Category: about authors

• Living with PTSD One Day at a Time – a book review

  If combat or abuse of any kind, mental or physical, has traumatized you, I’m suggesting you read this memoir, even if it is the only one you real in your life. If you hate to read, then listen to the audiobook. Geeze, no excuses! You may also want to read this memoir if you know…

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  February 21, 2022

  about authors, about books, book reviews, book reviews, heroes, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, terrorism, Uncategorized, war on terror, crime, PTSD

  A True Story, Al-Shabaab terrorists, living with PTSD, Meyli Chapin, SAS operator Christian Craighead, surviving with PTSD, Terrorist Attack Girl, trapped in Nairobi.

• An American Allegory Revealed through Stargirl

  What defines a fake Christian?

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  August 13, 2018

  about authors, about books, book reviews, God and Scripture, Hollywood and movies, Lloyd Lofthouse

  How does Stargirl teach people how to live life, What does Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl represent, what is Stargirl’s real name, Who is Stargirl’s boyfriend, Who is the troll and bully in Stargirl, Who wrote Stargirl, Why is Stargirl a book everyone should read

• An Author Interview with Lloyd Lofthouse at the HBS Author’s Spotlight

  What is Lloyd Lofthouse’s next book about?

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  August 31, 2017

  about authors, about indie publishing, About writing, book promotions, Lloyd Lofthouse, My Splendid Concubine, publishing books, The writing process

  Interview with Lloyd Lofthouse, Lloyd Lofthouse – An Author Interview at the HBS Author’s Spotlight

• When the Muse Strikes and A-Cappella Hijacked the Next Novel

  I turned 21 in Vietnam where I’d hold a grenade with the pin pulled to make sure if I fell asleep while on watch, the blast would wake the others.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  April 5, 2017

  about authors, about books, About writing, book promotions, book reviews, Crazy is Normal, Hollywood and movies, literature, Lloyd Lofthouse, My Splendid Concubine, publishing books, Running with the Enemy, science, The writing process

  All about Merlin and King Arthur, it’s all about writing the next novel, What happens when a writer’s muse strikes, When Merlin became my obsession, Who was the real Merlin, Why do authors keep writing

• Are you self-published? I am!

  Twenty percent of indie authors earn nothing from their books. What do traditional published authors earn?

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  September 11, 2016

  about authors, about books, About writing, book promotions, book reviews, Lloyd Lofthouse, My Splendid Concubine, publishing books, The writing process

  Are you an indie author, are you self published, What do authors earn, what do indie authors earn, what do self-published authors earn, what does it take to be a successful author

• What reading level should you write for?

  Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” has a 4th grade reading level.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  August 12, 2016

  about authors, about books, about indie publishing, About writing, Lloyd Lofthouse

  avid readers, Donald Trump talks at a 3rd grade level, Earnest Hemingway wrote at a 4th grade level, how to discover the reading level of what you write, the average reader reads at a 7th and 8th grade level, what is the reading level of your writing, Writing for your readers