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Feb 1 2013in Book Reviews, Features by tbmarkinsonTags: dystopian novels, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Do you believe in second chances? Megan Thomason’s novel, daynight, The Second Chance Institute (SCI) not only believes in second chances, but works diligently to provide them. However, what are their true motives and who is behind the organization? Are they simply altruistic or is there evil involved? Thomason’s young adult dystopian novel weaves a [...]
Tags: dystopian novels, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Dec 28 2012in Book Reviews, Features by tbmarkinsonTags: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
Don’t you just hate it when you’re at a subway stop and you hear someone calling for help from the tunnel? Then when you venture into the tunnel to see what’s happening, you stumble upon a hideous monster. Okay, that hasn’t happened to me. But after reading Synthesis by J. A. MacLeod, I’m now terrified [...]
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
Dec 26 2012in Book Reviews, Features by tbmarkinsonTags: Fiction, Science Fiction
Peter Cawdron’s Galactic Exploration contains four novellas: Serengeti, Trixie & Me, Savannah, and War. All of the stories are loosely connected and deal with the exploration of the Milky Way. Like Christopher Columbus, the intrepid explorers set out in three ships, of course they are space ships. Unlike Columbus and his crews, every crew member [...]
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May 18 2012in Book Reviews, Features by tbmarkinsonTags: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
“The universe, as we know it, was created as a result of an exercise of thought. In another dimension, far away from here…” Do you feel like escaping into a new world? Perrin Pring’s world in A Searcher Summoned (The Ryo Myths) is filled with lossals, ringers, zombies, dream searchers, Eoans, Afortiori, and the Chozen. [...]
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
Dec 27 2011in Book Reviews, Features by Boudica FosterTags: Science Fiction
I would classify this as a sci-fi thriller. The science fiction genre allows us to go anywhere we want and create anything we can imagine. Mr. Shields has successfully created an alternative earth where animals have been genetically altered to be human while retaining, to various degrees, their animal appearances and nature. Mr. Shields works [...]
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Oct 10 2011in Lead Story, Opinion by Mark KowgierTags: ccQS, crowdsourcing, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, self-publishing, USB
I have invented a NEW, innovative way to self publish multimedia books
Tags: ccQS, crowdsourcing, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, self-publishing, USB
Aug 25 2011in Member Blog by Wayne SmallmanTags: Earth Day, Science Fiction
Self-publishing isn’t exactly the newest game in town for me; I’ve already self-published two ebooks. However, this time it’s personal, and I just gambled everything I have on a talent and a genre.
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Aug 25 2011in Interviews, Member Blog by Amy MilesTags: Amy Miles, Defiance Rising, Fantasy, romance, Science Fiction, teen book
1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally? I chose to self-publish my new teen romance book, Defiance Rising, because I wanted control over my book. I wanted to use my talented sister-in-law to create my book cover as well as be able to control the price at which [...]
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Mar 30 2011in Member Blog, Opinion, Resources by David N. AldermanTags: Black Earth, book reviewers, David N. Alderman, ebooks, Fantasy, marketing, Science Fiction, self-publishing
Back in January – mid-January to be exact – I posted about the changes to the pricing structure of my novels. I figured I’d update everyone and give all of you indie authors out there an idea if the pricing structure is working or not. The final analysis? Yes, it’s working. Working well, I might [...]
Tags: Black Earth, book reviewers, David N. Alderman, ebooks, Fantasy, marketing, Science Fiction, self-publishing
Feb 22 2011in Interviews by Jeff ThomasonTags: author, Science Fiction, scifi, Wandering Koala, young adult novel
How Jeff Thomason decided to self-publish and what he has to say on the subject to other authors.
Tags: author, Science Fiction, scifi, Wandering Koala, young adult novel