New Reader Request Feature: You Asked for It

Every day the staff of Indies Unlimited shares with you from its vast reservoir of experience—or we at least try to write something entertaining. But maybe you have a burning question or a topic you would like to see addressed.

To make sure we meet your needs, scratch where it itches, bark up the right tree and all that other stuff, we are starting a new regular feature dedicated to reader requests. The feature will be called “You Asked for It.”

Each week, we’ll put up a post like this. If you have a topic you’d like to see addressed, make your suggestion in the comment section. If we can’t point you to an article in our database that addresses your question we will shop it to our staff. When the column appears, we”ll credit you with giving us the idea for the column. Continue reading “New Reader Request Feature: You Asked for It”

Book Brief: Gnomeless

Gnomeless
by Jennifer Zane
Genre: Contemporary Romance
45,000 words

Veronica Miller is a plumber on a mission–buy out her dad and the family business is finally hers. One big, handsome problem stands in her way. And it’s not a clogged toilet.

Jack Reid is the boy she mooned over in high school. He’s back in town, but he’s no longer a boy. Ten years ago he broke her heart, skipped town and never came back. Now he’s a big shot lawyer in Florida whose uncle feigned a health crisis to trick Jack into coming back into town. Upon arrival Jack finds his uncle is gone, he’s homeless, and forced to be roommates with the one woman he could never resist.

Jack discovers his lust hasn’t cooled for the sexy Veronica, but neither has her heart forgiven him. A sex-toy educational party, romance novel writing gone awry, Goldie’s meddling, an escape artist snake, a strange stalker in a fluffy pink coat, a house fire, plumbing gone awry, bitter cold, and a smart-faced garden gnome all conspire to force Jack and Veronica to work through a decade of baggage, disappointment, and unrequited lust while figuring out the mystery behind the stalker. Hilarity ensues on every page of this sequel to Gnome On The Range.

This title is available from Amazon US and Amazon UK. Continue reading “Book Brief: Gnomeless”

Trad. vs Indie, a Personal View – Encore

Author John Barlow
Author John Barlow

[John’s on hiatus, so let’s revisit his post which started it all. Enjoy. – The Editors.]

I’ve been lucky as an author. Without ever making it onto the bestseller lists, I’ve managed to keep going as a free-lance writer since I quit my day job in 2004. Work as a journalist and ghost-writer has helped to make ends meet, but writing books for traditional publishers has been the main focus of my energy.

However, I recently began to ask myself whether it still made sense for a mid-lister like me to keep chasing traditional book deals as part of the professional mix of a free-lancer? As the indie revolution gains momentum, more and more writers are thinking of jumping ship. Last year I indie-published a humorous novel to test the water, using a pseudonym. The experience was strangely enjoyable, so with my latest serious work of fiction, a crime mystery, I’ve gone totally Kindle (and Kobo etc.). Here are a few thoughts on my experiences on my trad-to-indie switch. Continue reading “Trad. vs Indie, a Personal View – Encore”

Video Trailer: The Rock Hole

The Rock HoleWhen Constable Ned Parker is summoned to a hot cornfield one morning in the small Texas community of Center Springs to examine the remains of a tortured bird dog, he finds a dark presence in their quiet community. Ned is usually confident when it comes to handling moonshiners, drunks and domestic disputes. But the animal atrocities turn to murder, and the investigation spins beyond the old man’s abilities. Ned combines forces with John Washington, the almost mythical black deputy sheriff from nearby Chisum, to track down a murderer who is rapidly becoming a threat to his own family.


The Rock Hole, the mystery novel by Reavis Z. Wortham, is available from Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.