My guest poster today, Katie French, is a mom, teacher, book blogger, and now with the release of The Breeders, a young adult author – although she’s been writing since she was a young adult herself. Katie is a contributor and co-creator of Underground Book Reviews, a book blog site “dedicated to erasing the boundaries between traditional and non-traditional publishing.”… Read More

My friend Kai Strand has a new book out! She has stopped by today with a quick interview about publishing Middle Grade, information about her book, and a giveaway of a PAPER COPY at the end! About the book: SAVE THE LEMMINGS! 8th grade inventor, Natalie Isabelle Cailean Edwards is the N.I.C.E. girl who finishes last with the kids in school. Sappy inspirational phrases… Read More

Hugh Howey’s latest post is the best career guide I’ve seen for modern authors. Go read it. And the recent Forbes articles is a must-read on the REAL reasons for the indie revolution. Which brings me to thoughts of the future and what it will mean to be an indie author for the next five years. I firmly believe the… Read More

Fellow Indelible Magan Vernon has done what I increasingly think is a great strategy for indie authors – mix up what they write/publish. Magan has a cute series of alien romance books, but today she’s celebrating the release of her contemporary New Adult romance, My Paper Heart. This is smart, not only to diversify her work, but because adult indie… Read More

I’m excited to have Rick Daley back on my blog, celebrating the release of his new middle grade novel, Rudy Toot-Toot. If you haven’t seen Rick’s MG Christmas novel, The Man in the Cinder Clouds, you should check that out too, but Rudy was actually the first MS of Rick’s that I read. I’m not normally one to enjoy body… Read More

Fellow Indelible Elle Strauss, writing under the pen name Lee Strauss, has a new book coming Semptember 12th! 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 See what I mean? Sweet!… Read More