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March 18, 2019
Choosing your Audiobook Voice
As audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing, I have been researching that market. One thing I realized is that choosing a narrator is probably the most important decision you make w…
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This Week in Indie Publishing
This week in Indie Publishing from Don Massenzio ..
Want to Turn Your Comic Book Idea Into a Million-Dollar Business? Here’s the First Step Comic books are kind of a big deal these days. Total revenue for the comic book publishing industry in …
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On Becoming a Writer (Part One)
Hey, SE Readers. Joan here today talking (writing) about writing. Is there any other topic? Seriously, I live, breath, and think writing. It’s in my blood. It’s something I must do. I was around te…
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March 14, 2019
kongo.com – Four Related Novellas
I am very excited about the upcoming release of my book, kongo.com. It’s a bit different than your typical novel or short story collection. It is comprised of four related novellas that each …
Writers, are you using Twitter hashtags for engagement?
When it comes to social media, we all have platforms we like and others we tolerate—the latter because we feel a need to be there. Several months ago I abandoned Facebook, a platform I only tolera…
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March 12, 2019
End of Day by @MaeClair1 #Mystery #BookReview @KensingtonBooks
The book is filled with expressive passages that let the reader immerse themselves in the world Clair has so perfectly created.
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March 11, 2019
Free Fonts
In my previous post, I wrote about DIY Book Design; a website that lets you create 3D mockups of your book for free. But that implies you’ve already designed your book cover. And sometimes yo…
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This Week in Indie Publishing
New Platform Connects Self-Published Authors With Readers Elaine Pofeldt Contributor It’s not easy to promote a book, and for self-published authors on a tight budget, it can be especially challeng…
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In Summary… The Synopsis
Ciao! Staci here again. I’m wrapping up my WIP and about to start another. That — plus the fact that more than one person has asked me about this lately — made me think it might b…
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March 8, 2019
Book Review: Twisted
Hello everyone. Happy Saturday. I hope you’ve all had a good week and wish you an even better weekend. Today, I’m posting a book review from an ARC read via NetGalley.
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2 STARS
Thanks to NetGalley and The Orion Publishing Group Ltd for this Advanced Review Copy.
Twisted opens with a note from the fictitious writer, J T LeBeau, which states “On my specific instructions my publishers have not edited this text.” … All I can say is, it shows. But, of course, editors have gone through this book. They get credited in the end pages. So why the typos, bad grammar, and appalling punctuation? I get that this is an ARC, but still, by the time it goes to reviewers, this type of thing should have been sorted out. This reduced my enjoyment of the read significantly. And that’s just the start.
Because it is an ARC, I will say nothing on the formatting issues, as I trust they will be taken care of in the final version.
With so much hype about the great twists to come, I felt disappointed with this story. This isn’t a book that blew me away. Neither did it surprise me in any good way. It took a lot of work to keep reading to the end, which itself felt rushed, unplanned, and a let-down. Worse still, I didn’t gel with any of the characters. Despite a good storyline and a fair amount of suspense, this book failed to thrill.
This book has a promising premise, and wanting to know how it would all turn out did keep me reading.
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NOTE ON RATINGS: I consider a 3-star rating a positive review. Picky about which books I give 5 stars to, I reserve this highest rating for the stories I find stunning and which moved me.
5 STARS: IT WAS AMAZING! I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! — Highly Recommended.
4 STARS: I WOULD PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER — Go read this book.
3 STARS: IT WAS GOOD! — An okay read. Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it.
2 STARS: I MAY HAVE LIKED A FEW THINGS —Lacking in some areas: writing, characterisation, and/or problematic plot lines.
1 STAR: NOT MY CUP OF TEA —Lots of issues with this book.
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