Month: April 2012

Rich Meyer Joins the A-Team at Indies Unlimited

Author and Trivia Master Rich Meyer

Taking over the world one word at a time is a tough business. It’s even harder when you don’t have your own trivia master. That’s my theory anyway. Enter Rich Meyer, author of multiple trivia books and all-around smart guy. I am pleased to announce Rich has joined the team here at Indies Unlimited as a monthly contributor. Readers will enjoy the fun and games and Rich’s dry humor and acerbic wit.

Rich is a freelance writer, e-book author and reviewer of random things. He is also a member of the Old Time Radio Researchers group, and was a card-carrying member in good standing of the last incarnation of the Mister Ed Fan Club.

Rich has been a life-long fan of comic books, giant monsters, old-time radio, cartoons, 50’s science fiction flicks and TV, progressive rock, the music of Frank Zappa, weird cinema, Doc Savage, Mego action figures and all sorts of other geeky stuff. He is an avid trivia player, and has participated in the World’s Largest Trivia Contest (in his hometown of Stevens Point, Wisconsin) for over twenty-five years.

Rich’s reviews and other meanderings can be found at http://richsrandomreviews.blogspot.com.

Please give Rich a warm and friendly, yet also safe and politically correct welcome to the Indies Unlimited fold.

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Character Description – Psychological

Everyone should have one.

On Tuesday, we looked at physical character description. But there is a much more important aspect to character development…our weird, quirky brains and the weird, quirky things they make us do. Now, I admit, I am biased. My fiction is very character-based, and I think depth of character is more important than almost anything. That’s me. You may disagree. That is your right. I must warn you, however, that disagreeing with me will only start you down the path toward a lifetime bereft of joy and full of despair. Because I will find you. Trust me on that.

Now, when you are making a character, you want them to seem real. You also want them to stand out from the other characters. I’ve read a lot of books where the author feels it necessary to outline every single stupid thing a character thinks. Or maybe the author goes too far into trying to tell you what kind of person the character is. But it doesn’t have to be hard. In fact it is quite easy. Continue reading “Character Description – Psychological”

The Making of Bad Book (Part 3)

The final installment of the epic micro-miniseries mockumentary of the making of what some call, “One of the books I have read.”

If you watch no other micro-miniseries mockumentaries this season, you MUST watch the dramatic nail-biting, life-on-the-razor’s-edge, full contact, rock-em-sock-em, intellectual seizure manifested in this episode! Will there be a cliffhanger? You’ll have to watch to see! Will there be a special offering for “The Women of Indies Unlimited” calendar? Watch to find out! Will Mader be fully clothed throughout? Brace yourself!

In this action-packed episode: Mader recounts how one weekend with Timothy Leary changed his life forever (or it may have been Tiny Tim, but definitely someone named “Tim”). Kat Brooks talks about her days as a pole-dancing hitwoman for the New Jersey Mob. Hise rocks out, playing inna-gadda-da-vida on his electric tuba. [some of these scenes may have been cut to make room for commercial messages]

Bad Book is available at Amazon. Get it before it gets you.

DISCLAIMER: This product is intended for use as directed only. Do not attempt to snort, huff, or inject Bad Book.  If Bad Book is accidentally ingested, please contact your local poison control center—those folks can always use a good laugh.

When reading Bad Book, do not—under any circumstances—touch the red button. Just don’t.

 

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Featured Author: Tom Schuyler

Author Tom Schuyler

Mr. Schuyler is a native Montanan who moved to the warmer climate of California to complete his B.A. and M.S degrees from San Jose State University.

Completing a major in English and Speech arts, he spent the next 22 years as a high school English and drama teacher. After leaving the education field he shifted gears and became a sales representative for several companies involved in the FAA airport noise abatement programs.

He now makes his retirement home in the lovely foothills of the Sierra Nevada near Sacramento, CA. He and his wife Barbara are celebrating their 54th year of marriage. Mr. Schuyler has written his first novel at the age of 74.

The Rightful Heirs (available at Amazon.)

In “The Rightful Heirs,” the past and present intersect in this captivating fortune hunt to recover the inheritance of six Italian-Jewish industrialists thought lost in World War II. Imagine these families caught in a web of impending war and atrocities, trying to stay alive and protect their combined fortune of $4.5 million in cash, gold, securities and bonds. Imagine that great fortune stashed away in 24 Swiss bank accounts for nearly 70 years. What would it be worth today?

“The Rightful Heirs” will keep readers riveted from beginning to end in this worldwide treasure hunt to recover and unlock the security to a vast, unclaimed fortune.

 

Learn more about author Tom Schuyler and his book, The Rightful Heirs from his fabulous website.

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