Month: September 2013

Tutorial: Kindle for PC

Not everyone in the world has a Kindle device. Shocking, but true. So how are these sad and deprived people supposed to download your super special discounted promo ebook? Free Kindle Reading Apps. Yes, FREE! No strings attached. I can vouch for Kindle for PC because I have it on my computer, but there are also versions for Mac, tablets, and smartphones. You don’t even have to know what an “app” is to use it.

Every Kindle book page has a teeny tiny link that reads “Available on your PC” or “Available on your Mac” and links to a download page. It takes 2 steps: Click download. Click run. The rest of the installation happens automatically and puts an icon right on your desktop. Continue reading “Tutorial: Kindle for PC”

Indies Unlimited 2014 Writing Stimulus Package and Planner

Yes, that’s right, the 2014 version of the non-award-winning, non-bestselling Writing Stimulus Package and Planner is now available – just in time for you to not buy it! How fabulous is that? If you work really fast at procrastinating, you can miss out on not only next year’s, but this year’s handy publication as well! (Although they will still be available online for purchase forever *cough*.)

Available at Amazon.com and Amazon UK.

Thirteen months of writing prompts – from the creative minds at Indies Unlimited. This 2014 personal planner is loaded with writing holidays, famous author birthdays, events, and inspirations. Get yours today or you won’t know what day it is. Bonus pages in the back help you write your own press release. Don’t forget, if you use the writing prompts each month, at the end of the year you’ll have thirteen short stories you can publish in your own eBook. Writing prompts by Stephen Hise; full color photography by K. S. Brooks.

If you need to be convinced of how absolutely awesome this year’s Stimulus Package is, don’t take it from us. Here’s what a complete stranger we accosted had to say: “Of all the books I’ve been made aware of, this is one of them.” How can you not want to buy now?

Still not convinced? Please watch the informative video, making sure to pay special attention to the subliminal messages urging you to purchase this amazing book!

FemFlash 2013 – Feminist Writing Competition

Mookychick’s FEMFLASH 2013 competition seeks flash fiction about feminism in all of its aspects. Open to all citizens of earth.

Prizes:  First prize: £50 (or your country’s equivalent); Runner-Up: £25 (or your country’s equivalent), plus publication. Winners will also receive a one-year digital subscription to BUST magazine.

Reading fee: Zip. Nada. It’s free.

Deadline is October 26, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.

Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this contest information for the convenience of our readers. We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition. Entrants should always research a competition prior to entering.

Is Success Just Around the Corner?

Rainbow of successHow close are you to success? Do you see the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

We never really know, do we? We don’t know what is around the next corner. Just ask someone like Hugh Howey of Wool series fame. In his interview with IU he mentioned that he attributes a lot of his success to “… dumb luck. Things just take off sometimes.”

How do we know if success is just around the corner for ourselves? We don’t. I’m not a Starbucks Coffee fan, but its founder, Howard Schultz, once said, “I believe that life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all.” Continue reading “Is Success Just Around the Corner?”