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Sailing Critics and Other Disasters

Reading my post from last Friday about literary snobs and snobbish critics, I became a bit worried that readers might think perhaps I was prejudiced toward such folks. I am. Of course I refuse to take personal responsibility (and hereby place full blame on society). Perhaps some of my anger stems from to the review […]

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TinEye and Reviews of Books Displaying My Artwork

I’ve been using TinEye the last few days to discover folks using my artwork online without permission. This is a handy little search engine that compares similarities between pictures. If I find sites using my work without permission, I then write a take-down notice, ask the user to credit me for the artwork, or whatever […]

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Site Posts Book and Author Press Releases for Free

Ray K Alan has opened a new website that posts book reviews and author press releases for free. Called “New Book Journal” it offers free posting of press releases for authors books, events, and announcements. ===================================================

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Advice to Authors: When to Ignore Book Reviews

I recently read an interesting blog posted by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen (here). Vandermeulen was a bit taken aback by a “reviewer” on Amazon.com who suggested the author tooted her horn too much in her book Promotional Tips for Authors. What an odd criticism. If ever there was a books in which an author should “toot her […]

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