, and her book, more »

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Review of BabsProjects.com

Blog Vitals   URL: http://www.babsprojects.com/ Blog Name: Babs Projects Author Name/Pen Name: Babita Shringare aka “Babs” Platform by: WordPress Theme: Cherry Truffle   About the Blog:   About the Author: Babita Shringare, or Babs, describes herself as an arts and crafts enthusiast, a soccer mom with two daughters, a fulltime blogger, and a “babs-of-all-trades”. She has turned Babs Projects, more »

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