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Tales of Chinkapin Creek by Jean Ayer

Veteran short-story writer Ayer strikes gold with these enchanting sketches of the motley relatives and neighbors who peopled her mother’s rural West Virginia girlhood–back when the 20th century was young and spry.

In 1903, Nellie Wister was 8, the eldest daughter of a successful farmer and a proud homemaker with deep roots in Chinkapin Creek, a frontier world of fob hats, molasses and moonshine, tucked into a remote corner of the Mountain State. The automobile had not yet arrived, and men were still called home from the fields by dinner bells ringing across blue hills and green valleys. Channeling her […]

Kirkus Reviews2019-01-23T12:40:59+02:00October 20th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|

Ahoy!

I’m writing and publishing a color and b+w comic called “Ontario Reality Generation”. It is part book and part music. you can download both for free here:

www.bloodandblonde.com

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?

I chose to self publish for the control I’d have. I want to see how far I can take my work without the aid of a cumbersome publisher.

2. What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the service?

Xerox!

3. What avenues have you taken to market the book? Have you gotten reviews, interviews, TV, print media […]

David Kleiser2011-10-08T17:17:17+02:00October 20th, 2010|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

Traditional Publishing Versus Self-Publishing – 7 Critical Points to Consider

As a writer, you probably are confused as to whether to try to get your book published traditionally by a commercial publisher or to self-publish. As a personal writing coach at AuthorAssist.com, I get the traditional publishing versus self-publishing question frequently. To make your decision a bit easier, consider your goals and expectations-and the following seven points.

Acceptance
A large commercial publisher will not consider a manuscript unless it is represented by a literary agent. While some small independent presses do accept “unagented” manuscripts, that door is closing fast since the number of independent presses has shrunk by 50 percent […]

Patricia Benesh2011-10-08T17:05:08+02:00October 15th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog, Resources|

Favorite Thing Ever

Here’s a good idea. Matt Youngmark, author of Zombocalypse Now (and interviewed here), has started up a new group blog called Favorite Thing Ever. The description:

You have a limited amount of time, so why spend it reading about things that suck or are only kind of okay? Favorite thing EVER is not a review site. We’re unrepentant fans, and this is the stuff we love. Hope you like gushing, because we’re about to embarrass ourselves.

Why is this a good idea? Because group blogging may make a lot more sense than a solitary blog. I mean, you […]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T17:05:49+02:00October 12th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|

An Introduction to Elita F. Daniels

An introduction to Elita F. Daniels, author of Tree of Life (Part I).

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?

Given the industry lead-times on getting a publisher and the fact that most won’t accept manuscripts unless via an agent along with the fact that we had our own inhouse technical experience when dealing with book media we decided to head along the path of self-publishing rather than sitting around and being subjected to the whims of the big-six.

2. What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the service?

Lightning […]

Paul Daniels2011-10-08T17:06:05+02:00October 12th, 2010|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

Getting A Book Published—The Most Important Question to Ask Yourself Before You Make Publishing Decisions

The Dilemma

As a writer, you are confronted with a dizzying array of publishing and self-publishing alternatives, including: commercial houses; specialty/independent houses; print-on-demand (POD) companies; and e-book companies. Many firms offer a mind-boggling variety of packages for pre-publishing, marketing, and distribution, with prices from almost free to $11,000+. Your royalties will depend on the price of your book minus the preparation, publishing, distribution, and other fees. The number of options is enough to make your head spin. How do you make sense of it all?

As a writing coach at AuthorAssist, I often get this question from perplexed writers. […]

Patricia Benesh2011-10-08T17:06:24+02:00October 12th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog, Resources|

The Podpeople Invite You to the Goodreads Indie Page 99 Group

Ford Madox Ford said, “Open a book to page ninety-nine, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.”

As many of you know, we are all about the Indie book community, not in a fluffy bunny sort of way, but in an honest advocacy sort of way, and we are always looking for new reviewers and new content. We have recently started up our My Story column again, and we have also begun a new promotional column which follows the theme of the Page99 Book Test in light of the startup of Page99Test.com

Those who know me […]

Cheryl Anne Gardner2011-10-08T17:07:02+02:00October 12th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|

Dear Readers

I am new to the block. Allow me to give you a brief description of what I write and why I write it.

I am a macabre fantasy fiction writer. I don’t write about zombies, vampires, ethereal erotica, werewolves, elementary-level fantasy with repeating lines or anything of that nature. My preference is to not follow a generic norm, but to create my own evolved, heightened sense of self-defined creative brain vomit for others to enjoy. If I wanted to make guaranteed money, I’d conform to the desires of all the Barnes and Noble patrons and make the most recent surge […]

Lucy Guin2014-05-06T10:04:31+02:00September 28th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|