writer Archives - Dr. Nicole Basaraba

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on May 23, 2012
Posted in Living in Brussels, Travel, Writing

Support Nicole Basaraba as a Samsung Global Blogger – 2012 London Olympics

Since its Wednesday, this would usually be my Writers’ Uni-Verse-City segement day, but I have been up to something special I want to share with you. Since I finished the first draft of my novel for the Round of Words in 80 Days writing challenge, I’ve been working on some diverse projects such as competing

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on September 4, 2011
Posted in Writing

Must watch Chick Flicks – Research and Row80 check in

This weekend I went on a spontaneous trip to Luxembourg. Where the heck is that you might ask? Luxembourg is a smaller European country, which is located below Belgium and also shares borders with France and Germany. Honey Bear and I went to see Romania vs. Luxembourg soccer game (or football match if you prefer).

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on July 20, 2011
Posted in Writing

How I use social media as a platform

Based on advice from Kristen Lamb’s book “We Are Not Alone” (WANA) and her blog posts I have decided to share how I’m using social media as an “author platform.” As I am yet to be what is considered an author, the social media platform is in the works, the prepatory phase for what I hope one day

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on July 8, 2011
Posted in Books

Book Review – Angels by Marian Keyes

This book was a page turner, but it’s hard to identify what the page turning element was. Maybe it was the fact that the protagonist, Maggie, was escaping for her real life in Los Angles. Get it “Angels” you know, City of Angels…yeah I hate to admit that it took a minute for the title to click

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on July 6, 2011
Posted in Books, Writing

Have you heard? “We Are Not Alone” – by Kristen Lamb

Welcome to Writers’ Uni-Verse-City (or WUVC for short because every university has an acronym), a place where writers/bloggers can meet to discuss the craft of writing in the Internet age. I want to learn what it takes to make it in the world of writing and publishing and nowadays there is a wealth of information on the