Month: January 2014

Flash Fiction Vote: Which Was Your Favorite?

vote countsSooooo many good entries in the flash fiction challenge this week: which one will come out on top? This is where you come in. Take a read; cast your vote. Which was your favorite?

Check out this week’s entries here. Make your choice, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time.

[NOTE FROM ADMIN: The poll software failed to close the poll at the proper time, allowing votes to be cast and registered past the time specified in the rules. As a result, additional votes were registered that should not have been counted.The contest information states the voting will close at 5 PM US Pacific Time. Therefore, the vote will revert to the totals at 5 PM US Pacific Time on January 30, 2014.  Entrant Brenda Perlin wins with a final count of 32 votes to 31 for MT Decker.]

NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll.

The Indies Unlimited Vetting Process

LabelRecently, we ran a post showing you How Indies Unlimited Works. We explained about our staff and our content, including the features we run which help authors promote their work. Book promotion is only a small portion of what we offer here on Indies Unlimited. We run only two paid feature spots per week. The rest of the book promo opportunities we offer are of the free variety: book briefs, announcements, or book video trailers.

We also offer some self-serve posts, wherein we invite authors to post links to their books in certain formats or venues. Books listed in those post threads are subject to a lower standard of vetting focused on whether the book genre is within those accepted on the site.

All books featured on Indies Unlimited, whether the promotion is free or paid, are run through a vetting process. This is why we ask that all queries, including those for paid advertising, include a link to the book authors want featured. We need to see how this book is presented – so we will know what our readers will encounter if they click through to the book’s purchase page. Continue reading “The Indies Unlimited Vetting Process”

Throw Me to the Wolves and I’ll Return Leading the Pack! (part 2)

Wolf-2This is part 2 of a 2 part  guest post
by Nicole Storey
To read part 1, click here.

A few days before Halloween, I sent my publisher a letter stating that I would not be signing with her again when my contract was up in November. I politely asked that she please leave my books up until my contract date to give me time to get them reformatted. I also requested that she return my cover art files, as I paid for them myself. Her reply was not as polite. Continue reading “Throw Me to the Wolves and I’ll Return Leading the Pack! (part 2)”

Book Brief: Appalachian Justice

Appalachian Justice - Melinda ClaytonAppalachian Justice
by Melinda Clayton
Genre: Historical fiction, general fiction
Word count: 73,600

Billy May Platte is a half Irish, half Cherokee Appalachian woman who learned the hard way that 1940s West Virginia was no place to be different.

As Billy May explains, “We was sheltered in them hills. We didn’t know much of nothin’ about life outside of them mountains. I did not know the word lesbian; to us, gay meant havin’ fun and queer meant somethin’ strange.”

In 1945, when Billy May was fourteen years old and orphaned, three local boys witnessed an incident in which Billy May’s sexuality was called into question. Determined to teach her a lesson she would never forget, they orchestrated a brutal attack that changed the dynamics of the tiny coal mining village of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia forever.

Global Ebook Gold Winner in 2013, a finalist for the University of North Carolina-Wilmington’s Synergy Program in 2013, and voted Sapphic Readers Book Club Book of the Year in 2011 (under a different imprint), Appalachian Justice is a work of southern fiction that delves into social issues such as poverty, domestic violence, misogyny, and sexual orientation. Ultimately, however, Appalachian Justice delivers a message of hope.

This book is available from Amazon, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble. Continue reading “Book Brief: Appalachian Justice”