In The Shadow Of Liberty

In honor of Black History month, we recommend for review and/or purchase, this book, written by Kenneth C. Davis,  "In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives."

"Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers―who fought for liberty and justice for all―were slave owners?

Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country’s great tragedy―that a nation “conceived in liberty” was also born in shackles.

These stories help us know the real people who were essential to the birth of this nation but traditionally have been left out of the history books. Their stories are true―and they should be heard."*

*Amazon

http://amzn.to/2kQbR5w

30 Minutes A Day Equals A Novel?

writersedit.com

The Writer's Edit blog teaches us how to finish a novel by breaking the writing process down to 30 minutes a day.

"Writing a novel is no easy feat, least of all while writers juggle various commitments like day jobs, family and social lives. Which is why we’ve put together the ultimate guide on how to write a novel in 30 minutes per day.

No matter what your life’s like, everyone has 30 minutes to spare. Use your lunch break at work, watch half an hour less of that b-grade TV show, or wake up a little earlier…"

https://writersedit.com/how-to-write-a-novel-in-30-minutes-per-day/

Writing a Poem

WikiHow has an article explaining how to write three types of poems. The article is broken down into four parts: 

1. Sample Poems
2. Starting the Poem
3. Writing the Poem
4. Polishing the Poem

The article covers these types:

-Limerick,
-Tanka, 
-Cinquain.

The Limerick poem "has five lines that rhyme." 

The style is the ending word in the first line and second lines rhymes. The ending word in the third and fourth lines rhyme. The fifth line ending word rhymes with the first and second ending word.

A Tanka poem, which is new to me,  contains five lines. Unlike the Limerick poem, the Tanka poem does not rhyme. Tanka emphasizes syllables. 

Last, but not least, is the Cinquain poem. The Cinquain poem "have five lines that usually follow a specific structure."

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Poem

7 Unusual Tricks To Reveal Your Writing Talent

Lucy V. Hay describes seven ways to dig into your mind and reveal your writing talent.

Practice these steps and see if your writing evolves.

Enjoy.




http://www.bang2write.com/2016/08/7-unusual-tricks-to-reveal-your-writing-talent-by-elaina-meiser.html

Free Fonts

Below are two web pages that contain links to free fonts. Creative Bloq provides this information to us. Enjoy.

50 Free Handwriting Fonts

I like the Futuracha font because the thin linear strokes stand out.

Futuracha font - Creative Bloq

Claire Hand is an easy readable font.

Claire Hand font - Creative Bloq

100 Best Free Fonts

Be sure to look for Arkhip and Aventura fonts. Those are two of my favorites.

Arkhip font is from Russia. Creative Bloq.

Got an adventure to advertise, use the Aventura font. Creative Bloq.

Fancy Crave

 
Fancy Crave offers free photos. You can pay from $1 on up. I suggest that you leave them at least $5. Why? Just in case the credit card takes 3%. 

Speaking from experience, if you cannot afford to pay, choose 0 and download for free.

If you download them for free, I kindly suggest you let others know about Fancy Crave's "mighty photo packs."

Photo Sample.

These are some of the photo pack themes available:

• Mountains
• Workspaces
• Valentines
• Flowers
• Music
• Nautical
• Silhouette
• Autos
• Cameras
• Stars
• Cinematic Clouds
• Vintage Things
• Winter
• Freelance Life
• Kyoto
• Cambodia
• Creative Market
• Christmas
• Beautiful Bridges
• World From Above
• Emotional People
• Auto Repair Shop
• Social Media Quotes

https://gumroad.com/fancycrave#

StickPNG

"StickPNG is a vibrant community of creative people sharing transparent PNG images which you can download for free and use in your personal projects." 

"Browse their categories to find clipart with no background or curated cut out photos."



http://www.stickpng.com/