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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Important Indie News for 2014: Sell More Books Show
From John L Monk: With so much information available on absolutely everything, isn’t it great to have a single place you can go to find out the most important stuff that happened in a year on a specific subject? Well … Continue reading
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Think I’ll go eat worms (10 Reasons you should, too)
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, think I’ll go eat worms! Big fat juicy ones, Eensie weensy squeensy ones, See how they wiggle and squirm! Down goes the first one, down goes the second one, Oh how they wiggle and squirm! … Continue reading
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Dell Zero by Carol Ervin – Lindy Moone’s blog
It’s not hard-core science fiction but it’s good and it’s FREE FOR KINDLE DECEMBER 26-30 2014! Lindy wrote: Announcing publication of the paperback version ofDell Zero! It’s science fiction without robots, time travel, or spaceships. I call it futuristic; others have said dystopian … Continue reading
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Dell Zero by Carol Ervin – FREE today via @amazon
Download your FREE COPY of Dell Zero December 26-30, 2104 John L. Monk: One of the reasons authors make their books free is to gain exposure and pick up readers who otherwise might not branch out past the Bestsellers rack. If … Continue reading
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Mosaics by E.E. Giorgi (Track Pressius, a detective like no other)
The hyper-sensitivity to smells in particular has not been exploited enough in fiction, and I soon realized that it was the perfect trait for a crime investigator. – E.E. Giorgi, at goodreads What if a novelist took the poetic license of … Continue reading
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How Amanda Hocking sold 1.5 million on Amazon: I’m revealing the secret!
Originally posted on Leona's Blog of Shadows:
You might have heard of Amanda Hocking, the indie superstar who sold 1.5 million on Amazon and got picked up by a big house and signed a movie deal for her Trylle…
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Meet Big Jake – the World’s Tallest Horse
Big Jake, a Belgian: Love, love, love! The world’s tallest horse is magnificent!! EQUINE Ink 12-year old Big Jake stands 6’10 at the withers! Meet Big Jake, a 12-year old Belgian Draft Horse, who was named the World’s Tallest Living … Continue reading
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Dave Hoing
Dave Hoing isn’t just an author. He’s more than a writer whose tightly crafted prose has me sighing with admiration. Dave is the only author I read who’s known me in person since 1985–before braces, before Carol got married and had three children. Who … Continue reading
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“The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty” by Amanda Filipacchi
“I have an essay in @newyorker online today. It’s about my big chin and other defects,” Amanda Filipacchi tweeted at twitter. Defects? What defects? She’s beautiful: Her latest novel, The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty, will be published by Norton in February 2015. … Continue reading
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