Excerpt: Closest to the Fire: A Writer’s Guide to Law and Lawyers by Karen A. Wyle
About the Book: Write about the law — and get it right! The world of law and lawyers, with its suspense, its moral quandaries, and its ripped-from-the-headlines subject matter, provides wonderful material for fiction. This guide will help writers explore these many story possibilities — while avoiding the also-numerous pitfalls awaiting the unwary author. Included […]
Excerpt: The Sorrow’s Garden: A Novel by Anthony Carinhas
About the Book: Well-known as an architect and writer in Leipzig, Germany. Radulf is repulsed by the nature of other people’s selfish living. Ironically, his own character is devoid of morals. Despite the destitution his schemes cause. The power turns obsessive and his appetite for lust gives way for a new motive. Autonomous Publications http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6481406.Anthony_Carinhas […]
Excerpt: Lady of the Lake by Jennifer Wherrett
About the Book: http://www.thelady.com.au As with the Unicorn, Heaven and Earth have no separation within me. I am the One. The once-mighty Roman Empire is crumbling, and the empire has been pulling its legions from the farthest outposts of its vast territory. The withdrawal of Rome’s legions has left the island of the Britons in […]
Interview: Pat Delohery Author of Season of Upsets: Farm boys, city kids, Hoosier basketball and the dawn of the 1950s
Winner of the Pete Delohery Award for Best Sports-Related Book We created the Pete Delohery Award in honor of the late indie author of the boxing-themed novel Lamb to the Slaughter. We’re proud to honor Pete’s creativity and passion for writing with this award. We talked to his wife Pat Delohery about Pete and his writing. […]
Interview: Elly Blue editor of Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories
Finalist of the 2015 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book Microcosm Publishinghttp://microcosmpublishing.com In the not-so-distant future, humans turn to two-wheeled vehicles to transport goods, seek glory, and defend their communities. In another version of the future, those with the zombie virus are able to escape persecution and feel almost alive again on two wheels. […]
Interview: Stephen G. Yanoff Author of The Second Mourning
Finalist of the 2015 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book http://stephengyanoff.com The Second Mourning examines the remarkable life of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. In so doing, it also uncovers the untold story of his assassin, Charles Guiteau, the lunatic who committed one of the most bizarre political murders in […]
Interview: Kristen Heimerl Author of Inspector Dewey
Finalist of the 2015 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book a three norwegians book http://inspectordewey.com Meet Inspector Dewey and his beloved, bumbling buddies in this silly, page-turning tale of mystery and adventure, daring and determination, and the comfort of home and family, all told by master marketer and first-time author, Kristen Heimerl. —KW Shelf Unbound: […]
Interview: J.K. Ullrich Author of Blue Karma
Finalist of the 2015 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book In a future where water is Earth’s most coveted resource, three young lives collide in a tempest of choices and consequences: Amaya, an environmental refugee who survives by poaching Arctic ice; Logan, an AWOL polar soldier who discovers a mysterious lake in his drought-stricken […]
Interview: John Pearce Author of Last Stop: Paris
Finalist of the 2015 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book Eddie Grant has solved life’s puzzle—almost. He has the love of beautiful Aurélie and the romance and charm of life in Paris. But the final piece eludes him—he desperately wants to avenge the murder of his family ten years before. Without warning, a golden […]
Interview: Matt Ingwalson Author of Sin Walks Into The Desert
Winner of the 2015 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book El Viejo saved Sin’s life back when the boy was a 12-year-old punk hellbent on shooting up the school bus with his daddy’s .357. And now the old man’s gone missing. So Sin straps on his guns, grabs his go-bag, and hikes into the […]