Christmas Shopping (Or, Why I’m Being Selfish This Year)
It’s Christmas shopping time, for normal people, at least. And the more I see those “Buy your wife a car” or “Your kids NEED this toy” commercials on TV, the…
Editor in chief Tara Tomczyk has been a professional writer and editor for over 24 years. She specializes in editing nonfiction books for the young adult market, working primarily as a history, social studies, and biography editor. In 2005, she started her own editorial services company, eventually narrowing her focus to publishing books and ebooks, as she helped launch Blydyn Square Books.
Tara Tomczyk, Editor in Chief of Blydyn Square Books
The End of NaNoWriMo
Every year, by the end of November, I find myself sitting on a mountain of words—more than 50,000 of them, thanks to the magic of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).…
Another Thanksgiving, Another Memory
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Maybe I’m getting old, maybe I’m just feeling sappy and nostalgic, or maybe I just have some free time on my hands because I don’t have to…
Downtime (Or, When Not to Fight the Laziness)
Some days? I just get lazy. Take last Tuesday, for example. I woke up at my usual time, around 4:00 a.m. (although I should say that the phrase “waking up”…
Making Art (Or, How NaNoWriMo Is Going So Far)
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m deep in the midst of National Novel Writing Month, working hard to crank out 50,000 words between November 1 and November 30. I’m well on…
Meet Kevin Cooper of Hornpin Media in Laguna Beach
Today we’d like to introduce you to Kevin Cooper. Kevin, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so…
Feeling Like a Writer, or: My Journey to Little House on the Prairie
It’s Election Day and while everybody else is ranting about politics and violence and the terrible state of affairs here in America, I thought I’d take a step back and…
My Book Launch
My novel is being published today, and I honestly don’t know how I feel about that. It’s not my first book. I actually counted all the books I’ve ever written…
NaNoWriMo, Here I Come!
I may have mentioned before that I’m doing National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this year. In case you’re one of the few readers/writers left out there who hasn’t heard of…
Where Has All the Talent Gone?
For a much as I read, you’d think the words would—I don’t know—TOUCH me more often than they do. It’s the end of October and my Goodreads Reading Challenge counter…
Words Words Words
My head is spinning. It’s all words, words, words these days. I know that’s probably true for any writer, but I’m an editor, too, so sometimes it’s hard to figure…
Novel by local native set in Binghamton
Born in Binghamton and raised in the area, Everett De Morier’s family owned several businesses, including The Gem Diner, Bennett Electronics and The Mermaid Aquarium. He married here, both his…
NIAGARA AUTHORS: City features in book “Thirty-Three Cecils”
A portion of Everett De Morier’s new book “Thirty-three Cecils” takes place in Niagara Falls. Because the city’s attracts visitors from around the world, De Morier’s hero visits the falls…
Dover author’s book on track to become independent film
Everett De Morier published “Thirty-Three Cecils” in 2015 It’s said that when Hollywood calls, you don’t hang up. Dover’s Everett De Morier was surprised — and happy — to answer…
Dover author De Morier has the write stuff
Written by Ashton Brown Original Publish Date: Mar 29th, 2015 Dover author Everett De Morier holds a copy of his book “Thirty-Three Cecils” while standing in the fiction section of…