Tonight, I read a Steemit post that led me to an older Steemit post about getting whale votes. The article ended by showing where you could find whales, and how you could check what they voted for, and

One of the things that surprised me to learn about Steemit was that was should use Markdown coding. I've used Markdown for convenience for years now, and while you can write it in any text editors, such

Welcome to Kindle Office Chair Publishing University, from now on known as KOCPU. Many writers make a lot of money by self-publishing on Amazon's KDP platform. The ebooks are called Kindle books, but people

This morning, while flipping the fried eggs, the siren sounded, and I said, "Oh, fuck!" The clock said 11:05. A drill? I went to our "office" to ask my husband, and on my way I saw

Confession: I've never been the least interested in Bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies... That is, until I joined Steemit. Then I heard that it used the "block chain" (what is that?) and that

Puppies are cute. A lot of dogs are pretty. It's good to be around dogs, and it feels good to have a companion at your feet all the time. And then they can guard the home and keep you safe. So who wouldn't

A big part of the research I do for my stories is finding images. I use the images as inspiration for settings, hair styles, clothing, and anything else that's relevant for my stories. Most of the time,

Everyday I am going to be giving away a Steem Dollar to a random follower of mine. I know it's not much, but I will try to increase the prize as my following grows. Congrats to @shanahs for winning

A couple of weeks ago, one of my best friends attended a writer's conference in Austin. Her name is Lynn Bonnie Johnston, and she's not just a fiction writer who's been writing for more than 17 years.

Four years ago, I finally talked my husband into letting me have a dog. We'd had a dog, Tikva, who was very special and dear to us, and she died way too young of sickness. My husband never wanted a dog

Stephen King saved his rejection notes on a nail on the wall. When he had so many that the nail dropped, he used a spike instead. And kept writing. He took it nicely, I think. Most people fear rejection,

Experts disagree. Stephen King believes that if you're not born with a talent for writing, then you can only obtain a certain level. Others say that it's a skill that can be learned like all other skills.

Dogs live in the present. Dogs are happy (if not mistreated, but that's another story). One of the things I love about being a dog-owner is to see the world through the eyes of Nefnef. Woah, a CAT! That's

Yesterday on our usual walk, Nefnef and I ran into two Russian men and a cat. Neither are unusual here in Haifa :) While Nefnef started chatting with the cat, who must have seen her before, because it

Two days ago, I asked the question "Do you freewrite?" and @remelsy asked, "Is freewriting writing like you’re having a conversation? Or is it just writing a draft of your posts?" To

A few years ago, we had a wonderful golden Eurasier dog called Tikva. She took deep care for her younger house mate, B'Elanna, a black Eurasier. Where Tikva was intelligent, B'Elanna was not. But B'Elanna

From time to time, I receive emails from marketers who wants to help. And sell stuff also, of course. In those mails they talk about the pain of writing. Some of those marketers will say: "We all

One of the things I love about having a dog, is seeing the world through her eyes. It's such a wonderful world filled with opportunity. Did you know that? You can put a dog's wisdom to use in all aspects

A writer I follow recommends freewriting. Her name is Angela Booth, and she writes fiction, nonfiction, and copywriting. These are three seemingly different areas of writing with much in comment. Whether

"How did you teach your dog to understand words?" one of my friends asked me on Facebook. He has a Shiba Inu, a smaller version of the Shikoku Inu dog. Both are from Japan. "That's easy,"