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12 Ways to Update Your Online Identity

This week, I’ll post suggestions to get you tech ready for the blitz of writing you’ll swear to accomplish in the New Year. I do this every year so some will look familiar, but many are updated to reflect changes in the internet and virtual world we all inhabit. Here’s what you’ll get (links won’t …

How I’m Doing on Endangered Species–7–Neanderthals Cared for Their Injured

Join me in this three-volume fictional exploration of Neanderthals and their lives. Be ready for a world nothing like what you thought it would be, filled with clever minds, brilliant acts, and innovative solutions to life-ending problems, all based on real events. At the end of this trilogy, you’ll be proud to call Neanderthal family. …

Could an almost-blind person survive primordial Africa?

During my blog hop to introduce my latest prehistoric fiction, Natural Selection, I received help from fellow author-blogger Jina Bazzar, author of the The Roxanne Fosch Files as well as a plethora of other thriller-fantasy fiction you can read more about on her Amazon page. Jina is vision challenged so hosted the story about one …

Teacher-Authors: From my Education Blog–Easy Speech-to-Text Tools

Here is a popular post from my Ask a Tech Teacher blog: You may have seen this on my education blog A friend asked about speech-to-text options for writing. There didn’t used to be many choices, but now, there are a plethora of tools available for this task. Make sure your microphone is enabled and …

10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me

Marcia Meara, author of the hugely entertaining Wake-Robin Ridge series (and more) and blogmaster over at The Write Stuff hosted me during the launch of  my latest prehistoric fiction, Natural Selection as part of her fascinating #TenThings series, where she interviews authors to find out what readers might not know about them. I’m reposting the …

Favorite Tech Tips for Writers

Here’s a quick rundown of my favorite tech tips for writers. I find myself using these most days, many times a week. Tell me in comments if that’s true for you, too: Track Your Stuff Windows has a Clipboard Stream! Get Rid of Spam Text Messages Find the Most Recent Blog Article Cover Your Webcam! …

Navigating the Publishing Process

I’m excited to welcome to WordDreams blogger, animal-lover, spiritualist, and acclaimed author of You Beneath My Skin and The Blue Bar, Damyanti Biswas. She is a spectacular writer whose words drop you right in the middle of the power and corruption that is New Delhi life and leave you wondering how the good guys can …

Join Thomas and me to Chat about our Massive Dogs, Ump and Bronco

Today, Thomas Wikman,  proud owner of a Leonberger named Bronco, author of the definitive book on this breed, The Life and Times of Le Bronco, and I, soulmate to my fictional Canis-dog Ump, sometimes star of the Dawn of Humanity trilogy, will compare stories about our massive dogs. Despite that Ump passed on about 2 …

Tech Tip for Writers #182–Easy Amazon Universal Link

Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have asked about. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I’ll cover it in a future tip. You may have seen this on my education blog When I promote my …

Why Self-Publishing is Right for Me

Years ago, I submitted my first novel to a list of agents who specialized in my genre, sure they’d love my quirky clever book. I’d edited, re-edited, and run it by people I trusted–it was dressed for success. At that time, I didn’t realize that finding an agent was like putting a hood on a …

Dead Authors Writing

It’s become popular to continue a beloved series after the death of the author. Some work like Anne Hillerman who continues the Navajo Mystery series started by her father, Tony Hillerman. He was iconic for his descriptions of life and culture through the adventures of a detective on an Indian reservation. She continues that nicely …

Image Copyright Do’s and Don’ts

When I teach professional development classes, by far the topic that surprises attendees the most is the legal use of online images. And they’re not alone. On my blog, in educator forums, and in the virtual meetings I moderate, there is much confusion about what can be grabbed for free from online sites and what …

70 Collections to Infuse Your Writing

For the next few months, weekly writing tips will include word choice suggestions. That includes: colorful and original descriptions pithy words and phrases picture nouns and action verbs writing that draws a reader in and addicts them to your voice I keep a  collection of descriptions that have pulled me into the books. I’m fascinated how …

14 Things Writers Do Before 8am

This is inspired by Jennifer Cohen over at Forbes who wrote a wonderful article on “5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8am” (few of which I did, though I can claim #5). She includes chores like exercise, eat a healthy breakfast, map out the day–all great ideas, but not pithy enough for the average …

More Westerns from NetGalley

As a lover of the Old West, I read as many fiction books as I can find about it. Here are some of my recent favorites: The Edge of Nowhere–a lone Texas Ranger, a town on the verge of a range war, a killer hiding out among the chaos–a lot could go wrong Preacher’s Strike–Indians, … Continue reading →

Teacher-Authors: What’s on my Ed Blog

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share a popular post from the past month on my teacher education blog, Ask a Tech Teacher.  In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech … Continue reading →

More Good NetGalley Reads

I order a variety of books from NetGalley, often Westerns but also popular series I’ve enjoyed in the past. Here are a few I’ve read the last few months and awarded good ratings to: Hot Property–Spenser solves another tricky mystery with his own mix of humor and brilliance Buried Secrets–Jess Stone must make changes in … Continue reading →

Did Wanderlust Drive Man Across the Earth?

During my blog hop to introduce Natural Selection, good efriend and inveterate world wanderer, Liesbet Collaert, hosted my article on Did Wanderlust Drive Man Across the Earth? Liesbet is especially suited to this topic because she herself loves wandering the globe, either on land or water. She’s written a fascinating book about her nomadic lifestyle … Continue reading →

Welcome Jan Sikes and her latest book A Noble Bargain

I have read many of Jan’s books. Check out my reviews for The Edge of Too Late, Saddled Hearts, Mountain Laurel Christmas, A Beggar’s Bargain, and Satin and Cinders–I loved each one. She has a way with pulling you into the lives of the characters so you care deeply what happens to them. A Noble … Continue reading →

#AtoZChallenge: Genres–Technothrillers

The A to Z Challenge asks bloggers to post 26 articles on a themed topic in the month of April, every day except Sundays. I find that too busy and decided to post mine ‘about’ once a month. Yes, it’s taking a couple of years. Sigh. My topic, like the last time, is writing genres. This … Continue reading →

Excerpt from #PrehistoricFiction, Laws of Nature

In preparation for my upcoming launch of Book 1 in the third trilogy, Savage Land, in my Man vs. Nature series, here’s a snippet from Survival of the Fittest, Book 1 of trilogy two, Crossroads, available for free with a Kindle Unlimited account. –Sorry this excerpt is so long! Survival of the Fittest Book 1 … Continue reading →

Was Early Man Spiritual?

While introducing my newest prehistoric fiction, Natural Selection, good efriend Miriam Hurdle, hosted my article, Was Early Man Spiritual? If you don’t know Miriam, you want to. Her blog title–Shower of Blessings–tells you why she is particularly suited to this topic. She is the author of The Winding Road: A Journey of Survival, her memoir … Continue reading →

How I’m Doing on Endangered Species–Wrap Up

Endangered Species is Book One of the trilogy, Savage Land, the third trilogy about primeval man in the series, Man vs. Nature. A prehistoric thriller in the spirit of Jean Auel, Endangered Species follows several bands of humans, each who considered themselves apex predators. Neither were. That crown belonged to Nature and she planned to wipe them both from her … Continue reading →

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

I published a similar article a few years ago. This one updates the information: Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. Often, these go undiagnosed, written off as “s/he doesn’t like to read”. If this sounds familiar to you, maybe before you became … Continue reading →

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