WEBWATCH 1: Your Blogs and Websites Under the Spotlight
Welcome to a brand new series of Webwatch, where we visit your website or blog
and find out what’s live and happening
If you would like your website featuring, join INDIETRIBE GOLD, where you will also be entitled to a book review, guest post and author interview.
I hope you enjoy the seven sites that we’re visiting today
http://podcast.ethanholmes.com
Read this small extract as an indication of the gems you’re likely to unearth on Ethan’s Podcast/Blog:
Social Networking means you should ‘like’ me, ‘friend’ me, ‘pin’ me, ‘connect’ with me, ‘follow’ me and then let’s ‘twitter’ about it.
I want you to go to my Facebook page right now and ‘Like’ me dammit! Or better yet, ‘Friend’ me. Do this in spite of the fact that we don’t know each other, we’ve never met, probably will never meet and the second you do it, you’ll forget all about me.
Two weeks later you’ll be scratching your head and saying, “Ethan who?”
After you’re finished doing that I want you to go to my Twitter, (I don’t twitter), and ‘Follow’ me. Just keep your distance when I go to the restroom or I’m out on a date. (Yeah, that’s going to happen.)
I’m not sure why you’re supposed to ‘follow’ me or how closely; I just know that the more people there are ‘following’ me, the better off I am and the more successful I am. Hey, at least I won’t be lonely anymore if I have 356, 945 stalkers…, I mean, followers.
http://www.daniellesingleton.com
A newcomer to the writing scene, Danielle’s first novel has received rave reviews for its compelling storyline and strong character development. Hailed as a “must read!”, Safe & Sound was written while Danielle was still attending Harvard Law School. Her second book, Do No Harm, was released in March 2013.
When not writing, Danielle enjoys reading the works of other authors, watching sports, and playing with her nephew and her dog. She is also a licensed attorney and assistant coach for a high school girls’ lacrosse team.
http://authorpeggyholloway.webs.com
Welcome to my website. Since I retired, I have been writing books and now have eleven published. I am having the time of my life. Since I also love to read, I have been reviewing the books I have read since meeting so many fresh, new, wonderful self-pub. authors on twitter, facebook, and goodreads. I am trying to do my part in helping other self-pub. authors like myself by reading and reviewing as many self-pub books as I can. I have reviewed over 80 since I became an author myself. I’ve read a lot more than that but some I didn’t review.
If there is any other way I can help the self-pub. authors just starting out, just let me know. I’m not a computer whiz but I have learned quite a bit about self-publishing by trial and error.
A great site featuring Mark Lingane and his books. If you’ve not read him yet – now’s the time
ACTION / ADVENTURE
Edge of your seat entertainment from the author who brought you Beyond Belief and Chasing Heart. Dramatic action pieces set against magnificent and exotic locations with an abundance of the dry, trademark humour thrown on top.
SCIENCE FICTION
SF is has always been about ideas. I was lured into the genre by the immortal Douglas Adams. As such my SF efforts have been heavily influenced by the great man. Heavy topics are put under the microscope and made fun of.
ROMANCE
“You can’t do romance,” she said.
“I can and I will,” I replied.
It seemed so easy before actually doing anything. But after struggling for a few years, the disaster that is Ellen Martin and her world adventures was born.
Ashley Farley has successfully completed phase one of Chronicles’s renovation project. He has transferred his blog from WordPress.com to a self-hosted site using WordPress.org. For those of you who have been contemplating the move, the process is not nearly as intimidating as it may seem. However, self-hosting is not for everyone as it requires a certain amount of technical savvy. Be certain to do your homework, to review the pluses and minuses. A good place to start is this WordPress.com article on the basic differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. If you decide to make the move, be sure to give yourself plenty of time, days even, in case something goes wrong.
Ashley has laid out four basic steps to follow and these can be found on the website. Do check it out.
Welcome to the world of the Project. It’s a world where things aren’t always what they seem. Here you will meet men and women who fight in the shadows, confronting America’s hidden enemies.
The Project is a covert counter-terrorism and black ops team that reports only to the President of the United States. It’s small. It’s effective. And it never gives up.
Take a look at the pages on this web site. You will find links to dossiers of the Project team members and excerpts from declassified missions. Some information has been redacted in the interests of National Security.
It is the members of the Project and others like them that keep America safe against the faceless enemies set on our destruction.
I can’t tell you any more about this site, or I’d have to kill you!
http://xenooaks.tateauthor.com
Meet Molly, the second of four children. Molly loves her siblings and dad and enjoys picking on older sister, Penny. But she especially loves her mama.
But when her mother dies of pregnancy complications, Molly is extremely sad and lost. Her kind dad is manipulated by her evil aunt, who decides to send Molly to live with her grandfather at Xeno Oaks, a lovely plantation in South Carolina. But the problem is: her siblings are going to live somewhere else. Even more alone, she finds solace in new friends—from her grandfather to a pet raccoon to a friend named Melody.
But will Molly ever get over her mother’s death? Will she and her aunt ever see eye to eye? Find out as Molly moves to Xeno Oaks in search of healing and happiness.
So that’s it for this edition. I hope you enjoyed visiting these websites, blogs and podcasts and I’ll be off on my travels visiting more soon.
Very best, as always,
Charlie
