Now, I’ve got a confession to make. I didn’t realise that Indie April was a thing until this year.
Yeah I know.
That’s not to say I hadn’t probably seen things about it before in previous years, but it just didn’t register with me. In fact, it was a newsletter by the incredibly hard-working indie author Lee Hall that got me thinking. He’s always been (and continues to be) very supportive of fellow indie authors and makes it his business to read and review as many indie authors as he can.
In my own small way, Since last year, I’ve started to consciously read more stuff by fellow indie authors too, by dedicating my lunch break read on my phone to solely self-published books. As well as this being something relevant to say for Indie April, it also gives me a chance to shout out to some of the awesome indie authors who have been supportive of me – either by writing cool stuff for me to read, beta reading my work, reviewing it or by sharing posts like these.
So first of all thanks to Lee Hall. Thanks for keeping my lunches lively (and vampy!) with the excellent Darke books – I’m looking forward to reading more of your work soon!
That’s right after I finish the excellent Echo books by the dirty sci-fi budda himself, Kent Wayne – some mind-bending science fiction going on here, as well as bucketloads of action to boot!
My first actual indie read was probably the Tabitha books by Andrew Hall – a superbly written and realised sci-fi trilogy brimming with imagination, humour and killer characters.
And then there’s the tireless Stephen William Hannah, who seemingly reads more books than any man alive, which means I’m even more grateful that he managed to find time to read and review mine!
So there you have it – my little mention of a few authors who have been kind enough to give me the time of day. I urge you to follow then, subscribe to newsletters and check out their work.
Keep writing, keep reading, keep kind!
Simon Says 