Lucky for us, author Sherry Ellis has a new children’s book! And, you have a chance of winning a copy! Here’s an excerpt: CHAPTER 4 SQUIRT: TROUBLE WITH THE LOCALS I nearly fell off the pyramid when I heard the voice. I spun around to see a girl about Bubba’s age wearing khaki shorts and a blue T-shirt. Her long, …
by Hank Quense When you self-publish a book, you, the author, are the publisher. Hence, you don’t need a publisher. But you do need a packager. Many people think publishers and packager are the same thing: they are not. The situation isn’t improved by many packagers trying to pass themselves off as publishers. What does a packager do? It performs …
September Reflections on the Jewish New Year in the Time of COVID While many of you reading this guest post will not be celebrating the fall Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), I feel strongly that all of us can learn from these meaningful holidays during this very stressful time of COVID. For …
, Just this morning I was saying to myself, “Self, eleven months have passed; you’ve written three posts about your trip to Bali and you’re still not finished. What’s with that?” Post #1 – https://joylenebutler.com/may-2020-iwsg-me-encountering-manila/.html Post #2 – https://joylenebutler.com/june-2020-iwsg-tuban-kuta-bandung-bali/.html Post #3 – https://joylenebutler.com/july-2020-the-long-flight-to-bali/.html There are five reasons why I’m not finished: 1. All my photographs won’t fit in one post. …