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The Evolution Conspiracy – an Excerpt
Today, I’m offering a short excerpt from the beginning of Chapter 5, “Concocting Genetic Clues,” in our recently released book The Evolution Conspiracy, Vol 1: Exposing Life’s Inexplicable Origins

Rick & Bubba’s Guide to Marriage – Book Review
Disclaimer: I received this book for review from the publisher Thomas Nelson via their Book Review Blogger program. I plan to donate it to our local library. (FTC, you happy now?) Rick & Bubba’s Guide to the Almost Nearly Perfect Marriage by Rick Burgess & Bill “Bubba” Bussey (with Martha Bolton)

Wide Variety of Kindle Book Examples
This week, I posted 28 examples of Kindle book designs our Five Rainbows Services for Authors and Publishers company has created over the past 18 months or so. Admittedly, I posted them in hopes of generating more business for the company. But, in addition, I want to demonstrate that th

The Evolution Conspiracy Virtual Book Tour, Week 3
Slipdown Mountain Publications LLC author (and my charming daughter) Lisa A. Shiel continues her month-long virtual book tour for her new book The Evolution Conspiracy, Vol I: Exposing Life’s Inexplicable Origins & The Cult of Darwin. Here’s this week’s schedule: Monday, 16 Nov — Broowaha (interview) Tuesday, 17 Nov —

Indenting Paragraph First Lines
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of typesetting that, well, indicates an amateur at the controls. One of the biggest errors is the inappropriate use of indented first lines for paragraphs. What is the purpose of that first-line indent, anyway? It’s used to indicate clearly a pause (greater than that indicated by a period), break in specific topic, or change in speaker. If you prefer, you can accomplish the same thing by using a bit of extra leading between paragraphs. However, the latter should be used with caution since it can make a printed page look more like a typical web page.