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Feb 6, 20235 min read

How To Review an Advanced Reader's Copy of a Book

Since 2006 when I first began publishing my science fiction stories online, I have used advanced review (reader's) copies of my work to help

Feb 2, 20236 min read

AI Art Generators and How They Fuel Your Creativity

After using multiple A.I. Art generator websites and creating hundreds of works, I have created this blog to share what I have learned about

Jan 18, 20232 min read

Kindle Vella by Amazon, and NEW Serialized Stories by Author B. A. Shields

Be sure to check out my three series I write on Amazon Kindle Vella. Willow Creek, Life After the Apocalypse and Baron Von Munchausen

Dec 20, 20222 min read

About the Timeline for Fiction Books by Author B. A. Shields

As of now, my oldest story, Willow Creek, takes place in 1854 in Omaha, Nebraska. And the most futuristic story, Losing Dani Strumm, takes p

Dec 12, 20222 min read

Losing Dani Strumm, Drowning in Milk, and Other Fascinating Facts about Author B. A. Shields

A lot has been happening here at Little Hoof, LLC. Publications! I have been working on putting the finishing touches on everything for the

Nov 5, 20225 min read

Why I Write Science Fiction as well as Nonfiction Books

to answer those who ask me "why" I would write science fiction, the answer is this. I love the style of 19th and early 20th-century science

Oct 31, 20222 min read

Another 5,000 was completed for Losing Dani Strumm by Author B. A. Shields

I am so excited! Early this morning, I finished another 5,000 words for my upcoming novel, Losing Dani Strumm. I am now in what I consider t

Oct 26, 20222 min read

All of Author B. A. Shields' Novels are to be released on Amazon Kindle Before 2023

When I started publishing my works in early 2000, ebooks were just becoming a thing. Many different types of devices could read eBooks, mean

Oct 24, 20225 min read

How to be Creative when You're just not Feeling it.

We all have days when the "creative well" feels empty. Feeling "tapped out" is normal when you are artistic and continuously creating for jo

Oct 21, 20223 min read

Free Excel Worksheet for Authors to Track their Book Writing

I have written everything from technical manuals on saving energy in your home, books on faith and accuracy of scripture, a post-apocalyptic

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