The IndieView

I admired the writers I read about who did it all themselves, and when I concluded the whole agent route was “a scream into the void,” I became excited to see if I could manage it all myself.

Lindsay McFerrin Bates 2 August 2012 Continue reading →

In 2009, I realized that because of the many marketing and PR jobs I held over the years, I had all of the computer, editing, writing and marketing skills necessary to launch a small press of my own, and that’s what I did. Mainly Murder Press is a traditional, royalty-paying publisher, not a vanity press. We now publish the work of nearly 30 talented writers.

Judith K. Iview 28 July 2012 Continue reading →

I’m constantly thinking about my stories, so I tend to scribble notes or scenes on anything I find. 

Diana Murdock 26 July 2012 Continue reading →

I write for myself, observing, of course, the rules of spelling and grammar. But I imagine the person who might read The Killing Ploy and/or Murder Without Pity, my murder mystery, wouldn’t necessarily have to be of a certain economic class. But he would have to be grounded, to live on this planet, not in some fantasy. As such, he’d be curious about life beyond his/her immediate surroundings. Have some interest in, say, current events, history. 

Steve Haberman 24 July 2012 Continue reading →

I love to write and put the stories in my head on paper, but nothing about the process is what I’d call easy.

Christy Hayes 21 July 2012 Continue reading →

I’d never consider publishing anything without an editor. That comes from my years publishing nonfiction books. Editors make my writing better.

Eleanor Sullivan 19 July 2012 Continue reading →