Month: September 2012

Book Brief: Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening
by John Wayne Falbey
Genre: Techno-political Thriller
Word count: 144,000
Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening is the first in a planned trilogy. One of its premises is that in every generation Mother Nature produces a handful of individuals who are beta models of human beings in future generations. They are more evolved.

What if scientists discovered this anomaly and developed a means of identifying these individuals? What if the intelligence and military communities recruited and trained them to use their extraordinary abilities for the blackest of black ops missions? What if something caused them to focus their bloodlust on an enemy destroying the U.S. from within?

A second premise presents another frightening, but equally plausible scenario. The Soviet Union spent decades and enormous capital trying to subvert and destroy America’s social structure and cultural values. The USSR is gone, but what if another interest with similar goals succeeded to the assets it implanted and left behind? What if the current political turmoil and systemic upheaval is a result of such continuing efforts? Sleeping Dogs explores this frightening possibility with relentless action, crisp dialogue, fully drawn characters, and thought provoking plot twists.

This title is available from Amazon, Smashwords, and Barnes and Noble. Continue reading “Book Brief: Sleeping Dogs”

Marcia Noren Joins the Staff

Author Marcia Quinn Noren
Author Marcia Quinn Noren

We are pleased to share the news that nonfiction author and editor Marcia Noren is joining the staff of Indies Unlimited as our resident nonfiction guru.

Marcia is the author of the biography Joan of Arc, The Mystic Legacy. She spent over a decade researching the life story of Joan of Arc, and published the book in November, 2011. A second edition will eventually follow.

Her memoir, “Sheets of White Linen” is still in progress. An excerpt, submitted for critique was awarded “first place, nonfiction book” by the California Writer’s Club.

We know Marcia’s insights, experience and expertise will help address the growing need for information specifically geared to nonfiction writers and researchers in the indie author community. Please welcome Marcia Noren to the Indies Unlimited family.

 

Video Trailer: Farrah in Fairyland

Farrah in Fairyland 14-year old Farrah Fancycracker hates her life. Although she lives in Fairyland, the most wondrous place in the universe, her talents have been wasted.

Everything changes after a vicious attack from the Cornuto creatures. Having unexpectedly discovered that she is in fact a Tuttatti fairy, the most powerful fairy in Fairyland, the fate of the land now rests in the hands of Farrah. Will Farrah seize this opportunity to show Fairyland just how powerful she really is?


Farrah in Fairyland, the young adult fantasy novel by B.R. Stranges, is available from Amazon.com.

 

You Asked for It: Matt Valenti

Indies Unlimited reader Matt Valenti asks, “My book is a political satire ideal for promoting during the election. Unfortunately, my marketing is entirely from scratch and I’m brand new at this. I want to strike while the iron’s hot but I’m not sure what marketing activities to focus my energies on the most considering my limited time. Thanks for any advice!”

Well, Matt, great question. We’ve had several posts about marketing over the past few months. However, what you ask about is a very different animal compared to the “traditional” (I laugh as I type that, what is traditional in Indie publishing?) long-term marketing plan discussed previously. Continue reading “You Asked for It: Matt Valenti”