I have two friends who recently used the same cover art for their books. This is something that happens all the time, not just for indie books, but trad-pub as well, because publishing houses use stock art as much as indies do. Crazy, right? (These were all published 2005-2008) There’s even apparently a term for it! Cover Twins (These are… Read More

While I’m working hard on the next draft of Free Souls, I hope this series of Tips N Tricks will be useful to you. See you when I come out of my writing cave. The Writing Cave Sideloading Ebooks – WHY? If you’re an indie author, you will have occasions (giveaways, ARCs) where you want to send your ebook directly… Read More

I love this blurb from Publisher’s Weekly about YA, and how 55% of YA readers are adults. Hm…wonder why that is…possibly because YA is AWESOME? Yes, I think so. The Indelibles are primarily YA authors, but they also are branching out into adult and MG fic. Below is a guide we put together to help you find the flavor of… Read More

I’m participating in blogger friend and fellow Omnific author Justine Dell’s Blog Tour for her debut novel Recaptured Dreams. All the deets are below! Blurb: Ten years, the Atlantic Ocean, and several rungs in society have kept Xavier Cain from having Sophia Montel. Now twenty-seven, he’s spent his entire adult life building a fashion empire that could finally prove his… Read More

******************************* I’m guest posting over at Scribbler’s Cove on how You’re a Storyteller, not (Just) a Writer ******************************* Products and services to support indie authors are popping up all over, as the indie movement gains some serious steam. Today, I have a guest post from Miral Sattar, founder of BiblioCrunch and frequent contributor to #indiechat, the all-things-indie chat sponsored by… Read More

Fellow Indelible Elle Strauss’s new book, Perception, is now available! (Happy Launch Day, Elle!) As I said before, during Elle’s cover reveal, I’m seriously pumped about this book for three reasons: Elle is awesome, even when she calls herself Lee I’ve critiqued this book; it’s very cool Dale Pease, my cover designer, did Elle’s cover and it’s crazy awesome Available… Read More