Month: January 2013

Typopotamus At Large

Typopotamus
© 2012 Anneliese Hise

We’ve all seen them. They leap off the page, out from a billboard or a marquee. Ridiculously obvious typos somehow make it past every eyeball and out into the public.

We’re all human. Mistakes will be made. We might as well laugh about it.

Send us your original pictures of goofy typos and we’ll post them here at Indies Unlimited, with a photo credit to you. Here’s how to play along:

 

1. If you see a funny typo while you are out there in the wide world, snap a picture.

2. Obscure any identifying information. (We’re not in this to embarrass anyone.)

3. Use the contact form to let us know about it, providing a description of the hilarity.

4. We’ll send you the super-secret atomic access code so you can get the picture to us.

5. We run a feature post with the picture, your description and a credit to you!

Sound like fun? Warm up those camera phones and Polaroids or whatever ya got and let’s play!

Stay tuned for upcoming tutorials on screen captures and how to blur identifying info.

Book Brief: Be Not Afraid

Be Not Afraid
by K.R. Morrison
Genre: Paranormal Suspense/horror/inspirational
Word count: 79,476

War is imminent. Evil has overtaken the world, although the world does not know it. God must intervene on the behalf of those who love Him, and a war is brewing that will decide supremacy.

God’s plan unfolds, and His subjects must retain their faith in the midst of every evil the Father of Lies can throw at them. Lydia, because of her strong faith, is particularly seized upon by Vlad, a demonic vampire. He brings her to the brink of despair, unknowingly causing her to cling even harder to her Lord and Savior. When she is miraculously saved, Vlad finds and then harasses her friends and family, unaware of the angels and saints who are on the brink of attack against him and his minions.

The faithful are tested to the ends of their abilities. Will they be able to stand fast against the power of Death, remembering that God is with them? Or will the Father of Lies rise triumphant?

This book is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

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A good cover

There are discussions, conversations and debates, ad nauseam, about the importance of good editing. It’s a topic expounded by many a cynical member in the world of the traditionally published. Not without reason, sad to say. Many of the books I review are tarnished by that ultimate and vitally necessary quality of good editing.

It’s generally known that lack of attention to editing of books is one of my pet peeves. But equally annoying is the lackadaisical attitude to the standard of, for instance, synopses, review requests, literary contest submissions, etc. It’s not just an affliction of the literary world: it can be found in poorly written job application letters, business emails, CVs, (oh, and the greengrocer’s apostrophe)…the list goes on. Most of the time, a written exchange is the first connection between you and your employer/interviewer/reader/reviewer/publisher, etc. It’s the initial ‘meeting’ and first impressions matter…a lot. It simply has to be as near perfect as possible. Continue reading “A good cover”

Marvin Allan Williams Announces New Title

Author Marvin Allan Williams is pleased to announce the release of his new suspense thriller, Death at Old Fort Niagara.

In Death at Old Fort Niagara true fear is in the unexpected. It grips the heart of a man who thinks his past is behind him. It troubles the mind of a woman who has been living two lives, and it pounces on the innocence of a child at play. For Cadogan Cain, Angie Bianco, and a boy named Frankie, fear is hand delivered by a ghost of a man whose outward beauty hides a soul as black as coal.

 

Death at Old Fort Niagara was released in November 2012 and is currently available from Amazon.com and Amazon UK.