Interview: Vic Warren Author of Kwong’s Next Three
FINALIST of the 2016 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book http://vicwarren.com “Inspector Kwong and Matson solve a murder in San Francisco, cope with the serial killer the media calls The New Year’s Avenger, and chase a dangerous assasin to Guangzhou.” Shelf Unbound: How did you come up with your main character, Inspector Kwong? Vic […]
Interview: Melissa McPhail Author of Cephrael’s Hand
FINALIST of the 2016 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book http://melissamcphail.com “Cephrael’s Hand introduces the story of the First Lord Björn van Gelderan’s attempt to save his magical race from extinction and the brave (and sometimes unknowing) souls who play a role in this game.” Shelf Unbound: How did you go about creating your main characters Bjorn […]
Interview: Alina Sayre Author of The Illuminator’s Gift
FINALIST of the 2016 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book “Ellie is a 12-year-old orphan who joins the crew of a flying ship and discovers she has magical powers, but will they be enough to combat a deadly enemy bent on destroying her world?” http://alinasayre.com Shelf Unbound: How did you go about creating your […]
Interview: Ronna Wineberg Author of On Bittersweet Place
Winner of the 2016 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book http://relegationbooks.com Wineberg’s coming-of-age story of Lena Czernitski, a young Russian Jew who has fled the Ukraine with her family to brave the challenges of assimilation in 1920’s Chicago, has all the elements of a classic. It is a lovely novel with a heroine of […]
Review: Babbling Corpse by Grafton Tanner
Babbling Corpse Grafton Tanner’s Babbling Corpse examines vaporwave, a musical movement that grapples with technology’s tendency to displace humans from the center of, well, the human experience. Because music is almost limitless and free, Tanner argues, it has essentially become “ghost music.” That is, like a ghost, music is always there, waiting for someone to […]
Feature: Promotion by Jake Kerr
my self-publishing journey In my previous column I noted how a single promotional site—Bookbub—helped set up the launch of my second book (Tommy Black and the Coat of Invincibility) by powering over 13,000 free downloads of book one (Tommy Black and the Staff of Light). In this column, I want to talk about free. Free as […]
Interview: Kuky Villafuerte, Nonprofit: Señorita
Kuky Villafuerte Through her nonprofit Señorita, Villafuerte is educating disadvantaged girls in Peru. “My plan is to see no woman on the streets in my city.” Shelf Unbound: What is Señorita and what is its mission? Kuky Villafuerte: I have the need to help other women, and the mission for Señorita is to empower women […]
Interview: Claudia Salazar Jiménez Author of Blood of the Dawn
A strong, intense debut novel examining the lives of three women during a time of heinous political violence in Peru. Shelf Unbound: Blood of the Dawn goes back to the 1980s when the extreme left terrorist group the Shining Path brutally tortured and killed thousands of Peruvians, many of them villagers, in what is now referred […]
Excerpt: Athletes, Celebrities, Personal Moments The 60s and 70s by Walt Brown
About the Book: http://www.momentswithheroes.com This is a story of memories, of time spent observing and interacting with most of the major athletes and many others during the last half of the twentieth century, and of time up close with movie stars, major politicians, and other celebrities. You are alongside Walt Brown during many of the […]
Excerpt: Mind Games by Al tair Charron Bey’
About the Book: www.altairbey.tateauthor.com Mind Games is about raising the level of education in America today. It is a must-read for parents with school-aged children because it helps them understand what criteria teachers and administrators use in making up their children’s educational material. Read an Excerpt: Featured in Aug/Sept 2016 Issue: Sixth Anniversary Issue Can […]