Author of Diverse SciFi & Fantasy Stories
Today’s Giveaway [for people over 13, internationally]: Winners announced Sept. 16 at the next YA Indie Carnival. Just comment Alicia@aliciamccalla.com on any Q & A post ALL DAY TODAY and tweet the carnival [#yaindiecarnival] to win ebooks from the carnival authors:
This week the YA Indie Carnival topic is to post one paragraph of a current story or work in progress. Here’s an unedited paragraph from the beginning of Breaking Free. I want to introduce everyone to XJ Patterson. I hope she’s tough enough to be a revolutionary leader. In the beginning, she’s reluctant but she’s still on a mission.
Since I was a very little girl, people have always asked me where I get my “wild” ideas for my stories. Sometimes people meant it in a nice way and other times, well, they weren’t so nice. I certainly received that “you need therapy” look more than once. LOL. For as long as I can remember, I have journaled.
This week on the YA Indie Carnival, we’re all discussing “your biggest suprise going Indie.” This was a tough topic. I believe that as an Indie author, I am much more empowered and have creative freedom but I’m not sure if that’s what’s important to readers. Sometimes authors focus on the wrong issues. What suprises me the most about Indie publishing is that readers often don’t know or don’t care about how a novel is published. They only look for a high quality purchase at a discounted cost.
