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Originally posted 2/9/18 When indie authors come to me and ask “Should I just give up?” it’s hard to answer. Without knowing a lot of the history of the book or what the author has...

HAPPYAGONY is a collection of poems based on my personal experiences, forming an autobiographical anthology. It features fifty poems, each beautifully matched with a corresponding illustration.

IndieReader Teams Up (again!) With Reedsy for Prompts

TOO MUCH is the gripping true story of a woman's struggle to reclaim her marriage, career, and sanity while confronting a dark past and battling the complexities of mental health within the military medical system.

Contacting the press and embarking on a book tour are part of your publicity campaign, but there are other ways to drum up excitement for your book launch.

OBJECT is about the sexual abuse of a young girl by an American diplomat, who was then protected by the United States government. The book explores the psychological impact of the abuse in real time,...

Originally posted 6/1/17 (*updated) These are good times for self-published authors (according to the *latest Bowker stats, there were 2.6 million books self-published in 2023!) The audience is growing, and the stereotypes are slowly going...

Standing atop the rusty green dumpster behind his orphanage on the night of a full harvest moon, a lonely, abandoned teenage boy meets the beautiful, mysterious moon spirit girl who’s been haunting his dreams. When...

"Handing over" your manuscript doesn't describe just a transfer of paperwork, it describes a change of mental state on the author's part.