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7 Tips for Writing Your Author’s Bio That Help Sell Your Books

Writing your author’s bio can be one of the more stressful things about creating your author’s website and helping to build your author brand. Many authors don’t know where to start, how much to share about themselves or how to put together an author’s bio. The thing is while you want your bio to be interesting, you also want it to make potential readers look at your books. So what do you add to your author’s bio that will make readers do that and then buy your books?

Here are five tips for writing an author’s bio that will keep readers coming back for more!

1. Be professional. It’s difficult to take authors seriously when it comes to their books and their writing if they don’t seem to take themselves seriously or behave in a professional manner. So always be professional whether you choose to use first or third person when writing your author’s bio.

2. Be confident. Even if you don’t feel confident on the inside, write your bio as if you are and as if you feel that confidence daily. People tend to be more attracted to people that are confident and they’ll be more likely to buy …

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Not just around the world, Halloween is @LallaGatta Erotic Romance with an Edge!

[image:image-20]Did you know that the practice of Halloween in one form or another is in many countries around the world? I didn’t until recently, and I find it amazing and fun that so many do practice it. Here are some of the ways some countries celebrate Halloween.
1. China
In China Halloween is called Teng Chieh, and unlike in the US children do not dress up or go trick or treating. Teng Chieh is to celebrate the family’s loved ones who have passed. The Chinese have photos of their family members who have died and they put food and drinks in front of the photographs. They also light bonfires and lanterns so their loved ones can find their way between the Spirit World and our world. Those who are Buddhist make paper boats and then burn them at night. They believe that by doing this it honors their dead and helps to free spirits who are trapped on the Earth realm.
2. Ireland
Common beliefs have it that Ireland is where the practice of Halloween actually started, and Halloween is still practiced there today. Halloween in Ireland looks much as it does in the United States. Children dress up, …

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How Did the Roman World Treat Women?

How the Roman world treated a woman in the depended on her status. If she was part of the upper class, or say the daughter of an Emperor then she had a bit more leeway as to the kinds of activities she could engage in. Women were educated, especially if they were high born, and boys and girls went to type of primary school where they were taught Greek, as well as, Latin.

Even if a woman was freeborn, and a citizen, she could not hold a political position, or even vote for the men she wanted to lead. However, this did not stop Roman women from influencing their world. A few examples are Helena who was an Empress and a huge force for promoting the relatively new Christian religion. Another example of a Roman woman influencing the Roman world is Fulvia who led her own army, and had coins with her image on them created and handed out. So, if you were fortunate enough to be high born, while you could not participate in the patriarchal Roman world, you could do things that influenced what happened.

In a strange twist, highborn women who had acted and created change in …

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