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March 25, 2011
Amanda Hocking - What a Difference A Year Makes!
Photo credit: Star Tribune
I first met Amanda Hocking on Kindleboards last year when I had published my own novels. Kindleboards is a great place to meet other authors. It was because I had met so many wonderful authors, Amanda included, that I decided to try and give other indie authors as much exposure as possible through author interviews on my blog. It was my way of paying it forward for
I first met Amanda Hocking on Kindleboards last year when I had published my own novels. Kindleboards is a great place to meet other authors. It was because I had met so many wonderful authors, Amanda included, that I decided to try and give other indie authors as much exposure as possible through author interviews on my blog. It was my way of paying it forward for
Today's Sponsor: CRAZY FOR YOU by Sandra Edwards
CRAZY FOR YOU is a rags to riches tale set against the backdrop of the 80s, movie stars and rock-n-roll.
Roxanne Simon is a successful author and an award-winning actress who's also a bit neurotic. After she appears on a popular talk show the world is left guessing: is rock star Frank Garrett the father of her four year-old son?
Once Frank learns the true parentage of
Roxanne Simon is a successful author and an award-winning actress who's also a bit neurotic. After she appears on a popular talk show the world is left guessing: is rock star Frank Garrett the father of her four year-old son?
Once Frank learns the true parentage of
March 24, 2011
Interview with Jennifer Hudock
Can you give us a brief overview of your latest book?
The Goblin Market was inspired by Christina Rossetti's poem of the same name. I'd read the poem when I was younger, but it wasn't until college that I really dove in and analyzed it.
When the younger of two sisters is poisoned in the Goblin Market and kidnapped by the goblin king, Kothar, it's up to elder sister
The Goblin Market was inspired by Christina Rossetti's poem of the same name. I'd read the poem when I was younger, but it wasn't until college that I really dove in and analyzed it.
When the younger of two sisters is poisoned in the Goblin Market and kidnapped by the goblin king, Kothar, it's up to elder sister
Interview with J.R. Tomlin
Can you give us a brief overview of your latest book?Wings of Evil is a fantasy set in a post-medieval world. The main character is a young woman named Liada. The Priests have always warned that the First Ones are dangerous and to be feared. She has never questioned their teachings even though she longs for adventure. But when Liada finds Tali, she realizes something
March 23, 2011
Review of FINAL VECTOR by Allan Leverone
5 of 5 stars
Have you ever read a book that was so realistic that it scared you? I don't mean horror or true-crime, I mean a fictional book that affects you so profoundly that you keep looking over your shoulder to make sure the bad guys aren't right behind you.
This is the kind of book you'll find with Final Vector by Allan Leverone. The author takes an everyday guy
Have you ever read a book that was so realistic that it scared you? I don't mean horror or true-crime, I mean a fictional book that affects you so profoundly that you keep looking over your shoulder to make sure the bad guys aren't right behind you.
This is the kind of book you'll find with Final Vector by Allan Leverone. The author takes an everyday guy
March 22, 2011
Blog Tour Stop: Allan Leverone
Write what you know – or don'tBy Allan Leverone
That's the conventional wisdom, the advice agents and publishers and others in the know dispense to those of us crazy enough or deluded enough to try making stuff up for other people's entertainment. "How can I convince people to take my work seriously and maybe even get published?"
"Write what you know."
The problem with that theory, though, seems
That's the conventional wisdom, the advice agents and publishers and others in the know dispense to those of us crazy enough or deluded enough to try making stuff up for other people's entertainment. "How can I convince people to take my work seriously and maybe even get published?"
"Write what you know."
The problem with that theory, though, seems
March 21, 2011
Today's Sponsor: SECONDARY TARGETS by Sandra Edwards
Book Blurb:What would you do if you found out everything you thought you knew about your father turned out to be a lie?
After being bitten by the genealogy bug, Grace Hendricks awakens a conspiracy that's been lying dormant—ever since she disappeared shortly after her father's funeral eleven years ago. Now, here in the present, his military records have been tampered with and his death
After being bitten by the genealogy bug, Grace Hendricks awakens a conspiracy that's been lying dormant—ever since she disappeared shortly after her father's funeral eleven years ago. Now, here in the present, his military records have been tampered with and his death
March 20, 2011
#SampleSunday - THE CRYSTAL FACADE
Today's Sample Sunday is from THE CRYSTAL FACADE. Lady Dyla Telkur, her lover and telekinetic extraordinaire Eclair Jortac, and Catiana Spencer, the Earth archeologist who was forced to go to Otharia, have finally come back to Earth to try and figure out the Otharia/Earth connection. Unfortunately for the threesome, their return is not the secret they think it is.
March 19, 2011
Think Like a Publisher!
Dean Wesley Smith has many excellent posts about a number of issues dealing with writing, ebooks and publishing. This one caught my eye and thought I'd pass it along. You can read the full article here: Think Like a Publisher
To really act like a publisher, you need to understand what you are trying to gain. You need to know how many sales will get your expenses back. And you need to know at
To really act like a publisher, you need to understand what you are trying to gain. You need to know how many sales will get your expenses back. And you need to know at
March 18, 2011
Guest Post: Poking Dead Things
Confessions of a Romantically Challenged AuthorBy Rebecca Forsterhttp://www.rebeccaforster.com
A dear friend sent me a T-shirt for Christmas that declares, "I love poetry, long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick".
I adore this shirt beyond reason because it so totally captures my outlook on romance. Poetry is okay if it rhythms, beach walks are good if
A dear friend sent me a T-shirt for Christmas that declares, "I love poetry, long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick".
I adore this shirt beyond reason because it so totally captures my outlook on romance. Poetry is okay if it rhythms, beach walks are good if
