Mix up your bland names wherever you can. Brian... Biran Dave... Veda I've done it a fair few times. (I haven't used those 2 though). Just please, never, ever, ever use things like... Kahxi'heg'ngofic'gh. I'll either DNF, or call that person Kah for the rest of the book. 😀

Hey writing community what's a secret about your books you wish your readers would know? Something that hasn't really made it into your marketing plan.

As a new author with 4 reviews, I hope someday to become an author with 5 reviews. You can check out 'Watcher in the Glass' (and leave a review 😉) on Amazon amzn.eu/d/09bVoIAv

Half of learning to format things is spending hours on a complicated solution to a problem only to discover there was a really simple one 😅

In Brazil, prisoners can reduce their sentences through a remarkable rehabilitation program called Remissão pela Leitura (Remission by Reading). Under the initiative, inmates can shorten their prison term by 4 days for every book they read and write a report about, with a maximum of 12 books per year — allowing them to reduce their sentence by up to 48 days annually. Launched in 2012 as part of Brazil’s Criminal Enforcement Act, the program focuses on carefully selected works of literature, philosophy, science, and classics. Prisoners must submit written reports that are rigorously evaluated to confirm they have genuinely understood and engaged with the material. Beyond simply easing prison overcrowding, the program aims to foster literacy, critical thinking, and personal development. By encouraging constructive use of their time, Brazil is promoting meaningful rehabilitation and better preparing inmates for successful reintegration into society.

Very rarely will you need to buy your husband a new wallet, but when that day comes, it is somehow a major household decision and you cannot screw it up. Men will carry the same wallet for 20 years with the corners falling apart and still say it’s fine. So this is not the moment for creativity. Slim, durable, leather if he’s a leather guy, metal if he already likes that kind of thing. Do not surprise a man with a weird wallet.

We need to have more of these everywhere.