Category: Lloyd Lofthouse

  • Twitter – does it help book sales? I’m on the fence…

    Originally posted on Elyse Salpeter: Let’s talk twitter. I’ve been told that in order for twitter to be effective, you need to post often. You need to be specific about your posts, the links, the #hashtags, you need to create conversations, you need to gain followers, you need to respond to questions, you need to provide relevant content and direction.…

  • The Fussy Librarian

    My book, “My Splendid Concubine”, is being featured this Sunday, November 3, at The Fussy Librarian, a new website that offers personalized ebook recommendations. You choose from 30 genres and indicate preferences about content and then the computers work their magic. It’s pretty cool — check it out! www.TheFussyLibrarian.com

  • The Marvelous New World of Holmes and Watson

    Whoever thought of Dr. Watson as a woman—a Chinese-American woman at that—was a pure genius.

  • Freedom of expression

    Interesting post about freedom of expression in South Africa.

  • Social Security and Medicare’s impact on the national debt = ZERO!

    What is it that America’s elected Congress doesn’t want the American voter to know?

  • Who is [really] responsible for the U.S. federal government shutdown?

    Do you think the American tea party movement should be the tail that wags democracy?

  • Sod Murphy`s Law!

    More about Murphy’s law from a different perspective.

  • Watch out for Murphy’s Law when promoting a book

    Murphy’s Law says, “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong,” and it did more than once.

  • An Alternative to a School Suspension or Expulsion

    Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: I walked to town this morning to see The Family, a film with Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones. But this post is not about The Family. It’s about a Contra Costa Times headline I saw halfway to the theater about Bay Area schools suspending suspensions and turning…

  • Did Calibre and/or Bing hijack my opening page on Google Chrome?

    Avoid Calibre’s free ebook management program—even if it is offered through CNET or from the source.