by Karen Smith | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
I responded to a request for proposals a few months ago and, to my surprise, received a message from the potential client last week. I’d forgotten about my proposal, but he expressed interest in having me design his book. He explained that he’d written and...
by Karen Smith | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog
In my daily perusal of Facebook, I came across an author proudly announcing the debut of his just-published book. Intrigued, I went to the book’s buy page on Amazon and read its description. The well-written description intrigued me further—just the kind of...
by Karen Smith | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog
Lately I read a couple of books that had truly laughable malapropisms. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a malapropism is “the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase especially : the use of a word sounding somewhat like...
by Karen Smith | Jan 28, 2025 | Blog
Every day I see posts from new writers asking basic questions about publishing, questions that range from “how to I write my book” to “where do I find a publisher?” There are no easy answers to any of their questions because all answers to...
by Karen Smith | Jan 21, 2025 | Blog
You’ll find every trope known to humankind within the romance genre, but there’s one that never fails to make my teeth itch. In the multitude of book promos that populate my social media feed, the trope of the female main character harboring secrets reigns...
by Karen Smith | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog
I saw a post on LinkedIn that tossed about the term “toxic masculinity,” and it got me to thinking. First, what is toxic masculinity? Verywell Mind says this about it: Many definitions of toxic masculinity appear in research as well as pop culture. Toxic...
