New Gold City

I'm amazed at how many unbelievably talented writers there are in this world toiling away in every nook and cranny imaginable. Peeps in my raggedy-ass tribe of indie authors and bloggers live and work in India, Africa, Canada, South America, Great Britain, Australia, etc. as well as the U.S. There are thousands of astounding writers so easily discoverable all over the Internet now. It's like there used to be this small group of successful Super Men and Super Women or maybe it was a special guild of wizards, witches, warlocks, and magicians, I don't know. They were special and easy to spot. Their books congregated in stores that we shopped at. They wore lots of black, more often than not they had dark circles under their eyes, drank coffee when the sun was up and wine or whiskey when it was down...and smoked in secret.  But now we discover there's so many more of them. SO MANY. Imagine a comic book world where there's a superman on every block and superwoman in every...

I want to point you to a couple of independent writer/artists I've been in touch with while on vacation in Florida. See photos that have nothing to do with either author.  I read a great post by Laxmi Hariharan in early July titled "Dare to Be an Indie?" . That post inspired me to think about the end product of writing, particularly the product created by indie authors. So I explored Laxmi's offerings a bit and saw that she is a quality, thinking, vibrant author living in Londan. I just had to reach out and tell her how great I thought she was. I also let her know why her piece inspired me. She responded back with a guest blog request so if you're interested, you can see the result of her request at her website right now. Check out "Letting Go: Indie Marketing Made Easy" at Laxmi's site, Young Adult Old Soul . I mean every word I wrote there.  Today, I also happened to stumble onto Dan Benbow's website, Truth and Beauty . I've reported on th...

Photo Source: A Knife and a Quill homepage In the past 10 days two online indie book websites have featured my novel, Beyond the Will of God . On Sunday, July 8, Indies Unlimited provided a Sneak Peak both at their website and on their FaceBook page. Today, A Knife and A Quill is featuring BWG. I am grateful to Kat Brooks at Indies Unlimited and Luis Vera of A Knife and A Quill for the quick work and turnaround time.  When both of these features were run, I dutifully posted information to FaceBook, Google+, and Tweeted proudly. I write today because I've received a number of responses from people who were surprised at the information offered about Indie Work at these two sites. These responses made me realize that a lot of folks are still not clued in to the Indie options out there. Www.indiesunlimited.com/ and aknifeandaquill.wordpress.com/ are two of several dozen quality information sites for readers and writers both. I'm going to post a list of my favorites below, just so...