Day: August 1, 2012

Sneak Peek: Fracture: The Secret Enemy Saga

FractureToday, we feature a sneak peek of Virginia McKevitt’s fantasy novel, Fracture: The Secret Enemy Saga.

Follow Tegrin, a king’s most trusted Assassin as he embarks on a journey to a world he has never been to. His mission. To hunt and return the Couton, an ancient clan who feeds off the memories of others. Fate will change his course when he meets Kristina, a strongwilled young woman whose revenge for her parents murders sends them on a collision course that will change their lives forever.

Fracture: The Secret Enemy Saga is available from Amazon.com, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble.

Here is an excerpt from Fracture: The Secret Enemy Saga: Continue reading “Sneak Peek: Fracture: The Secret Enemy Saga”

The Triumphs and Headaches of a Book Launch

Some folks are superstitious, some are sentimental. I’m a little of both. If you read any of my books, you will always see I end on an even numbered chapter. It’s not superstition, just a personal quirk.

I also like to occasionally publish on relevant days- like Christmas, my birthday, and my latest attempt was 4 July. Good intentions never seem to work, especially when you are working with other companies in this venture. There are also the time zone issues- where are the company servers? Continue reading “The Triumphs and Headaches of a Book Launch”

Weekly Flash Fiction Poll – Let the Voting Commence

The time has arrived for Indies Unlimited readers to begin voting in this week’s Flash Fiction Competition. On behalf of the IU staff, we want to thank the entrants for doing such a great job with the writing prompt and the merciless constraints of the exercise.

You may review the entries here. Please spread the word and encourage your friends to vote by using the share buttons at the bottom of the post!

The poll will be open until 5:00 PM (Pacific Daylight Time) Thursday

Pick the author of your favorite flash fiction entry for this week:

  • Dick C. Waters (63%, 17 Votes)
  • T.D. McKinnon (15%, 4 Votes)
  • Yvonne Hertzberger (11%, 3 Votes)
  • Rich Meyer (7%, 2 Votes)
  • Amy Kaplan (4%, 1 Votes)
  • J.L. Murray (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Brian Beam (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 27

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Bad Blogs and Bloggers?

A recent blog post from an author I follow sent me to another blog written by yet another author. In her post she was complaining about bloggers behaving badly, at least in her opinion, and upset at “bloggers swindling her.” That’s what she calls it when a blogger “promises” a review of her book and the review isn’t forthcoming. In a follow up post she provides a short list of bloggers who have “swindled” her.

This is only the latest in a growing trend I’ve seen in the indie publishing world that I find disconcerting. This trend is calling people out in public (it doesn’t get much more public than the internet) for perceived wrongs. You can find threads in the Amazon forums for outing authors alleged to have behaved badly and reviewers who are supposed to have done the same. There are numerous lists and shelves on Goodreads for those badly behaving authors. One of the latest is a site devoted to “Goodreads Bullys,” (which “fights back” against readers accused of writing vindictive reviews on the popular reader review site by posting personal information about them). The Huffington Post has had at least three separate articles about this site. Continue reading “Bad Blogs and Bloggers?”