Category: Announcements

Indies Unlimited Welcomes Lynne Cantwell

Author Lynne Cantwell

We are pleased to announce that Lynne Cantwell is joining the staff of Indies Unlimited as a contributing author.

Lynne worked as a broadcast journalist for many years; she has written for CNN, the late lamented Mutual/NBC Radio News, and a whole bunch of radio and TV news outlets. Lynne’s education includes a journalism degree from Indiana University, and a master’s degree in fiction writing from Johns Hopkins University.

She has been writing fiction since the second grade, when the kid who sat in front of her showed her a book he had written, and she thought, “I could do that.” Come to think of it, that other kid might have been me. Lynne, did we trade pudding cups?

We are sure you will enjoy Lynne’s wit and wisdom. Please join us in extending a warm Indies Unlimited welcome to Lynne Cantwell.

Sylvie Nickels Announces New Release

Author Sylvie Nickels is pleased to announce her new release, a modern historical romance, The Other Side of Silence.

Pippa Eastman has an uneasy relationship with her authoritarian father and historian, Joseph. She escapes it by emigrating to Australia and forming there a pleasant but superficial partnership with Jude. The book’s theme is Pippa’s growing affection and respect for her father as she researches his past. The historic scenes of the Finnish-Russian Winter War of 1939-40 contrast with Pippa’s life in present-day Middle England, modern Finland, a visit to a slave camp in Germany, and Australia. Jude, too, is chasing the truth behind his father’s desertion and alcoholism, and their respective searches bring them closer together.

From Bookbag review site: “(This) shone a light into a little-known period of history and I was so involved that I ended up with my old school atlas open so that I could track what had happened.”

Self-published by Oriole Press in May 2012. Available from Amazon as paperback and ebook. Learn more about author Sylvie Nickels and her writing at her Amazon author page.

Mini Skirts and Laughter Lines Wins Silver Medal in 2012 Indie Book Awards

Indies Unlimited contributing author Carol Wyer just spent two weeks in France to organize venues and interviews for the big release of her upcoming novel,  Surfing in Stilettos.

When she arrived back home in the UK, she was greeted with the news that her novel, Mini Skirts and Laughter Lines, had won a silver medal in the 2012 Indie Book Awards. Carol’s book took honors in the humor category. See a complete list of winners and finalists HERE.

From the Next Generation Indie Book Awards Website: “The Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books in 60 different categories, for the year, and is presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (www.IBPPG.com) in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency.”

Carol says, “I couldn’t collect it from New York in person so the organisers sent it via the postal service along with some shiny stickers for my novel (The book now has more stickers than it can display. At this rate you won’t be able to read either the title or the author’s name.)”

The award-winning Mini Skirts and Laughter Lines is available from Amazon US and Amazon UK.

Please join Indies Unlimited in congratulating Carol for this exciting accomplishment!

Congratulations to Author Robert K. Blechman

Executive SeveranceThe Media Ecology Association (MEA) has awarded Executive Severance, the mystery novel by Robert K. Blechman, with the 2012 Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work.

Originally posted in real time tweets on Twitter, Executive Severance is a laugh-out-loud comic mystery novel that shows off what can be done in the 140-character form with style and mastery. Executive Severance is a cornucopia of word play, comic misdirection and a total lack of adherence to the old “rules” of storytelling. Robert K. Blechman’s delight in the language shows in every tweet – that is to say, every thread of the story. His plot is tight, tingling, and diverting.

Executive Severance is available in paperback from Amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble.You can learn more about Robert and his book on his blog, and you can read the full announcement on The Media Ecology Association’s website here.