A hashtag is a word or phrase preceded by a hash symbol (#) that is used to identify and categorize messages on social media platforms. Hashtags are used to help people discover content that is relevant to their interests and to facilitate online conversations around specific topics. Hashtags can be added to the text of a social media post or used in the comments section to help the post or comment be more easily discoverable by others. For example, if an author writes a post about their latest book, they might include hashtags like #bookstagram #amwriting #authorlife to make their…
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Copyright is an important legal protection that allows you to control how your book is used and shared by others. Copyright gives you the exclusive right to reproduce your work, distribute copies, and create derivative works based on your original book. This means that others cannot use your book without your permission. There are several benefits to obtaining copyright protection for your book: It helps you control how your work is used: With copyright, you have the right to decide how it is used and by whom.It can help you to earn money from your work: If others want to…
Sacramento, CA, January 5, 2023 — Her childhood was scarred by her mother’s schizophrenia. But she still had fuel in the tank. Leslie Reyes says she felt like a prisoner of trauma. At the tender age of 10, Reyes prevented her mother from committing suicide. Panic attacks soon followed, and Reyes ultimately realized that her mother’s struggles with mental health had distracted her parents from teaching her the tools she needed to survive. At age 50, Reyes decided to learn how to ride a motorcycle. Stunned by how many liberating life lessons lay within the open road, her years of…
Author Fay Weldon, best known for books including 1983’s The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, died at 91 Throughout her career, the author released more than 30 books and collections of short stories, television movies, and journalism. Weldon was raised in New Zealand despite being born in the UK. She released her debut book in 1967, and for her novels Praxis and Worst Fears, she was later shortlisted for the Booker and Whitbread literature prizes. Weldon frequently took inspiration from her own colourful and chaotic personal life and relationships in her humorous, caustic, and naughty tales about the lives…
A budding author called Susan Meachen complained on Facebook in September 2020 to around 1,300 followers about her job and the literary world in general. She also revealed that she had previously tried suicide and that her final work would be out on October 30. A few weeks later, Meachen’s daughter, or someone pretending to be her, announced on Facebook that her mother had “died away.” The statement added that the website would continue to act as a platform for promoting her mother’s writing in tribute, including “Love to Last a Lifetime,” her final romantic book, which is available for…
Former CEO Thane Lawrie learned firsthand the impact that the pressures of a leadership role can have on a person’s health. After taking an early retirement in 2021 due to his own health issues, Lawrie, a practicing Buddhist for more than 20 years, drew upon his experiences to inform his new book, The Buddhist CEO, in which he explores through the power of allegory a leader’s struggle to balance the constant pressures of his profession with being a committed Buddhist. In The Buddhist CEO, the main character, Hamish, has a chance encounter with a Buddhist monk that profoundly effects his life. He…
Teenager Tomer Shaked admits that gaming consumed a large part of his childhood — years he will never get back. “Video games deprived me of many irreplaceable experiences and moments, such as time with family and friends,” he wrote in his new book, Game Over: One Teen’s Guide to Kicking Video Game Addiction. “Simply put, video games create a disconnect from reality, and it’s that disconnect that becomes an addiction.” It’s common for kids to think grownups are overreacting to the surge in video game consumption, which makes Shaked’s perspective and self-awareness that much more compelling, and worth sharing with other…
Mehdi Bahman was detained on October 12, 2022, as a result of a “anti-regime” interview he gave to an Israeli news outlet, according to the news outlet Iran International. The authorities arrested the author Mehdi Bahman soon after the interview in which he criticised the regime in Tehran. In his writings, author Mehdi Bahman frequently discussed religious tolerance. Additionally, he has collaborated with Shia cleric Masoumi Tehrani to produce religious art. The heads of Iran’s minority Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian, Sunni, Mandaean Sabian, and Baha’i groups later received these insignia as gifts from him. Because of the Iran Anti-Hijab Protests, numerous…
San Francisco, January 2, 2023 — Joon Bai left North Korea as a young exchange student and returned decades later as a humanitarian determined to help farmers and children devastated by the country’s ongoing famine. He traces his extraordinary life story and the lessons he learned about courage, overcoming hardships and finding hope in his powerful new memoir, Promises: The Life and Love of an American Born in North Korea. “We only hear about North Korea for its nuclear and missile threat to world peace, but we never hear an ordinary North Korean voice,” Bai said. “I want to speak for the…
As a writer, there are many challenges one has to face. The biggest challenge while researching is to get the right information. In this article, we will share 5 writing tips that would help a content writer to research any topic. If you are a writer, then you must know about these tips. Here are the tips: #1 Understand the topicOnce you know about the topic you are writing about, it would be easy for you to find the kind of content you are looking for. #2 Explore an ideaA good idea would help you make your content look neat…