My First Year as an Indie Author

By John Brown | December 26, 2014 - 6:26 pm |January 16, 2015 Blather, News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

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On November 24th last year, a little over 13 months ago, I released my first indie title—Servant: The Dark God Book 1. That release was the official rise from the sideways swamp crash I had with Tor Books. BTW, sideways swamp crashes in publishing, which can be caused by all sorts of reasons, are not →

No, You Did Not Get a Mandate

By John Brown | November 8, 2014 - 5:04 pm |January 15, 2015 Blather

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“Mandate” is one of the stupidest words used in politics today. A mandate is an order, a command from the boss. A requirement. Some restaurant owners mandate their employees wash their hands after using the bathroom. I personally like restaurant owners who mandate that. States mandate that people who drive cars have car insurance. I →

Indie Thoughts: Authors, We Are Not Amazon

By John Brown | September 28, 2014 - 2:41 pm |September 9, 2018 Blather

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Sometimes I think some of us indies get this weird attachment syndrome and start thinking we’re Amazon. Joe Konrath recently hosted a blog-conversation with Lee Child about the whole Amazon vs. traditional publishers thing. The Passive Voice had an active discussion about it as well. Kudos to Lee Child for yet again showing up and injecting →

Do you wish books had ratings for sex, violence, and language? If so I want to chat with you.

By John Brown | July 15, 2014 - 3:47 pm |January 15, 2015 Blather

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Back in 2011 I wrote a post titled “Since when did young adult fiction become the cure for cancer?” It was a response to all the YASaves hysteria. The main point of my amazing post (grin) was that the people complaining about some YA content wanted not to ban books, but to simply have a →