Paying For Press

Paying For Press

If you’re at-all into Indie Publishing, you probably have read one of the articles about our own, nerdier doping scandal in the last few weeks. The New York Times ran a piece called “The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy”, featuring an opportunistic man, Todd Rutherford, who gets paid to write 5-star reviews of books for authors…

“Athena” by Terry Strickland

“Athena” by Terry Strickland

If you own one of my books as a dead-tree version, you can look at the bottom corner of the back page and see a photograph of me with awesome Grecian eye makeup and olive leaves in my hair. That photo is from a reference image photoshoot by Terry Strickland for The Incognito Project. That…

Why Do So Many Authors Write About High School?

Why Do So Many Authors Write About High School?

I’ve heard a few of my adult friends expressing frustration with the sheer amount of YA fiction out there right now. It’s a growing market– one of the only growing markets– and sometimes we grown-ups get frustrated with having to sift through mountains of high-school-themed work to read about adults behaving like adults. After all,…

Weight of the World: The Dead-Tree Edition

Weight of the World: The Dead-Tree Edition

For Olympia Heights: The Pantheon, the Kindle release and the paperback release were concurrent. When it came time to release Olympia Heights: The Weight of the World, I had a decision to make. I could delay the overall release, or get the Kindle version out there. You see, my publisher is a five-man operation, so…

Yes, I’m Asking for Money

Yes, I’m Asking for Money

Wait! Don’t click away! The money is not for me. It’s for my mother-in-law, and it’s only as much as you want to give. A dollar will do. Will you just listen for a moment? If you’re still reading this, I suppose that means I haven’t scared you away. Good. I’ll try to make this…

Ermahgerd Nehw Ert (OMG, New Art)

Ermahgerd Nehw Ert (OMG, New Art)

We’re ordering a proof of the paperback for Olympia Heights: The Weight of the World tonight. By this time next week we should (hopefully) have approved a proof and posted the book for sale. That’s right, ol’ fashioned paper book readers: Olympia Heights 2 is finally here for you. We’re sorry about the delay. There was some…

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