The Blog Thingy:

Where Emotion and Information
​are Dispersed Inconsistently...
​Sometimes.

Every so often, Drake and I will post little tidbits about the things we think, books and short stories we've read and listened to, and tips and tricks about our writing process and other informational and emotional stuff.

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Indie Reads Aloud Radio Podcast Show Notes
Episode #1: Justine Manzano - Never Say Never

Episode #2: Lisa Jacovsky -
Let's Talk! Going To The Zoo

Episode #3:  J.Q. Rose -
Terror on Sunshine Boulevard

Episode #4: Barb Pietron -
Thunderstone

Episode #5: Andrew Allen Smith - Another Slice of Fear

Episode #6: D.M. Taylor - Once Upon A Name

Episode #7: Keith Stone - The Optimistic Quadriplegic
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​​Episode #8  Melinda Taliancich Falgoust - The Curious Casebook of Katie Q. Putt

​Episode #9  Jared Morningstar - A Slice of American Pie

Episode #10  Ian Tadashi Moore - Where All The Little Things LIve

Episode #11  Michael Beardswlee - Bad Hombre

Episode #12  Dawn Menge - Dragon's Breath
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​Episode #13: Mackenzie Flohr- Rite of Wands

Episode #14 Lauren Emily Whalen - Take Her Down

​Special Preview Episode
​Kristoffer Gair - The Beautiful Moment

​Episode #15 Joan Havelange - Wayward Shot

​Episode #16 Carli Valentine - Big Plans For Tomorrow

Episode #17 Holly Ash - Cleansing Rain

Episode #18: Yvonne Redinger - Condo Crazy

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Interview Thingies
S.W. Raine
Caroline Topperman
Jennifer Willcock
Ken MacGregor
​Kristoffer Gair
​Elizabeth Wehman
Chelsea Gouin
​Cyrus Keith
Jean Davis
​Ian Tadashi Moore
Jared Morningstar
A.Kidd
Syntell Smith
Elizabeth Thomas
Andrew Allen Smith
Luba Lesychyn

​D.A. Reed
Angelique Clemens
Lisa Jacovsky
Scott Rutherford
​Mark M. Bello
Andy Lockwood
Patti Rae Fletcher
Marie Michaela
Xander Cross
J.Q. Rose
Troy D. Wymer
Amy Klco
Erik Bean
​M.T. Falgoust
Emma Palova
Michael Beardslee
​Kelly S. Bolton

Writing Craft Thingies

• Don't Insult Your Reader
• Brand or Reputation?  Independent Authors Need Both.
• The Wedding Quilt by Diana Kathryn Plopa
• Book Reviews, Indie Authors, and Bilateral Breathing
• Writing Tools... Plottr, My Most Recent Love
• So Many Stories and My Gemini Brain
• ​When It Comes To Contracts, Don't Be A Raccoon!
• So Many Genres... So Little Time!
• NaNoWriMo and The Wooden Spoon
• Writing Craft Books... The Addiction is Real!
• The Road Not Nearly Traveled Enough: Report from a Writing Hermitage
• Writing Prompt Wednesday Flash Fiction Contest March 2021 Winners!

• Writing Prompt Wednesday Flash Fiction February 2021 Winners!
• Book Scavenger Hunts are...Literary Fun!
• Simple Things: A Call For Submissions
• Copyright & Public Domain
• Causality... Writing Software
• Before You Publish... Ask...
• Ratings For Books? Yes!
• The Pseudonym Discussion
• Power Structure For Writers
• Twenty Master Plots
• The Writer's Research Rolodex
• How Much Can I Make As A Writer?
• By The Numbers... Average Genre Word Counts
• Rochester Writers' Spring Conference

2022 Indie Reads Challenge Review Thingies

• Another Slice of Fear by Andrew Allen Smith
• Be A Duck: 8 Lessons From Our Feathered Friends by Wendy Jarvis
• Fireworks, Forensics, and Felonies by Colleen Mooney
  ​The Accused Architect by Christian Belz
• Shifting Sands by Emma Palova
• The Exile by Donald Levin
• Menopause Ain't No Joke by Angela Verges
• That Risen Snow by Rob E. Boley
• Puppet by Murtaza Ali
• Writing with Hemingway at City Park Grill by Stewert James
• Fleeing Beauty by Mark Love
• Wiccan Romances: Amelia's Story by Nicola Hebron
• Night Warrior by Jordan J. Scavone
• Social Suicide by Angela K. Crandall
• Crystal and Flint by Holly Ash
• Give Place To Wrath by Steven C. Harms
• Mystekos Summer by Amy Klco
• The Reckoning by D.M. Taylor
• Whole Book Marketing by Victorine E. Lieske
• The Eye of The Storm by M.T. Falgoust
• Gangster In Our Midst by Betty Brandt Passick
• Excerpts From An Unknown Guidebook: Book 1 Phases of The Moon by Josef Bastian
• Mudflap The Gloves Come Off by Jay Alden Bailey
• Witness Testimony and Other Tales by P.A. O'Neil

Indie Authors & Their Books and Thingies: ​

• Adam by Andrew Allen Smith
• Mighty Mila by Katie Petruzziello
• All The Things We Didn't See by D.A. Reed
• An Aberrant Mind by Ken MacGregor
• Chicken Butthair by D.A. Reed
• The Origin of The White Wind by Xander Cross
• A Slice of Fear by Andrew Allen Smith
• Theft By Chocolate by Luba Lesychyn
• Vengeful Son by Andrew Allen Smith
• Sub Rosa by Kate McNeil
• In His Own Words by Kenneth L. Powers, Jr.
• American Fries by Jared Morningstar
• List Your Life by Angela K. Berent
• Ethan's Healthy Mind Express by Erik Bean
• Three Distinctive Works by Chavonne D. Stewart
• A Fistful of Dead Folks by Peggy Christie & David C. Hayes
• Treasures From Afar by Troy D. Wymer
• Where All The Little Things Live by Ian Tadashi Moore
• Falling Awake II: Revenant by Kristoffer Gair
• The Healing Star by A. Kidd
• Unbound by J.A. Bullen
• The Way To Be from A to Z by R.B. Schimmel
• House of Thirteen by Andy Lockwood
• Dark Doorways by Peggy Christie
• Dragon Box: The Key to Magic by Nancy B. Kemler-Oakley
• Accidentally Yours by Joan H. Young
• The Midnight Man by Chelsea Gouin
• The Adventures of Buddy The Cat by Ravyn Hicks-Badger
• Postcards From The Future by Andrew Charles Lark, Donald Levin, and Wendy Sura Thomson
• The Secret Hat by Peggy Losey
• Zebulon by R.L. Herron
• Dig It Out by Katie Spina
• Empty Hallways by Andy Lockwood
• One Man's Opus by Boyd Craven
• An Uncertain Accomplice by Donald Levin
• The Troubling Adventures of Jesse and Owen by Ted Lemon
• A Girl Named Adam by Jordan J. Scavone
• Guilt In Hiding by Donald Levin
• Better Boxed And Forgotten by Andrew Charles Lark
• The Proof Is In The Pudding by Clay Boura
• Juxtaposition Paradox by Charles R. Stern
• Sadie Sees Trouble by Linda Jarkey
• Crane by Stacey Rourke
• Raven by Stacey Rourke

Traditional Author Book Review Thingies

• Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
• The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne
• The Bookshop From Hell by David Haynes
• Hell House by Richard Matheson
• The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre
• The Admirer's Secret by Pamela Crane
• The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
• Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
• Origin by J.A. Konrath
• Inspection by Josh Malerman
• The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
• The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Correia
• Only You by Benjamin Daniels
• Dangerous Women by George R.R. Martin
• Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
• I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
• European Travel For The Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
• Bird Box by Josh Malerman
• The Retreat by Mark Edwards
• A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
• The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
• The Shore of Women by Pamela Sargent
• The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
• The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• 14 by Peter Clines
• The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister
• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• ​Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Book Festival Thingies
Back In The Saddle... Literally.
Three Virtual Book Festivals: A Retrospective
Three Very Different Indie Bookshops
Women Who Write Book Festival 2019
Sterling Fest Author Signing 2019
The Pasta Dinner (2019 Indie Book Fest)
Greater Rochester Heritage Days
Penguicon 2019
Carpathia Club Easter Festival
Shipshewana On The Road: Birch RunLeon & Lulu Spring 2019

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Emotional Thingies
Editors Protect The Rush
​Theatre and Book Festivals; Kissing Cousins
​Validate Reading... No Matter How You Choose To Do It!
An Author's Flight Plan
​The Sphere of Story
​The Power of The Pen!  Community Service and The Written Word
​Tears In The Reader...and A Moment of Wow
​Indie Publishing: Is There Too Much To Lose?
The State of Returns... We Should Be Sharing The Risk
​Who Is In Your Tribe?
What If They Erased Pooh?
A Ship In A Harbor Is Safe, But...
An Open Letter To The Publishing Biogts* of The World
Three Wishes: My Encounter with a Book Genie
Memorable Books From Childhood
A New Year... A New Planner
Birthday Reflections 2019
Indie Reads TV Begins
Reflections On My Time In A Bookshop
Be Prepared... Scar Wasn't Kidding
Finding The Right Key... A Perspective On Rejection
I Love The English Language... But...

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