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Notes from An Alien

Alexander M Zoltai ― http://nfaa.wordpress.com

All about Reading, Writing, and Publishing...

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Writers, The Pain of Existence, and Self-Publishing

Notes from An Alien ― Two 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} ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Angst, Cat Videos, Fiction, Pain Of Existence, Self-published

Alexander M Zoltai ― 18 min ago

The Most Helpful Book I’ve Ever Read About Self-Publishing . . .

Notes from An Alien ― 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...

Tags: Uncategorized, Book Designing, Book Publishing, Books From Blogs, Joel Friedlander

Alexander M Zoltai ― 20 hr ago

Dear Writer: Lots of Words or Few, Which Is Right?

Notes from An Alien ― 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 ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Creative Writing, Creative Writing With The Crimson League, Ornate Writing, Victoria Grefer, What Kind Of Writer Are You

Alexander M Zoltai ― 1 day ago

Fictional Geography ~ Alien Worlds

Notes from An Alien ― This 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 ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Alien Worlds, Behind The Scenes, Extraterrestrial Life, Fictional Geography, G

Alexander M Zoltai ― 4 days ago

Are You A Writer? Do You Use Twitter? Is There A Better Use of Your Time?

Notes from An Alien ― “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 ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Author's Resources, FastPencil, Hashtags, Sue Collier, Twitter

Alexander M Zoltai ― 5 days ago

Education For Writers ~ Did Your Teachers Help You Learn?

Notes from An Alien ― 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...

Tags: Uncategorized, A Writer's Education, Creativity, Education, Education For Writers, How Children Learn

Alexander M Zoltai ― 6 days ago

“The Great Book Robbery” ~ “a case of cultural theft or preservation?”

Notes from An Alien ― 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 ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Al Jazeera, Balfour Declaration, Book Documentary, Book Video, Great Book Robbery

Alexander M Zoltai ― 1 week 10 hr ago

Poetry and Painting on Google Plus :-)

Notes from An Alien ― You 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 ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Art, G, Google Plus, Lena Levin, Painting And Poetry

Alexander M Zoltai ― 1 week 1 day ago

Forests As Symbols In A Novel

Notes from An Alien ― This 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 ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Alien Forests, Behind The Scenes, Forest As A Symbol, Jane Watson, Notes From An Alien

Alexander M Zoltai ― 1 week 5 days ago

Visual Thesaurus ~ More Than Fancy Diagrams

Notes from An Alien ― I’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 ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Antonyms, Discovering Word Similarities, Equivalent Words, Similar Words, Synonym-Finder

Alexander M Zoltai ― 1 week 5 days ago

Fifteen Years Ago ~ A Poetic Expedition

Notes from An Alien ― The 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 ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Baha'u'llah, Poems, Poet, Poetic, Poetry

Alexander M Zoltai ― 1 week 6 days ago

It’s About The Kids ~ Especially In Our Tortured World . . .

Notes from An Alien ― 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...

Tags: Uncategorized, Children And Education, Kids And Language, Language For The Kids, Skills For Children In A War-Torn World, Teaching Children

Alexander M Zoltai ― 2 weeks ago

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Notes from An Alien

Writers, The Pain of Existence, and Self-Publishing

The Most Helpful Book I’ve Ever Read About Self-Publishing . . .

Dear Writer: Lots of Words or Few, Which Is Right?

Fictional Geography ~ Alien Worlds

Are You A Writer? Do You Use Twitter? Is There A Better Use of Your Time?

Education For Writers ~ Did Your Teachers Help You Learn?

“The Great Book Robbery” ~ “a case of cultural theft or preservation?”

Poetry and Painting on Google Plus :-)

Forests As Symbols In A Novel

Visual Thesaurus ~ More Than Fancy Diagrams

Fifteen Years Ago ~ A Poetic Expedition

It’s About The Kids ~ Especially In Our Tortured World . . .

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