Jazz Jennings - a young transactivist, TV personality and author of famed picture book I Am Jazz, has written an autobiography. Within this book, she reflects on what it was like to grow up transgender and how it impacted her life, her family's lives and her community. She talks about the highs and lows - from not playing… Continue reading Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen – Jazz Jennings
A Review to Die For – R.E. Sargent
Her thoughts turned to whom she had become. Jessica always wanted to be a writer - just like her favorite one, Karen Carter (pen name of Lana). Unfortunately, no matter what Jessica tried, her career never took off...until she tried murder. When Lana perished, Jessica took over Lana's life....Jessica Nichols was the new Karen Carter.… Continue reading A Review to Die For – R.E. Sargent
The Jade Butterfly – Dawn Gardner
(A quick note - I'm now doing beta reading - if you are interested: Click here!) Ellen Jones is back in town after a failed marriage and awful run-in at work, she's living with her mother (again). Joni, Ellen's mother, has Alzheimer's and it is getting worse. The doctors have told Ellen that she needs to… Continue reading The Jade Butterfly – Dawn Gardner
A Simple Favor – Darcy Bell
★★★ You’d be amazed by what people will do. Things they’d never admit to anyone—not even to themselves. Stephanie, a recently widowed mother, spends her life trying to be the absolutely perfect - mommy blog perfect - mother. She slowly ticking the boxes for perfection and even (finally) found a new friend in this rich, hoity toity neighborhood… Continue reading A Simple Favor – Darcy Bell
Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis – Carole P. Roman
★★★★★ Captain No Beard blew on his fingers to warm them up. Captain No Beard and the crew of the Flying Dragon are on another adventure...but this one is taking them on a path they never could've expected. "Iceberg, off the ship's bow!" The Captain is up to something...but no one can think of that that… Continue reading Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis – Carole P. Roman
Some Good News – BookTube Special Edition
Hi all! The first episode of Some Good News - BookTube Special Edition is up! I'm so excited to share it all with you - it was such a fun and exciting challenge. A huge thank you to all of the authors and contributors to this adventure. Michael Leannah If you'd like to submit your Good… Continue reading Some Good News – BookTube Special Edition
The Unsuitable – Molly Pohlig
i may not remember you, but i cannot forget you. i poke my finger a little further underneath the scab... Iseult Wince is a young(ish) Victorian woman (aka still young by our standards and a painfully unmarriageable age by Victorian standards). And so her father decides enough is enough, she will get married...or else. The lace… Continue reading The Unsuitable – Molly Pohlig
Summer World – Bernd Heinrich
★★★★ The world right now seems dead, but some birds are already stirring...they hop where the snow has melted... I quite liked this fresh take on the warmest season. From the very moment the frost dies away, the world is awakening. Summer is a time of green, urgency, and lots of love lost and found. This… Continue reading Summer World – Bernd Heinrich
Little Beach Street Bakery – Jenny Colgan
★★★ "How?" said Chris. "Have you ever gone bankrupt?" Polly Waterford lived with her partner, Chris, and for the last few years, barely had her head above water. They had a design business - with her on the business and Chris on the design - but, despite everything, it fell through. Polly had worked her fingers to the… Continue reading Little Beach Street Bakery – Jenny Colgan
Marketing Indieworld -Angela Hausman, Carole P. Roman, Julie A. Gerber
Let me dispel the notion that if you write a great book, they will come. While writing a great book will definitely help recruit some people, the quote above is definitely true. Self-publishing is a whole different world - it's not like publishing with one of the big names. The companies who have legions of editors, marketers… Continue reading Marketing Indieworld -Angela Hausman, Carole P. Roman, Julie A. Gerber
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