Archive for the ‘Book Reviews’ Category

Recommendation from someone I know

The cover
Saw on a bestseller list
Reviews you’ve read in blogs/online forums
Reviews you read in magazines/newspapers
Prominent display in bookstore

Fom a comment by Michelle Gagnon at her article, The Best and Worst Writing Advice I Ever Got
I agree that you can’t make anyone recommend your book or review your book, favorably or [...]

Inside Out by Maria Snyder — A Book Review by Beth Barany — Trella is a 17 year-old who has only known white walls, tubes, square hallways, care mates, and a life of drudgery.

And she’s not like the rest of those sheep, all the others who live on her level, under those who have more and better lives who control their lives from the upper levels.

This young adult novel, for grades 8 and up, is hauntingly beautiful and well told. I really felt like I was in the head and heart of a sixteen-year-old. Lena has always felt drawn to sea around her home just south of San Francisco despite her father’s fears, a former surfer. Strange things start happening, sleep walking at the beach, whispers of voices and dream.

I used to be a book reviewer, back in the early days of my writing career. In fact, the second thing I ever got published was a review of Katherine Neville’s The Eight. I still review books occasionally, and I love reading book reviews in the newspaper, magazines, and skimming Amazon’s reviews.
So I just gotta [...]

Welcome to my weekly series on Resources for Indie Authors. Yes, these tips and strategies apply to all authors!
We want to sell books, right? But we’re anxious about how to actually make that happen.
For our readers to buy our books we actually need to tell them — or someone needs to tell them — about [...]

If you knew you could increase your chances of getting a book deal, but it would take 1-3 years, would you do it? That’s the questions I asked myself as I started to read Christina Katz’ Get Know Before the Book Deal: Use Your Personal Strengths To Grow An Author Platform.