iUniverse Footnotes August 2013 Author Challenge

Posted on August 28, 2013 under iUniverse Advice
Clear Blue Sky

Words, like spectacles, tend to blur anything they don’t clearly focus. Reading enthusiasts will confirm that reading something that is drowned by adverbs, adjectives and non relevant content is a tiresome experience. Brevity and concision are imperatives for a writer. …

iUniverse Tales of a Hollywood Housewife is a tour de force

Posted on August 21, 2013 under iUniverse News
Tales of a Hollywood Housewife Featured

Recently iUniverse reported on one of our books that had been hitting the heights in the Amazon bestsellers lists; Tales of a Hollywood Housewife: A Memoir by The First Mrs. Lee Marvin by Betty Marvin. Well the latest news is …

iUniverse talks with Shadows of the Savage author, Lois Scott

Posted on August 17, 2013 under Author Blogs
iUniverse Shadow of the Savage Featured

Recently iUniverse featured long-standing author, Lois Scott on our iUniverse Author Focus site so we asked her what feedback she had received since our coverage. This is what she said:- “I published my first book Shadow of the Savage with …

iUniverse announces the Kirkus call for the Best of 2013

Posted on August 16, 2013 under iUniverse News
Kirkus Reviews Logo

What have all these iUniverse books got in common? They were all voted one of    Kirkus Reviews are a respected name across the book publishing industry and the Kirkus awarded to books of exceptional merit is much coveted by …

iUniverse focus on our children’s story giant, Robert Quackenbush

Posted on August 9, 2013 under iUniverse News

Denmark has Hans Christian Andersen, Germany the Brothers Grimm, UK Roald Dahl with illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake – all true giants of children’s literature; but what about the USA you may ask? Well we have one, the great Robert Quackenbush, …

iUniverse Publishing’s real Hollywood Housewife

Posted on August 7, 2013 under Author Blogs
Tales of a Hollywood Housewife Featured

iUniverse Publishing recently contacted author, Betty Marvin, the first wife of movie star Lee Marvin, to ask if she knew why the sales of her memoir, Tales of a Hollywood Housewife, have suddenly leapt in the last month. This is a very, very …

iUniverse book proves a real life saver

Posted on August 5, 2013 under iUniverse Advice
iUniverse Deadly Powder on Medical Gloves Featured

iUniverse Blog has recently been complimenting many of our authors on their various successes, be it winning awards, being signed by a mainstream publisher, having their books turned into movies or even becoming bestsellers. Now we have a book that …

An iUniverse author on self-publishing; On the Inside Looking Out

Posted on August 4, 2013 under Author Blogs
iUniverse Howard Root

iUniverse Blog recently contacted a debut author and advertising professional, Howard Root, on the publication of his historical novel, Among the Mohegans; and asked his views on iUniverse and self-publishing. His response brought to mind a quote from legendary ad-man, David …

iUniverse author John C. Woodcock’s insights on writing: Part 12

Posted on August 3, 2013 under Author Blogs
iUniverse UR-image Featured

In this concluding article, iUniverse author John C. Woodcock brings all of his thought processes together that led him to the writing genre of his new book. “UR-image, thus belongs to the “genre” of writing that springs from, and expresses, …

iUniverse author John C. Woodcock’s insights on writing: Part 11

Posted on August 2, 2013 under Author Blogs
iUniverse The Imperative Featured

In his previous article, iUniverse author John C. Woodcock mentioned his notion of the “burrowing spirit”, today he puts that into the context of his latest book, UR-image. “The impersonal nature of the burrowing spirit was brought home to me …

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