Timing Is Everything: Facebook Tutorial

I discovered something interesting by accident last week. How many times have you said to yourself Damn, I wish I could schedule my Facebook updates so that they’d post at a later time?  Well, guess what? Now you can – at least from your “page” anyway. (I’ve not seen a way to do it from my personal profile.)

Facebook Fan Page

So, go to your page, and start typing in an update to all your fans. You can even upload a photo – anything you want to schedule to post at a later date. The strange thing about this (if you haven’t already “set it up”) is that once you click the little clock in the bottom left-hand corner of your posting window, you go to another screen, and moving forward will blow away what you’ve written. Make sure to copy it before you do anything else. NOW, click on the little clock.

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I Have a Dream

By the time this post posts, the 2012 Olympics will be only a smattering of sweat, endorsement deals, and a few medals Michael Phelps dropped on the way home. Among the standout performances, two American gymnasts in particular caught my attention. Not for their cute outfits, toothpaste smiles, and medal counts, but for what was (and wasn’t) said about them. Gabby Douglas is African American; Aly Raisman is Jewish. These are facts. Sure, there were a few easy comparisons and benchmarks, as American media likes to put everything in tidy, “newsworthy” categories. But I considered these strong young women as Olympians and stultifyingly talented, well-trained athletes first, before even thinking about their cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

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Video Trailer: The Kiss of Night

The Kiss of NightThe world’s top anti-terrorist agent has a new mission: dealing with being forced into early retirement by a debilitating injury. Former Special Agent Kathrin Night fights the demons of her past, present and future while dealing with her new mysterious Russian bodyguard, Agent Aleksey Khovechkin. Sent compliments of the Russian Minister of Defense, refusing his services is not an option. But is Aleksey’s true mission to protect her, or does he have another agenda?

The Kiss of Night by K. S. Brooks is available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble and most online retailers.


 

Devon Marshall Announces New Release

Dante's Awakening Author Devon Marshall is pleased to announce the release of her romantic thriller, Dante’s Awakening.

The first book in a new series, Dante’s Awakening follows the (mis)adventures of Dante Sonnier, a successful Hollywood agent and friend to the secret community of vampires living in Los Angeles. When the Children of Judas, a two-thousand-year-old sect of murderous, rebel vampires shunned by their own kind, rise up and threaten to expose the whole community, Dante travels to a small town in upstate California to investigate on the vampire leader’s behalf. Just to complicate matters, she is accompanied by Ellis Kovacs, a beautiful, sexy, and thoroughly stubborn vampire determined to seduce Dante…

Dante’s Awakening was released in May 2012 by Untreed Reads. It is available on Amazon.com, Amazon UK and Barnes and Noble as an e-book.