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Author Archives: Gabriella West
Book Review: After Mrs Hamilton
It’s almost the end of December, and it’s time to squeeze out one last book review for the year. After Mrs Hamilton (Kindle, $4.99) is the second novel by British writer Clare Ashton. I loved her first book, Pennance, which … Continue reading
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Tagged after mrs hamilton, clare ashton, lesbian fiction, pennance, Rainbow Reader
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Rowling’s ‘Casual Vacancy’ Strikes a Nerve
‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J.K. Rowling, Little, Brown ($35 hardcover); Kindle ($14.99) Joanne Rowling is a woman with a ton of baggage. As her own writer bio on Amazon states, she’s the author of the “bestselling Harry Potter series of … Continue reading
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Tagged class, England, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Kindle, literary, The Casual Vacancy, The New Yorker
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Fifty Shades of Grey – A Quick Take
My friend Shannon Yarbrough has been recapping each chapter of Fifty Shades of Grey on his blog, accompanied by hilarious visuals. Confession: I sent him my copy after finishing with it, wondering what he would get out of it, as … Continue reading
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July Book Review: Building Character by Kate Genet
‘Building Character’ by Kate Genet, 2012, Kindle/Smashwords ($6.99) The summer months are difficult ones for indie authors, who tend to see sales of their full-length ebooks diminish. A book that came out last month without much fanfare is Kate Genet’s … Continue reading
May Book Review: Pennance by Clare Ashton
‘Pennance’ by Clare Ashton, 2012, Createspace pbk (8.99)/Kindle ($2.99) When I first came across Clare Ashton’s debut novel on Kindle, I confess I frowned slightly at the title and thought that it was possibly a typo for “Penance.” It’s not, … Continue reading
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Tagged clare ashton, cornish village, indie authors, kindle book reviews, lesbian fiction, mothers, pennance, PTSD, Sarah Waters
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St. Paddy’s, Green Beer, and a free ebook today
I want to make a confession: I’ve never sampled green beer! You see, I grew up in Dublin, where in the 1980s, the St. Patrick’s Day parade, held in still-freezing March temperatures, was a fairly sombre, pallid march down central … Continue reading
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to readers, with a special thanks to my faithful blog subscribers! You know who you are… I’m hoping the Chinese Year of the Dragon, which starts on Jan. 23 according to my desktop calendar, will bring us … Continue reading
New story–The Captain and Claire
In an unusual bit of serendipity, I had just published a new erotic short on Amazon, when KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) announced today that it is rolling out a new program called KDP Select. In return for not offering a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, best women's erotica 2004, erotic story, kdp, kdp select, the captain and claire
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Indie author spotlight–Kate Genet
To showcase some of the great indie writing out there, I want to do a occasional profile of writers who are producing impressive work via ebook. Kate Genet is an eclectic and prolific New Zealand novelist who is perhaps best … Continue reading
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Tagged ebook, feminist, indie authors, Kate Genet, lesbian, lois gould, Orange Moon, paranormal, physical abuse, psychological abuse
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Bob Mayer speaks up
Bob Mayer, whom I mentioned in my last post, wrote this great new blog post today–very blunt, very scintillating–about the nasty divide that’s opened up between traditionally pubbed authors and indie authors, each claiming their turf and saying their way … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Mayer, indie authors, Kindle, publishing, Smashwords, The Doge's Daughter, The Leaving
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