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.

A Christmas Present for Me from 5-Star Books!

I just received word that I will be 5-Star Books‘ featured author via Twitter all day on Dec 24! The 5-Star Books website has one goal: to help new readers find excellent Indie reads without wading through poorly written books.

The books featured by the editors of 5-Star Books are chosen using many criteria, which include: 5-star ratings on Amazon, cover design, reader reviews, content, publication date, author’s  social media involvement, and other subjective factors.

You can follow 5-Star Books on Twitter.

Indies Unlimited Wins Coveted Prize

Author and Superhero crime-fighter Katheryn Lane has bestowed an honor upon me. Indies Unlimited has been given the coveted Versatile Blogger Award. I feel so honored, but I have nothing prepared.

I’d like to thank the members of the academy, my Mom and Dad, who always knew I’d grow up to be a blogger once the internet was invented, and my wonderful wife, whose technological expertise and relentless pursuit of perfection (ever since she screwed up by marrying me) made this blog possible. Continue reading “Indies Unlimited Wins Coveted Prize”

Top O’ the World, Ma!

My novel Upgrade just received a fantastic 5-star review by the lovely and talented K.S. “Kat” Brooks. Check this out:

I’ll admit I had no idea what I was getting into when I started reading Upgrade. I’d read a few of Stephen Hise’s blogs and found his wit and writing ability both impressive and refreshing. I wanted to see what his book was about. From all the buzz, I thought it was going to be a futuristic psychological thriller – and I wasn’t far off.

Stephen Hise has written a piece of work that amazes me. I’m a very picky reader – one who gets easily bored and skips over bits and pieces and paragraphs, and sometimes even pages. I read every word of Upgrade. Not only did I read every word, each page turned nearly on its own, beckoning me with the tease of knowing something was going to happen – something that I didn’t see coming. And it was right about that. Continue reading “Top O’ the World, Ma!”

Book Signing Blues – Part 2

In part 1, we established that you are an author and not a salesman. Writing a book is different from selling a book.

In person.

At a book signing event.

You wonder how I presume to tell you how to conduct a book signing when I’ve never had one myself. First, I have been in the vicinity of book signings before, and by “in the vicinity,” I mean I was one of those people cutting your table a wide berth as if you were selling dog-poop kebabs. So, I know why people don’t come up to you and engage you.  Second, I’ve had most of a bottle of cough syrup now and this all makes perfect sense to me, so try to keep up. Continue reading “Book Signing Blues – Part 2”