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September 19, 2009
September 18, 2009
Another Friday, another Bookchatter!
It's Friday…you know what that means! BookChatter tonight at 9PM EASTERN TIME ZONE. This week I'm moderating the chatboard, so PLEASE feel free to pop in and chat while you watch the show! Tonight's guests: Holly Christine, Red Adept, Eric Mueller, Eddie Wright, Kevin Gerard, Dave Erickson, and Moriah Jovan.
September 16, 2009
Win seven – yes, SEVEN – paperback books!
Backword Books is running a contest!!
Grand Prize: A package of seven books by Backword authors: Homefront by Kristen Tsetsi, Spam & Eggs by Andrew Kent, The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks, Threshold by Bonnie Kozek, Broken Bulbs by Eddie Wright, Waiting for Spring by RJ Keller, and North of Sunset by Henry Baum.
Second Prize: 1 of each goes to 7 different entrants.
The rules: We want to hear your thoughts about self-publishing – a blog post about the merits of...
September 15, 2009
Operation eBook Drop
A group of self-published/indie authors have banded together to make their books available for free in ebook format to deployed soldiers. Detailed information is available at Mark Coker's Smashwords blog.
If you know a soldier who has an ebook reader, or who is able to read novels on their computer (for example, I have a Mobi Reader on my PC, and I read novels in PDF directly from my computer) and might be interested in this program, please, please, PLEASE click on the above link. Or you can...
September 13, 2009
Bookchatter from Friday
In case you missed it, here's Friday's BookChatter.
A fun, and informative, time was had by all!
September 11, 2009
BookChatter reminder
I said it yesterday, but I'm gonna say it again today:
Several Backword Books members (including yours truly) will be guests on Stacey Cochran's BookChatter http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bookchatter THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 at 9 PM, EDT. That's right…well before bedtime!
Join us! Call in! (914) 803-4571
When I say "Join in" I really do mean it. Whether you're a writer or a reader, this show is for you! If you can't afford to call, or if you're just plain shy about having your voice heard...
September 9, 2009
Backword Chatter
Several Backword Books members (including yours truly) will be guests on Stacey Cochran's BookChatter http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bookchatter THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 at 9 PM, EDT. That's right…well before bedtime!
Join us! Call in! (914) 803-4571
In the meantime, check out our wicked cool new video. Yes, I said "wicked." And so should you.
September 8, 2009
New bio
I've updated the bio at my website and posted a new F.A.Q. there. (Thanks to Kristen Tsetsi for providing the questions.) If you have a question about something not already discussed there, please drop a line in the comments section of this post, or email me at rjkeller.wfs@gmail.com
September 4, 2009
"Homefront" – Kristen Tsetsi
I don't often write book reviews because, to be perfectly honest, I'm not that good at it. But I've read so many good books this year by some very excellent indie authors, and I feel very guilty about not doing more to help out both them and their potential readers by shining a spotlight on 'em. So today I'm going to remedy that by telling you about one of my favorite indie books, "Homefront" by Kristen Tsetsi.
The official synopsis:
A cab driving former English professor (Mia), an...
September 3, 2009
Character bios on hold…temporarily!
You may remember that I was supposed to post a character bio for Tess yesterday. You may have noticed that I didn't do so. There is a reason.
I finished the bio and, in fact, scheduled it for posting. I was going to set up a subpage off the Waiting For Spring page for the bios, so that they wouldn't get lost among the other posts on the main blog. Still, it was looking a little cluttered and wasn't easily accessible. I put the problem to friend of mine, who came up with an awesome idea. Instead o
