Author Archives: DrEMiller

About DrEMiller

Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT). Home: Sint Maarten. K-12 teacher for 13 years (Special Education for 10 years); Post-secondary educator since 2002; Education consulting since 1995. When teaching, held teaching certificates in K-12 special education, reading specialist; and secondary social studies. Doctorate: Educational Psychology Programmer/analyst for 10 years, including project management and training of corporate execs.

Markets For Writers

Posted on October 12, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Esther Chilton:
This week’s market is for poets and for those who enjoy writing about nostalgia. Writing Magazine are inviting entries of up to 40 lines for their poetry competition, which ends on 15th November 2017. The…

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Anatomy of a Bad Review

Posted on August 17, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Author Don Massenzio:
Thumb up and down buttons I’ve been blessed. I’ve written a number of books. I’ve been very fortunate. Readers that I don’t know have given my work reviews that have, in the vast majority,…

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Writing Workshop…Top Tips

Posted on August 15, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Esther Chilton:
Normal business on my blog will be resumed shortly but, in the meantime, I thought I’d take the opportunity to start a new series. Here’s the first in a series of writing workshops: Top Tips……

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Obsession is Essential to Creativity

Posted on August 6, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Libby Sommer, Author:
Every once in a while, when I’m scratching around for something new to write, I make a list of the things I obsess about.  Thankfully, some of them change over time, but there are…

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Connected short stories

Posted on July 16, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Libby Sommer, Author:
State Library of New South Wales Sydney I had a five minute spot last Wednesday at the Society of Women Writers monthly lunch meeting at the State Library of NSW in Sydney. I was…

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Another Potential Market for Indie Authors – Audio Books – Part 3

Posted on July 12, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Author Don Massenzio:
This is the third part of my post on considering  production as an audio book. If you want to read the first two parts, you can click Part1, Part 2. In Part 1 of…

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I Am Not the Stories I Tell

Posted on July 9, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Libby Sommer, Author:
by Libby Sommer: Sometimes when people read my stories they assume those stories are me.  They are not me, even if I write in the first person.  They were my thoughts and feelings at…

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Another Potential Market for Indie Authors – Audio Books – Part 2

Posted on July 6, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Author Don Massenzio:
This is the second part of my post on considering your book for production as an audio book. If you want to read the first part, you can find it HERE. In Part 1…

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Another Potential Market for Indie Authors – Audio Books – Part 1

Posted on July 5, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Author Don Massenzio:
Back on May 17th, I published a post asking advice on the best way to go about creating an audio book from my independently published novels. I also asked if it was worth doing…

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A Fabulous Celebration

Posted on July 4, 2017 by DrEMiller

Originally posted on Libby Sommer, Author:
A big thank you to my publisher Stephen Matthews, Ginninderra Press for a wonderful afternoon of celebration last Saturday at Collected Works Bookshop in the historic Nicholas Building, Melbourne. Ginninderra Press celebrated 21 years…

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