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Indie Reads – January 2017

Indies Unlimited does not review books, but we do have a couple of renowned reviewers on staff. We thought a great way to celebrate indie writing would be to ask those reviewers for their top indie picks of the month. Here are this month’s top picks from our experts:

Wisdom of Fools 120x177Wisdom of Fools by Phil Harvey

“Harvey is a man who really understands the short form in fiction and uses it beautifully.”

Read the rest of the review by Judi Moore.

Wisdom of Fools is available through Amazon.com.
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Indie Reads – December 2016

Indies Unlimited does not review books, but we do have a couple of renowned reviewers on staff. We thought a great way to celebrate indie writing would be to ask those reviewers for their top indie picks of the month. Here are this month’s top picks from our experts:

The Lonely Mile 120x177The Lonely Mile by Allan Leverone

“Brilliantly executed, well written with strong, solid, well-developed characters.”

Read the rest of the review by Cathy Speight.

The Lonely Mile is available through Amazon.com.
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Indie Reads – November 2016

Indies Unlimited does not review books, but we do have a couple of renowned reviewers on staff. We thought a great way to celebrate indie writing would be to ask those reviewers for their top indie picks of the month. Here are this month’s top picks from our experts:

being-travis book coverBeing Travis by Melissa Bowersock

“…wonderfully developed characters, whom you can almost imagine being in front of you, in person.”

Read the rest of the review by Cathy Speight.

Being Travis is available through Amazon.com.
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The Next Seven Book Reviewer Complaints

Mistakes authors makeEveryone had so much fun with the last seven complaints I had while reviewing books, I thought I’d give them a chance to get right down to some more. Some are a bit esoteric, but when a reviewer is really busy and looking for an excuse to go on to the next book, a few of these will do the trick every time.

8. Information Dump

This is feedback from everyone in comments on the earlier post. NEVER, EVER, EVER bore the reader with an Information Dump. I know you need us to know the whole life story of the main character, but we don’t know we need to know it, so why read it? So we put your book down after Page three.

When is an information dump not an information dump? Never. The only time information is okay is when we don’t notice it, or, best yet, when we want the information. If you can set up a situation where the reader feels like, “Why is he doing that? WHY is he doing that? WHY IS HE…? Oh! That’s why!” then you’ve got it nailed.

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