IndieView with MT McGuire, author of, Few Are Chosen

Few Are Chosen

“Just remember, this is about writing a good book, presenting it well and enjoying what you do. Being an overnight success takes time and application.”

MT McGuire 28 March 2012 Continue reading

IndieView with Russell Blake, author of, The Voynich Cypher

The Voynich Cypher

“Don’t write what you think people will want to read. Write what you write, and then perhaps it will find an audience. Life is filled with mediocrity. Your writing is one of the few things that you don’t have to compromise on. Make it as brilliant as you can, and then when done, repeat, and do it better.”

Russell Blake 20 March 2012 Continue reading

Saint Patrick’s Day Special Sale 26 authors, 30 Books all .99 cents

Head on over to David Gaughran’s blog for the sale. The sale will last all weekend and there is a competition where the winner wins all 30 books for a tweet or two. Do you have the luck of the Irish?

Free eBooks on Amazon, where’s this going?

 

The Amazon Kindle Select Effect

Every day hundreds of thousands of books are being given away free on Amazon. This is a fact. And the number is growing. Why? Why are authors, and in a few cases publishers, rushing to give their books away free?

Because it works. Continue reading

Vote for Beggar’s Opera for the Best Mystery/Thriller in the CBC Bookies Awards!

As the heading says, if you haven’t done so, so far, please do. Please. Thanks :).

Click this link  to vote.

Our friend, supporter of indies, damned good storyteller, Peggy Blair, is up against some stiff competition. Two seconds is about how long it will take – go on – you’ll feel good about yourself. After that, check out her website.

Red Adept Select – Launch Competition

Red Adept has started a new website called, Red Adept Select. These are some of the books that have been edited by Red Adept and deemed outstanding in their genre.

They’re also having a competition – lots of prizes – head on over.

IndieView with Maureen Miller, author of, Jungle of Deceit

Jungle of Deceit

“They have an expression in football that a player is ‘running downhill’, meaning you can’t stop him. I wrote this book ‘running downhill’. Every time I completed a scene, the next was already staged in my head.”

Maureen Miller 26 February 2012 Continue reading

IndieView with Indie Reviewer, Kat, of the Aussie Zombie

“I know a lot of readers that support indie/self-published authors – myself included!  I love thinking I’ll be the person to discover the next ‘big thing’. I think most of the reason reading has become ‘cool’ again is the variety now available.”

Kat – The Aussie Zombie 28 January 2012 Continue reading

A tribute to indie author L.C. Evans

To celebrate and honor our friend, indie author, L.C. Evans, and her contribution to the Indie eBook revolution, we’re giving away a whole bunch of free books. Linda lost her fight with cancer earlier this month. We lost a friend and a compatriot. We’d like you to buy her books, read her books, and make her words live. Continue reading

We Interrupt This Date

I learned today that L.C. Evans has passed away. It is with great sadness that I write this; taken much too early, rest in peace.

This is an interview I did with Linda a year ago. If you have a chance, please go to Amazon or where ever you can find L.C.’s books, and buy them.

Here is the link to her author page on Amazon. L.C. Evans Amazon Author Page.