A couple, I didn’t want the main character to fall into a routine. Do you outline? Trifecta’s cover designer did the art. More “plan” with some measure of “winging-it.” Any advice that you would like to give to other newbies considering becoming Indie authors? The validation is heady stuff, cathartic. It took 13 months to […]
Month: January 2018
IndieView with Christine D. Shuck, author of Gliese 581: The Departure
You can test this by throwing your book on the floor. Do you have a marketing plan for the book or are you just winging it? And there are aspects of me and many of my friends and family in the other characters. I did it myself using an image I purchased from Dreamstime and […]
IndieView with Tom McHale, author of The Constitution – A Revolutionary Story
Where else are you going to see the actual itemized bar tab from the night the boys took George Washington out to drink after the Constitutional Convention? My workflow goes from Scrivener to Grammarly, then back to Scrivener. With all the angst over politics these days I wanted to make sure this book didn’t fall […]
Scarce ‘Photographs of Mexico’ book sells for $15,000
Scarce ‘Photographs of Mexico’ book sells for $15,000 Only 250 copies were printed The images feature landscapes, buildings and people, and can be classified as important examples of social realism – an art movement where ordinary people and their humble surroundings are displayed. In the introduction to Photographs of Mexico, Strand thanks the technicians […]
IndieView with Mariuccia Milla, author of Meet Me in Milano
Where did you get the idea from? Was it a particular event or a gradual process? Any advice that you would like to give to other newbies considering becoming Indie authors? It is the same with my writing: every day I set up a scenario, and plant some seeds within it. The small publishers lack […]
IndieView with Tyler Omichinski, author of Plague in Paris
For Plague I never had to: I always just knew the entire shape of the story. About the book What is the book about? I knew the beats that had to be hit and they just sort of all fit together from the beginning. Hoping for a warmer reception in Paris, they are looking for […]
Germany’s Parthenon of Banned Books
In Kassel, Germany, at the place where the Nazis once burned books by Jewish and Marxist writers, Argentinian artist Marta Minujín built a huge tribute to free speech called the Parthenon of Books. It featured more than 100,000 books donated by the public. Germany’s Parthenon of Banned Books
IndieView with Ashley Borodin, author of The Jealous Flock
It’s not about writing to a genre or the lowest common denominator. Certainly not Literature. Both. I have to pretend to have influences for the sake of convention. Nope. I never learned to write properly, so to give a clever answer to your question I would need to look up what you’re actually talking […]
John Lithgow’s Broadway show sparks hunt for obscure 1939 short story collection
The actor’s father, Arthur Lithgow (also an actor and director), read stories aloud from the book at bedtime to his family and Lithgow has that actual well-worn copy in hand during the show, which opened on January 11. Photo credit: Joan Marcus New York theater-goers are scrambling to find copies of a long forgotten […]
IndieView with C.L. Hoang, author of Rain Falling on Tamarind Trees
End of Interview: For more from Mr. All the characters were real persons from my travel group. From them I learned the importance of interesting stories, keen observation of human nature and local color, detailed research work. Filled with historical and cultural tidbits and personal reminiscences, and illustrated with over forty photographs, Rain Falling on […]
IndieView with Ian Strangway, author of Quarter Aged
What came easily? Did you hire a professional editor? Following the hilarious and addictive misadventures of Gord and his friends, Quarter Aged combines rambling introspection, laser tag, and toxic relationships while asking the dreaded question, “now what?” Written for an ADD generation who skips to the good part of a 52 second YouTube video, Quarter […]
IndieView with C.L.R. Peterson, author of Lucia’s Renaissance
The historical background and the basic plot. Were there any parts of the book where you struggled? What made you decide to go Indie, whether self-publishing or with an indie publisher? Did you hire a professional editor? My plots weave around actual historical events. It’s hard to know exactly. What are you working on now? […]
Reading the hours – the medieval experience of the bible
Reading the hours – the medieval experience of the bible Probably 85% of the text is extracted directly from the Bible. Any Christian man was encouraged to imagine suffering the torments of Christ himself, but a woman too was taught to imagine watching the Crucifixion. It would be an invaluable publication for the study of […]
IndieView with Jonathan P. Jehle, author of The Chemist
If so, do you do so extensively or just chapter headings and a couple of sentences? If so can you please describe it? Sometimes I listen to symphonic renditions of my favorite bands while other times I listen to the actual band. In this adventure, you will travel to the Amazon rainforest in search of […]
IndieView with Mohibul Nahar, author of The Teacher & the Salesman
Are you a compelling speaker? How do you get through to inattentive people or negative, skeptical customers and co-workers? Hopefully what I’ve written will serve to help those communicate whatever ideas they have. If you think about the latest wave of programming it’s all about modularized coding. There are so many tools for self-publishers out […]
IndieView with David Abare, author of The Swing Over the Ocean
In the last 10 years or so, I think the book that inspired/moved me the most was The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. The idea for the crime story came from my fascination of someone doing something amazing in the moment, and then having to deal with the immediate and unexpected […]
First David Bowie book club pick becomes a used bestseller
Find copies of Hawksmoor The list stretches from Homer to modern bestselling authors like Michael Chabon and Junot Diaz. Two stories run in parallel but in different eras – one character is building churches in 18th century London while a modern 1980s detective is investigating murders committed in the same churches. He has written biographies […]
IndieView with M.J. Scoggins, author of Haunted
I remember the camaraderie we had, and I wanted to translate that into a book where the reader would feel like they were a part of that. I finished the original manuscript the first week of July. Anyone who likes a good storyline, with a little mind bending paranormal mixed in. Christine Monroe, she has […]