Category: Lloyd Lofthouse

  • Dealing with Internet Bullies

    No one wins an argument with an Internet bully suffering from disinhibition and anyone may be a victim of disinhibition without knowing it.

  • East Bay Area Author Event, March 2nd, 2013

    Fifteen published authors will be talking throughout the day about the subject of their books, about their works, and about the process of writing and getting published.

  • Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Sarah McCoy wrote a post for the Huffington Book Blog about “Men of War are Conflicted Characters“. After I read her post, I wanted to leave a comment but couldn’t because that section was closed, so I’m writing it here. You may want to read McCoy’s post. It’s well written and deals with…

  • Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: In 1772, Lord Mansfield’s judgment in the Somersett’s Case emancipated a slave in England, and that helped launch the movement that would abolish slavery in the British Empire. If the thirteen American colonies had stayed in the Empire, there would have been no Civil War to end slavery, because slavery in the United States would have…

  • In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 3/3

    How do you earn reviews from reputable sources?

  • In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 2/3

    “If the conversation is going on and you are not part of it, it is more than likely that you will be painted inaccurately.”

  • In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 1/3

    It may be the duty of an author to defend his or her work against negative reviews.

  • How to Rate the Reliability-Odds of an Amazon Book Reviewer

    How reliable are Amazon book reviewers, and how can you discover the answer?

  • John Carter film named one of worst flops of 2012 – but is that wrong?

    Why does the ‘John Carter’ film keep getting so much coverage in the media as the box office loser of 2012 when it wasn’t?

  • Originally posted on The Blogging Goth: The Mail on Sunday’s front page from 16th December 2012 There are three factors which define my response this story. I am a human being, a Goth, and a Journalist. As a human being, I abhor and reject the horrific violence committed in Newton, Connecticut. As a Goth, I abhor and reject any association…