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Alexander M Zoltai
Join Date:
2012-03-28
About
I'm a writer with roaring flames in my heart...
Blogs Owned
1. Notes from an Alien
Exploring Reading, Writing, and Publishing
Tags: Reading, Writing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, E-Books
Latest Blog Posts
- “Oh, my… Amazing! But, what comes next?!?”A new kind of Behind The Scenes post today—some writing that isn’t in the published edition of Notes from An Alien. There will be many more of these “revelation” posts in the future… If you’re the kind of reader wh...
- “How can I know what I think till I see what I say?”The quote in the title of this post is from E. M. Forster—English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. Many people know of him “due to the…film adaptations of his work. Titles by Forster that are immortalized not o...
- Writers, The Pain of Existence, and Self-PublishingTwo videos today—angst and publishing—the issues of life are barbs to consciousness… Part One Part Two ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Comment Link Is At The Top of The Post :-) For Private Comments, Email: amzolt {at} gmail {...
- Writers, The Pain of Existence, and Self-PublishingTwo videos today—angst and publishing—the issues of life are barbs to consciousness… Part One Part Two ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Comment Link Is At The Top of The Post :-) For Private Comments, Email: amzolt {at} gmail {...
- The Most Helpful Book I’ve Ever Read About Self-Publishing . . .It sure can seem like a lot of the info on self-publishing is generated primarily to make money, not to help folks really learn what they need to know. In fact, many sources of “expertise” are misleading and aimed right at our bank accoun...
- The Most Helpful Book I’ve Ever Read About Self-Publishing . . .It sure can seem like a lot of the info on self-publishing is generated primarily to make money, not to help folks really learn what they need to know. In fact, many sources of “expertise” are misleading and aimed right at our bank accoun...
- Dear Writer: Lots of Words or Few, Which Is Right?I’ll cheat and answer the question before you read the post—neither is “right”, it “Depends” :-) Certainly, certain writers use too many words and others scrimp but Simple or Ornate is a decision that the Writing I...
- Dear Writer: Lots of Words or Few, Which Is Right?I’ll cheat and answer the question before you read the post—neither is “right”, it “Depends” :-) Certainly, certain writers use too many words and others scrimp but Simple or Ornate is a decision that the Writing I...
- Fictional Geography ~ Alien WorldsThis post is part of the Friday series: Behind The Scenes of the story Notes from An Alien. If you want to avoid having “spoilers” intrude on your enjoyment of the book, just grab a free copy and read it before you dive deeply into this series of...
- Fictional Geography ~ Alien WorldsThis post is part of the Friday series: Behind The Scenes of the story Notes from An Alien. If you want to avoid having “spoilers” intrude on your enjoyment of the book, just grab a free copy and read it before you dive deeply into this series of...
- Are You A Writer? Do You Use Twitter? Is There A Better Use of Your Time?“Simple” post today… First a “confession”—I tried Twitter three times, each attempt spurred by a “revelation” about its usefulness… It may be valuable for others but not for me, though I still que...
- Are You A Writer? Do You Use Twitter? Is There A Better Use of Your Time?“Simple” post today… First a “confession”—I tried Twitter three times, each attempt spurred by a “revelation” about its usefulness… It may be valuable for others but not for me, though I still que...
- Education For Writers ~ Did Your Teachers Help You Learn?A writer begins to learn the moment they’re born. First mom and dad are the teachers—maybe siblings and friends—then, the grades of school… In an essay I published 15 years ago, about my own education, I wrote: “As I sit...
- “The Great Book Robbery” ~ “a case of cultural theft or preservation?”What if you were happy in your life, educated and productive, and another country decided you didn’t deserve to live where you do? What makes certain people think that other people aren’t as important as they are? And, why do some people...
- Poetry and Painting on Google Plus :-)on May 13, 2013 in Uncategorized art G+ Google Plus Lena Levin Painting and Poetry Rainer Maria Rilke Shakespeare Sonnets Sonnets In ColorYou can check out my thoughts and feelings on social media on this blog. As it stands now, I’m only utilizing Google Plus, though I do consider blogging a form of “social media” :-) I met a woman on G+ named Lena Levin—eagerly...
- Forests As Symbols In A NovelThis Special Behind The Scenes post finishes a series devoted to the request of Jane Watson for my views on various symbols in Notes from An Alien <— Grab a free copy :-) Reminder: You can ask me Any questions about the book in Any of these...
- Visual Thesaurus ~ More Than Fancy DiagramsI’ve talked about the Visual Thesaurus before in this blog and even recommended you pay $20/year to unlock all its features; but, you can still get a lot of value even if you can’t afford the subscription. If you’ve never seen the r...
- Fifteen Years Ago ~ A Poetic ExpeditionThe About Page is, usually, the second most visited place on any blog—people want to know who’s behind the words… Today I want to reveal some of my writing from fifteen years ago—major revelation of who I am… All the poe...
- It’s About The Kids ~ Especially In Our Tortured World . . .My short novel, Notes from An Alien (which is still free even though it’s for sale), is a story told from the perspective of folks 12 light-years from Earth. Still, it’s message is clearly for an Earth with multiple, interwoven crisesR...
- FastPencil ~ Funny Name, Dynamite Publishing-Aid CompanyThis is the 18th post I’ve written about FastPencil on this blog—“FastPencil is Software in the Cloud – so you don’t have to download anything to your computer. It’s the fastest and easiest way to write, publish an...
