Author: Stephen Hise

Stephen Hise is the Evil Mastermind and founder of Indies Unlimited. Hise is an independent author and an avid supporter of the indie author movement. Learn more about Stephen at his website or his Amazon author page.

Stay Tuned for This Important Message

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On the Radio

A lot of authors become unnecessarily stressed at the prospect of a radio interview. Maybe you hate the sound of your own voice. Maybe you think you’ll be asked a question for which you were not prepared and you’ll stutter and stammer and come off sounding like an idiot.

Well, you can relax. Those are the least of the things you ought to be worried about. The good news is that with radio, you have a lot of things working in your favor. For instance:
1. You don’t have to worry about shoveling out your Unabomber-type shack;
2. You don’t have to worry about your appearance. Go ahead, skip the shower. Do the interview in your bathrobe.
3. The only people listening to radio are behind the wheel of their automobiles, and they have other things to worry about—like texting friends. Continue reading “On the Radio”

Contest Winner Announced

Indies Unlimited is brought to you in part by the Procrastination Society International.

The Procrastination Society International is pleased to announce the winner of the slogan contest for our Spring, 2006 competition has been decided. Congratulations to Allie Gettuit for her submission, “Procrastination is the one thing that can’t wait.”

We apologize for the late decision on this entry, but since Allie’s entry was submitted past the deadline, we had to await a decision by our panel of judges.

Allie will win fabulous prizes (to be determined at a later date) and will receive a special commendation at our 2006 annual meeting, whenever we hold that. Please congratulate Allie when you get the chance.

Breaking the Code

We all know that in the real estate business, words and phrases which sound like one thing really mean something else. Spin doctors probably worked countless hours to come up with an entire alternative vernacular for every negative attribute of any kind of property.

Cozy actually means cramped. Rustic means old and falling apart. Quaint means peculiar. You don’t have to spend much time shopping for homes to break the code, but it got you there. It’s up to the salesman to do the rest. Continue reading “Breaking the Code”