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...
by Karen Smith | Jan 7, 2025 | Blog
Self-publishing has earned and continues to uphold its reputation for substandard books. This, unfortunately, arises from authors practicing false economies. In traditional publishing (the model in which publishing companies pay authors to publish their books), the...
